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LESSONS 



OF THE 



PROTESTAl¥T EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 



IN THE 



UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: 



SELECTED FROM THE 



HOI.Y SCRIPTURES: 



WITH AN EXPLANATION OF ALL THE 



SUNDAYS AND PRINCIPAL HOLY-DAYS 



THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 



By ANDRI^W POWtBR A. WI* 



SECOND EDITION, CORRECTED. 



PRlNrED BY WILLIAM ESTILL; 
48 BROAD-STREET. 



;: lit Ted according to Act of Congress, in the year 1639, by i\NDREW 
FOWLER, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of South Carohna. 




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PREFACE. 



Many years ago I published an edition of the Lessons of our 
Church, as they are appointed to be read in the course of our public 
worship, on Sundays and other holy days, throughout the year; 
which was then highly approved of, by the generality of those who 
purchased the work, and became acquainted with the use of it 
Since it has been out of print, I have had repeated applications for 
it, and have often been solicited to reprint it. Hitherto my circum- 
stances would not admit of it. Of late, however, I have met with 
more encouragement ; this has led me to hazard another trial, which 
I hope, by the blessing of God, will prove as acceptable to our 
members, as the other. 

In this edition, as in the former, I have followed the Tables of 
licssons, as they are appointed to be read on Sundays and other 
holy days ; beginning with the first Sunday in x\dvent, which our 
Church considers as the commencement of her ecclesiastical year. 

At the head of every Season, or remarkable holy day, I have 
prefixed an exposition, for the assistance and benefit of the common 
reader ; and especially for the use of children, whose early knowledge 
in the terms adopted by the Church, is of the utmost importa^nce to 
them, and their religion, through life. The arrangement of our feasts 
and fasts, affords the best system of divinity in the world, and who- 
ever endeavours to regulate his theological reflections by it, will soon 
find his mind, not only to grow submissive to order and regularity, 
but he will also daily discover new views of God and his perfections - 



iy PREFACE. 

it will lead him to consider his power, his goodness, his wisdom, 
and all his other attributes. Besides it will teach him to reflect upon 
his own nature, his weakness, his need of a Saviour, and the absolute 
necessity he is under, of obtaining divine assistance from the Spirit 
of God, to enable him to perform his duty. Indeed, from this system 
he will first learn his obligations to the Supreme Being, so as to love 
him with all his heart, and with all his soul, and with all his strength. 
And, in the second place, he will also see it to be his duty to love 
his neighbour as himself. Yea, he wiU perceive the necessity he is 
under, to " live a godly, righteous, and sober life and to practise 
in his own soul, a constant guard over himself. For our lessons 
form a perfect rule of faith and manners, which is able to make a 
man wise unto salvation. 

I shall now proceed to give some directions proper to be observed 
by my reader, in the use of the Lessons. 

You should steadily fix your eyes upon your book, and carefully 
attend to the lessons, while the minister reads them, and you will 
then receive great benefit from God's holy word, especially, if you 
endeavour to digest it by serious meditation. God has given the 
sacred scriptures to guide and direct us ; and how can we discharge 
our duty as men and as Christians, unless we listen with attention to 
these divine oracles, and inwardly digest the truths they contain. In 
the sacred scriptures, are the words of eternal life, and the threaten- 
ings of eternal death. 

When you take your book of lessons into your hands, and the 
Minister saith, ^' Here beginneth such a chapter, or verse of such a 
chapter, of such a book;" then say secretly to yourself, 

" O Lord, open thou mine eyes ; that I may see the wondrous 
things of thy law." 

Let the sacred oracles of God, awaken in you sorrow and shame, 
for the sins you have at any time committed, and prevail with you 
speedily to repent and forsake them. 



PREFACE. V 

While the Minister is reading the Lessons, be humble, and con- 
sider that God is speaking in them to you : and when there is any 
commandment of his contained in either of them, say to yourself, 
" Lord give me grace to obey this command." 

When he reads God's threatenings, or judgments against impeni- 
tent sinners, say in your mind, Deliver me, O Lord, from this judg- 
ment." 

Let the instances of God's mercy excite your gratitude thus, 
Glory be to thee, O Lord, for this instance of thy mercy." 

When the minister saith, " Here endeth the first or second lesson,'' 
then lift up your eyes and your heart to heaven and say, " Bless, O 
Lord, the good seed of thy word, now sown in my heart ; that I 
may, at all times, bring forth fruit unto holiness, and in the end 
reap everlasting life." 

Lastly, Be careful, when you set down, and rise up before and 
after the reading of the Lesson, to do it in a very decent and devout 
manner, as under the immediate eye of God ; who not only sees the 
heart, but has also a regard to our outward conduct and behaviour. 
Be equally careful, however, not to show any distortions of the face, 
or singular attitude of the body, which may incur the censure of 
Pharisaical or hypocritical pretensions to holiness. But let your 
looks and every action, be easy and natural ; and then your example, 
will be pleasing and profitable to others, as well as useful and im- 
proving to yourself.— Bear in mind the pride of the Pharisee, and 
the humility of the publican : and be sure not to forget, that he that 
humbleth himself, shall be exalted ; while he, that exalteth himself, 
shall be abased. * . ^ 



LESSONS 



OF THE 



PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 



ADVENT. 

Advent means a solemn time set apart by the Chmrck, to prepare people to 
keep Christmas with the greater devotion.— The Roman ritualist would have 
this holy season to be apostolical, and that it was instituted by St. Peter, but 
the exact time of its institution is not so easily known : though it certainly 
had its beginning before the year four hundred and fifty, because Maximus 
Tauriensis, who lived at that time, wrote a homily upon it. — And it is worth 
our observation, that it is the peculiar computation of our Church to begin 
her year-, and to renew the annual course of her holy and divine service, at 
this advent ; herein differing from ail other accounts and revolutions of time 
whatsoever. The reason of which is, to let the world know, that she neither 
numbers her days, nor measures her seasons, so much by the motion of the 
sun, as by the course of her Saviour ; beginning and continuing on the year 
with him, who, being the true Sun of Righteousness, began now to rise upon 
the world, and, as the day-star from on high, to enlighten those who sat in 
spiritual darkness. 

This holy season contains four Sundays, called the first, second, third, and 
fourth Sundays in Advent. The first Sunday in Advent, is always the next 
Sunday after the twenty-sixth of November 5 or, according to the rule in the 
book of common prayer ^' it is always the nearest Sunday to the feast of St. 
AndreWj whether before or after." 



THE FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNINGo 



ISAIAH L 



The vision of Isaiah, tlie son 
of Amoz, which he sav/ concern- 
ing Judah and Jerusalem, in the 
days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, 
and Hezekiah, kings of Judak 

2 Hear, O heavens, and give ear, 

earth ; for the Lord hath spoken : 

1 have nourished and brought up 
children, and they have rebelled 
against me. 

i 3 The oxknowethhis owner, and, 



the ass his master's crib ; Z>2^/^ Israel 
doth not know, my people dothnot 
consider* 

4 Ah sinful nation, a people 
laden with iniquity, a seed of evil- 
doers, children that are corrupters ! 
they have forsaken the Lord, they 
have provoked the Holy One of 
Israel unto anger, they are gone 
away backward. 

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any more ? ye will revolt more and 
more. The whole head is sick, 
and the whole heart faint. 

6 From the sole of the foot even 
unto the head there is no soundness 
in it ; hut wounds, and bruises, and 
putrifying sores : they have not 
been 'closed, neither bound up, 
neither mollified wath ointment. 

7 Your country is desolate, your 
cities are burned with fire : your 
land, strangers devour it in your 
presence, and it is desolate, as over- 
thrown by strangers. 

8 And the daughter of Z ion is left 
as a cottage in a vineyard, as a lodge 
in a garden of cucumbers, as a be- 
sieged city. 

9 Exceptthe Lord of hosts had 
left unto us a very small remnant, 
we shouldhave been as Sodom, and 
we should have been like unto 
Gommorrah. 

10 Hear the word of the Lord, 
ye riders of Sodom ; give ear unto 
the law of our God, ye people of 
Gommorrah : 

11 To what purpose is the mul- 
titude of your sacrifices unto me ? 
saith the*^ Lord : I am full of the 
burnt-ofi'erings of rams, and the fat 
of fed beasts ; and I delight not in 
the blood of bullocks, or of lambs, 
or of he -goats. 

12 When ye come to appear be- 
fore me, vvho hath required this at 
your hand, to tread my courts ? 

1 3 Bring no more vain oblations ; 
incense is an abomination unto me ; 
the new-moons and sabbaths, the 
callingof assemblies, I cannot away 
with :itis iniquity, even the solemn 
meeting. 

14 Your new-moons and your 
appointed feasts my soul hateth : 
they are a trouble unto me ; I am 
weary to bear thein, 



1 5 And when ye spread forth 
your hands, I will hide mine eyes 
from you ; yea, when ye make many 
prayers,! willnot hear : your hands 
are full of blood. 

16 Wash you, make you clean ; 
put away the evil of your doings 
from before mine eyes : cease to 
do evil ; 

17 Learn to do well ; seek judg- 
ment ; relieve the oppressed, judge 
the fatherless, plead for the widow. 

18 Come now, and let us reason 
together, saith the Lord : Thougli 
your sins be as scarlet, they shall 
be as white as snow ; though they 
be red like crimson, they shall be 
as wool. 

19 If ye be willing and obedient, 
ye shall eat the good of the land. 

20 But if ye refuse and rebel, ye 
shall be devoured with the sword : 
for the mouth of the Lord hath 
spoken it. 

21 How is the faithful city become 
an harlot ! it was full of judgment ; 
righteousness lodged in it ; but now 
murderers. 

22 Thy silver is become dross, 
thy wine mixed Avith Avater : 

"^23 Thy princes are rebellious, 
and companions of thieves : every 
one loveth gifts, and folio weth after 
revrards : they judge notthe father- 
less, neither doth the cause of the 
widow come unto them. 

24 Therefore saith the Lord, the 
Lord of hosts, the mighty One of 
Israel, Ah, I will ease me of mine 
adversaries, and avenge me of mine 
enemies : 

25 And I will turn my hand 
upon thee, and purely purge away 
thy dross, and take away all thy tin : 

26 And I will restore thy judges 
as at the first, and thy counsellors 
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shalt be called, The city of righ- 
teousness, the faithful city. 

27 Zion shall be redeemed with 
judgment, and her converts with 
righteousness. 

28 And the destruction of the 
transgressors and of the sinners 
shall be together, and they that for- 
sake the Lord shall be consumed, 

29 For they shall be ashamed 



of the oaks which ye have desired, 
and ye shall be confounded for the 
gardens that ye have chosen» 

30 For ye shall be as an oak 
whose leaf fadeth, and as a garden 
that hath no water. 

31 And the strong shall be as 
tow, and the maker of it as a spark, 
and they shall both bum together, 
and none shall quench them. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



LUKE I. to V. 59. 



FORASMUCH as many have 
taken in hand to set forth in order 
a declaration of those things which 
are most surely believed among us, 

2 Even as they delivered them 
unto us, which from the beginning 
were eye-witnesses, and ministers 
of the word ; 

3 It seemed good to me also hav- 
ing had perfect understanding of 
all things from the very first, to 
write unto thee in order, most ex- 
cellent Theophilus, 

4 That thou mightest know the 
certainty of those things wherein 
thou hast been instructed. 

5 THERE was, in the days of 
Herod the king of Judea, a certain 
priest named Zacharias, of the 
course of Abia ; and his wife to as 
of the daughters of Aaron, and her 
name was Elisabeth. 

6 And they were both righteous 
before God, walking in all the com- 
mandments and ordinances of the 
Lord blameless. 

7 And they had no child, be cause 
that Elisabeth was barren ; and they 
both were now well stricken in 
years. 

8 And it came to pass, that^ 



while he executed the priest's of- 
fice before God in the order of his 
course, 

9 According to the custom of the 
priest's office, his lot was to bum 
incense when he went into the tem« 
pie of the Lord. 

10 And the whole multitude of 
the people were praying without at 
the time of incense. 

1 1 And there appeared unto him 
an angel of the Lord standing on 
the right side of the altar of in- 
cense. 

12 And when Zacharias saw 
Am, he was troubled, and fear fell 
upon him. 

1 3 But the angel said unto him, 
Fear not, Zacharias ; for thy pray- 
er is heard ; and thy wife Elisa- 
beth shall bear thee a son, and thou 
shalt call his name John. 

14 And thou shalt have joy and 
gladness ; and many shall rejoice 
at his birth. 

15 For he shall be great in the 
sight of the Lord, and shall drink 
neither wine nor strong drink ; and 
he shall be filled with the Holy 
Ghost, even from his mother's 
womb. 



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16 And many of the children of 
krael shall he turn to the Lord their 
God. 

17 And he shall gobefore himm 
the spirit andpower of Elias,totiirn 
the hearts of the fathers to the cliil- 
dren, and the disobedient to the wis- ^ 
dom of the just ; to make ready a j 
people prepared for the Lord. 

18 And Zacharias said unto the 
angel, ^Yhereby shall I know this ? 
foi^ I am an old man, and my wife 
well stricken in years. 

19 And the angel answering, said 
unto liim, I am Gabriel, that stand 
in the presence of God ; and am 
sentto speak unto thee, and to shew 
thee these crlad tidings. 

20 And behold, thou shah be 
dumb, and not able to speak, until 
the davthat these things shall be j 
performed, because thou behevest j 
not my words, which shall be ful- 
filled in their season. 

21 And the people waited for 
Zacharias, and marvelled that he 
tarried so long in the temple. 

22 And when he came out, he 
could not speak unto them ; and 
they perceived that he had seen a 
vision m the temple ; for he beck- 
oned unto them, and remained 
speechless. , 

23 And it came to pass, that as ^ 
soon as the days of his mmistration 
were accomplished, he departed to 
his own house. 

24 And after those days his wife 
Elisabeth conceived, and hid her- 
self five months, saying, 

25 Thus hath the Lord deaU 
wdth me in the days wherein he 
looked on me, to take away my re- 
proach among men. 

26 And in the sixth month the 
angel Gabriel was sent from God 
unto a city of Galilee, named Na-. 
zareth . 



27 To a\drgin espousedto a man, 
whose name was Joseph, of the 
house of David-; and the virgin's 
name was Mary. 

28 And the angel came in unto 
her, and said. Hail, thou that art 
highly favoured, the Lord is with 
thee ; blessed art thou among wo- 
men. 

29 And when she saw him, she 
was troubled at his saying, and cast 
in her mind what maimer of salu- 
tation this shoidd be. 

30 And the angel saidmito her, 
Feai* not. Alary ; for thouhastfoimd 
favoiu* with God. 

31 And behold, thou shah con- 
ceive in thy womb, and bring forth 
a son. and shah call his name 

jEsrs. 

32 He shall be great, and shall 
be called the Son of the Highest ; 
and the Lord God shall give unto 
him the tlirone of liis father Da^^d ; 

33 And he shall reign over the 
house of Jacob for ever ; and of 
his kingdom there shall be no end. 

34 Then said Alary unto the an- 
gel, HoAV shaU this be, seeing I 
know not a man 1 

35 \nd the angel answered and 
said unto her. The Holy Ghost 
shall come uponthee, and the power 
of the Highest shall overshadow 
thee ; therefore also that holy thing 
which shall be born of thee, shall 
be called the Son of God. 

36 And behold, thy cousin Ehsa- 
beth she hath also conceived a son 
in her old age, andtliis is the sixth 
month with her, who was called 
barren. 

37 For with God nothing shall 
be impossible. -, , , i 

38 \r.d Mary said, Behold the 
handmaid of the Lord ; be it unto 
me according to thy word. And 
the angel departed from her. 



II 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ISAIAH IL 



THE word that Isaiali the son 
of Amoz saw concerning Judah 
and Jerusalem. 

2 And it shall come to pass in 
the last days, that the mountain of 
the Lord's house shall be estab- 
lished in the top of the mountains, 
and shall be exalted above the hills ; 
and all nations shall flow unto it : 

3 And many: people shall go and 
say, Come ye, and let us go up to 
the mountain of the Lord, to the 
house of the God of Jacob ; and he 
will teach us of his ways, and we 
will walk in his paths : for out of 
Zion shall go forth the law, and the 
word of the Lord from Jerusalem. 

4. And he shall judge among the 
nations, and shall rebuke many peo- 
ple ; and they shall beat their swords 
into plow-shares, and their spears 
into pruning-hooks : nation shall not 
lift up sword against nation, neither 
shall they learn war any more. 

5 O house of Jacob, come ye, and 
let us walk in the light of the Lord. 

6 Therefore thou hast forsaken 
thy people the house of Jacob, be- 
cause they be replenished from the 
east, and are soothsayers like the 
Philistines, and they please them- 
selves in the children of strangers. 

7 Their land also is full of silver 
and gold, neither is their any end 
of their treasures ; their land is also 
full of horses, neither is there any 
end of their chariots : 

8 Their land also is full of idols, 
they worship the work of their own 
hands, that which their own fingers 
have made : 



9 And the mean man boweth 
down, and the great man humbleth 
himself : therefore forgive them not, 

10 Enter into the rock, and hide 
thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, 
and for the glory of his majesty. 

1 1 The lofty looks of man shall 
be humbled, and the haughtiness of 
men shall be bowed down ; and the 

; Lord alone shall be exalted in that 
day. 

12 For the day of the Lord of 
hosts shall he upon every one that 
is proud and lofty, and upon every 
one that is lifted up, and he shall be 
brought low : 

13 And upon all the cedars of 
Lebanon, that arg high and lifted up, 
and upon all the oaks of Bashan, 

14 And upon all the high moun- 
tains, and upon all the hills that are 
lifted up, 

15 And upon every high tower^ 
and upon every fenced wall, 

16 And upon all the ships of Tar- 
shish,andupon all pleasant pictures, 

17 And the loftiness of man shall 
be bowed down, and the haughtiness 
of men shall be made low ; and the 
Lord alone shall be exalted in that 
day,. 

18 And the idols he shall utterly 
abolish. 

19 And they shall go into the 
holes of the rocks, and into the caves 
of the earth, for fear of the LorDj 
and for the glory of his majesty, 
when he arisethto shake terribly the 
earth. 

20 In that dsty a man shall cast 
his idols of silver, and his idols o£ 



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gold, which tliev made each one for j and for the glory of his majesty 
himselftoworship,to the moles and .when he anseth to shake t*rribly 
fn tViA V»nt<5 • i earth. 

21 To go into the clefts of the | 22 Cease ye from man, whose 
rocks, and into the tops of the breath zsmhisnostnls ; for wherein 
ragged rocks, for fear of the Lord, , is he to be accounted of? 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ROMANS X. 



BRETHREN, my heart's de- 
sire and prayer to God for ^Israel 
is, that they might be saved. 

2 For I bear them record, that 
thev have a zeal of God, but not 
according to knowledge. 

3 For thev, being ignorant of 
God's righteousness, and going 
about to establish their ov>-n righ- 
teousness, have not submittedthem- 
selves unto the righteousness of 

God. ^ ^ ^ 

4 For Clnist is the end of the 
law for righteousness to every one 
that believeth. 

5 For Moses describeth the 
righteousness which is of the law, 
That the man which doeth those 
things shall live by them.. 

6^ But the righteousness which 
is of faith speaketh on tliis wise. 
Sav not in thine heart, Vvlio shall 
ascend into heaven ? (that is, to 
bring Christ from above;) 

T^'Or, who shall descend into the 
deep ? (that is, to bring up Christ 
again from the dead.) 

•8 But what saith it ? The word 
is nigh thee, even in thy mouth, 
and in thy heart : that is, the Avord 
of faith wliich we preach ; 

9 That if thou shaU confess with 
thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and 
shalt believe in thine heart that 



God hath raised him from the 



._ad, thou shah be saved 
i 10 For with the heart man be- 
lieveth unto righteousness ; and 
-\^dth the mouth confession is made 
j imto salvation. ^ ^ ■ ] 

\ 11 For the scripture saith, Who-- ^ 
soever believeth on him shall not . 
be ashamed. 

12 For there is no difference 
between the Jew and the Greek; 
; for the same Lord over all is rich 

unto all that call upon him. 

13 For vdiosoever shall call 
'l upon the name of the Lord shall 
' be saved. 

! 14 How then shall they call on 
' him in vrhom they have not be- 
llieved? and how 'shall they be- 
' lieve in him of whom they have 

■ not heard ? and how shall they 
hear without a preacher ? 

15 And how shall they preach 
except they be sent 1 as it is -writ- 
ten. How- beautiful are the feet of 
them that preach the gospel of 

■ peace, and bring glad tidings of 
good things ! 

16 But they have not all obeyed 
the gospel : for Esaias saith, Lord, 
who hath believed our report ? 

17 So then faith comeih by hear- 
ing, and hearing by the word of 
God. 



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18 But I say, have tliey not 
heard ? Yes, verily, their sound 
went into all the earth, and their 
words unto the ends of the world. 

19 But I say. Did not Israel 
know ? First, Moses saith, I wall 
provoke you to jealousy by them 
that are no people, and by a fool- 
ish nation I will anger you. 



20 But Esaias is very bold, and 
saith, I was found of them that 
sought me not ; I was made ma- 
nifest unto them that asked not af- 
ter me. 

21 But to Israel he saith, All 
day long I have stretched forth 
my hands unto a disobedient and 
gainsaying people. 



THE SECOND SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING, 



ISAIAFI V. 



NX3 W will I sing to my well-be- 
loved a song of my beloved touching 
his vineyard. My well-beloved 
hath a vineyard in a very fruitful 
hill: 

2 And he fenced it, and gathered 
out the stones thereof, and planted 
it with the choicest vine, and built 
a tower in the midst of it, and also 
made a Avine-press therein : and he 
looked that it should bring forth 
grapes, and it brought forth wild 
grapes. 

3 And noAv, inhabitants of Je- 
rusalem, and men of Judah, judge I 
pray you, betwixt me and my vine- 
yard. 

4 What could have been done 
more to my vineyard, that I have not 
done in it ? wherefore, when I look- 
ed that it should bring forth grapes, 
brought it forth wild grapes 1 

5 And now go to ; I will tell you 
what I will do to my vineyard : I 
will take away the hedge thereof, 
and it shall be eaten up ; and break 

I down the wall thereof, and it shall 
\ be trodden down : 
I 6 And I will lay it waste : it shall 
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notbe pruned nor digged ; but there 
shall come up briers and thorns^. I 
will also command the clouds that 
they rain no rain upon it. 

7 For the vineyard of the Lord 
of hosts is the house of Israel, and 
the men of Judah his pleasant plant : 
and he looked for judgment, but 
behold oppression ; for righteous- 
ness, but behold a cry. 

8 Woe unto them that join house 
to house, that lay field to field, till 
there he no place, that they maybe 
placed alone in the midst of the 
earth ! 

9 In mine ears, said the Lord of 
hosts. Of a truth many houses shall 
be desolate, even great and fair^ 
without inhabitant. 

10 Yea, ten acres of vineyard 
shall yield one bath, and the seed of 
an homer shall yield an ephah. 

1 1 Woe unto them that rise up 
early in the morning, that they may 
follow strong drink ; that continue 
until night, till wine inflame them! 

12 And the harp, and the viol, 
the tabret, and pape, and wine, are 
in their feasts : but they reg^ard not 



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the work of the Lord, neither con- 
sider the operation of his hands. 

1 3 Therefore my people are gone 
into captivity, because they have no ^ 
knowledge ;* and their honourable 
men are famished, and their muhi- 
tnde riiied no vrith thnst. 

14 Therefore heh hath enlargea ' 
herself, and opened her month Avith- 
ont measure : and their glory, and 
then mnhhnde. and then pomp, and 
he thatrejoiceth. shah descendinto \ 
it. 

15 And the mean man shall be ' 
brought dov-n, and the mighty man : 
shall be humbled, and the eyes of 
the lofty shah be humbled. 

16 But the Lord of hosts shall 
be exalted in judgment, and God, 
that is holy, shalfbe sanctified in 
righteousness. 

17 Then shall the lambs feed 
after their manner, and the waste 
places of the fat ones shah strangers 
eat. 

18 Woeimto them that draw ini- 
quity with cords of vamty, and sin 
as it were with a cart-rope : 

19 That say, Let him make 
speed, ojid hasten his work, that we 
may see it ; and let the counsel of 
the Holy One of Israel draw nigh 
and come, that we may know itl^ 

20 Woe unto them that call evil 
good, and good evil ; that put dark- 
ness for light, and light for dark- 
ness ; that put bitter for sweet, and 
sweet for bitter ! 

21 Woe imt^ Hiem that are wise 
in their own eyes, and prudent in 
their own sight ! 

22 AVoe unto ilitm that arc 
mighty to drink wine, and men of 
-strength to mingle strong drink : 

23 Which justify the wicked for 



ngh^ 



I reward, and take away the 
teousness of the ris^liteous from | 
him! 

' 24 Therefore as the fire deAwr- j 
eth the siiibble. and the dame con- 
sumeth the chaff, so their root shall : 
be as rottenness, and their blossom 
- shah go up as dust : because they , 
have cast av'av the law of the Lord ■ 
of hosts, and despised the word of 
the Holy One of Israel. 

25 Therefore is the anger of the 
Lord kindled against his people, 
andhehath stretched forth his hand 
against them, and hath smitten 
them : and the hills did tremble, and 
their carcases zre re torn in the midst 
of the streets. For all this his anger 
, is not turned away, but his hand is 
I stretched out still. 
I 26 And he wiU lift up an ensign 
I to the nations from far.andwiU hiss 
': unto them from the end of the earth : 
I and behold, they shall come withi 
speed swiftly. 

27 None shall be weary nor 
stumble among them ; none shall 

' slumber nor sleep ; neither shall the 
girdle of their loins be loosed, nor 
the latchet of their shoes be broken. 

28 Whose arrows re sharp, and 
all their bows bent, their horses' 
hoofs shah be counted like flint, and 
their wheels like a wlhrlwind. 

29 Their roaring shall be like a 
lion,they shaU roar like young hons ; 
vea, they shall roar, and lay hold 
of the prey, and shall carry it away 
safe, and none shall deliver it. 

30 And in that day they shall 
roar against them like the roaring 
of the sea : and if 07ie look unto the 
land, behold darkness a/id sorrow; 
and the hght is darkness in the heav- 
ens thereof. 



ADVENT 



15 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING, 
LUKE I. V. 39. 



39 And Mary arose in those days 1 
and went into the hill-country with 
haste, into a city of Juda ; 

40 And entered into the house 
of Zacharias, and saluted Eliza- 
beth, 

41 And it came to pass, that, 
when Elisabeth heard the saluta- 
tion of Mary, the babe leaped in 
her womb ; and Elisabeth was 
filled with the Holy Ghost ; 

42 And she spake o ut with a loud 
voice, and said. Blessed art thou 
among women, and blessed is the 
fruit of thy womb. 

43 And whence is this to me, 
that the mother of my Lord should 
come to me ? 

44 For lo, as soon as the voice 
of thy salutation sounded in mine 
ears, the babe leaped in my womb 
for joy. 

45 And blessed is she that be- 
lieved; for there shall be a perform- 
ance of those things which were 
told her from the Lord. 

46 And Mary said, My soul doth 
magnify the Lord, 

47 And my spirit hath rejoiced 
in God my Saviour. 

48 For he hath regarded the low 
estate of his handmaiden ; for be- 
hold, from henceforth all genera- 
tions shall call me blessed. 

49 For he that is mighty hath 
done to me great things ; and holy 
is his name. 

50 And his mercy is on them 
that fear him from generation to 
generation. 

51 He hath shewed strength 
with his arm-: he hath scattered 



the proud in the imagination of their 
hearts. 

52 He hath put down the mighty 
from their seats, and exalted them 
of low degree. 

53 He hath filled the hungry 
with good things ; and the rich he 
hath sent empty away. 

54 He hath holpen his servant 
Israel, in remembrance of his 
mercy ; 

55 As he spake to our fathers, 
to Abraham, and to his seed for 
ever. 

56 And Mary abode with her 
about three months, and returned 
to her own house. 

57 Now Elizabeth's full time 
came that she should be delivered ; 
and she brought forth a son. 

58 And her neighbours and her 
cousins heard how the Lord had 
shewed great mercy upon her ; and 
they rejoiced vnth her. 

59 And it came to pass, that on 
the eighth day they came to cir- 
cumcise the child ; and they call- 
ed him Zacharias, after the name 
of his father. 

60 And his mother answered 
and said. Not so ; but he shall be 
called John. 

61 And they said unto her. There 
is none of thy kindred that is call- 
ed by this name. 

62 And they made signs to his 
father, how he would have him 
called. 

63 And he asked for a writing- 
table, and wrote, saying, His name 
is John. And they marvelled alL 

1 64 And his mouth was opened 



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ADVENT. 



immediately, and liis tongue loosed 
and he spake, and praised God. 
■ 65 And fear came on all that 
dwelt round about them ; and all 
these savings were noised abroad 
throughout all the hill-country of 
Judea. 

66 And all they that heard them 
laicL them up in their hearts, say- 
ing. What manner of child shall this 
be ! And the hand of the Lord was 
with him. 

67 And his father Zacharias 
was filled with the Holy Ghost, 
and prophesied, saying, 

68 Blessed he the Lord God of 
Israel ; for he hath visited and re- 
deemed his people, 

69 And hath raised up an horn 
of salvation for us in the house of 
his servant David ; 

70 As he spake by the mouth of 
his holy prophets, Avhich have been 
since the world began ; 

71 That we should be saved 
from our enemies , and from the hand 
of all that hate us ; 

72 To perform the mercy yro- 



viised to our fathers and to remem- 
ber his holy covenant, 

73 The oath wliich he sware to 
our father Abraham, 

74 That he would gTant unto us, 
that we being delivered out of the 
hand of ouj: enemies, might serve 
him without fear, 

75 In holiness and righteousness 
before himi all the days of om' life. 

76 And thou, child, shalt be 
called the Prophet of the Highest ; 
for thou shah go before the face of 
the Lord to prepare his ways ; 

77 To give knowledge of salva- 
tion unto his people, by the remis- 
sion of their sins, 

78 Through the tender mercy of 
! our God ; whereby the day-spring 
' from on high hath visited us, 

79 To give light to them that sit 
in darkness and i7i the shadow of 
death, to guide our feet into the way 
of peace. 

80 And the child grew, and 
waxed strong in spirit, and Avas in 
the deserts till the day of his shew- 
in unto Israel. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ISAIAH XXIY. 



BEHOLD, the Lord maketh the 
earth empty, and maketh it waste, 
and turneth it upside down, and 
scattereth abroad the inhabitants 
thereof. 

2 And it shall be, as with the 
people, so with the priest ; as with 
the servant, so with his master ; as 
with the maid, so Avithher mistress ; 
as Avith the buyer, so Avith the seller ; 
as Avith the lender, so with the bor- 
roAver ; as Avith the taker of usury, 
so Avith the giver of usury to liim. 



3 The land shall be utterly 
emptied, and utterly spoiled : for 
the Lord hath spoken this Avord. 

4 The earth mourneth, a/'r/fadeth 
aAvay, the Avorld languisheth and 
fadeth aAvay, the haughty people of 
the earth do languish. 

5 The earth also is defiled under 
the inhabitants thereof ; because 
thev have transgressed the laws, 
chano ed the ordinance, broken the 

I everlastnig covenant. 

I 6 Therefore hath the curse de- 



ADVENT 



17 



vt)ured the earth, and they that 
dwell therein are desolate ; there- 
fore the inhabitants of the earth are 
burned, and few men left. 

7 The new wine mourneth, the 
vine languisheth, all the merry 
hearted do sigh. 

8 The mirth of tabrets ceaseth, 
the noise of them that rejoice 
endeth, the joy of the harp ceaseth. 

9 They shall not drink wine with 
a song ; strong drink shall be bitter 
to them that drink it. 

10 The city of confusion is 
broken down : every house is shut 
up, that no man may come in. 

11 There is a crying for wine 
in the streets ; all joy is darkened, 
the mirth of the land is gone. 

12 In the city is left desolation, 
and the gate is smitten with destruc- 
tion. 

13 When thus it shall be in the 
midst of the land among the people, 
there shall be as the shaking of an 
olive tree, and as the gleaning 
grapes when the vintage is done. 

14 They shall lift up their voice, 
they shall sing for the majesty of 
the Lord, they shall cry aloud 
from the sea. 

15 Wherefore glorify ye the 
Lord in the fires, eve?ithe name of 
the Lord God of Israel in the isles 
of the sea. 

16 From the uttermost part of 
the earthhave we heard songs, even 
glory to the righteous. But I said, 
My leanness, my leanness, woe 

2* 



unto me ! the treacherous dealers 
have dealt treacherously ; yea, the 
treacherous dealers have dealt very 
treacherously. 

17 Fear, and the pit, and the 
snare, are upon thee, O inhabitant 
of the earth. 

18 And it shall come to pass, 
that he who fieeth from the noise 
of the fear shall fall into the pit ; 
and he that cometh up out of the 
midst of the pit shall be taken ia 
the snare ; for the windows from 
on high are open, and the founda- 
tions of the earth do shake, 

19 The earth is utterly broken 
down, the earth is clean dissolved, 
the earth is moved exceedingly. 

20 The earth shall reel to and fro, 
like a drunkard, and shall be re- 
moved like a cottage ; and the 
transgression thereof shall be heavy 
upon it ; and it shall fall, and not 
rise again. 

2 1 And it shall come to pass in. 
that day, ^Aa?^ the Lord shall punish 
the host of the high ones that are 
on high, and the kings of the earth 
upon the earth. 

522 And they shall be gathered 
together, as prisoners are gathered 
in the pit, and shall be shut up in 
the prison, and after many days 
shall they be visited. 

23 Then the moon shall be con- 
founded,andthe sun ashamed, when 
the Lord of hosts shall reign in 
mount Zion, and in Jerusalem, and 
before his ancients gloriously. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ROMAN'S XII. 



1 BESEECH you therefore, 
bretliren, by the mercies of God, 
that ye present your bodies a hving 
sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto 
God, ichich is your reasonable ser- 
vice. 

2 And be not conformed to this 
world ; but be ye transformed by 
the renewing of your mind, that 
ye may prove what is that good, 
and acceptable, and perfect will of 
God. 

3 For I say, through the gi'ace 
given unto me, to every man that 
is among you, not to tliink of him- 
self more highly than he ought to 
think ; but to think soberly, ac- 
cording as God hath dealt to every 
man the measure of faith. 

4 For as vv-e have many mem- 
bers in one body, and all members 
have not the same ofiice ; 

5 So we, heing many, are one 
body in Christ, and every one 
members one of another. 

6 Having then gifts differing ac- 
cording to the grace tliat is given 
to us, vrhether prophecy, let us 
vrophesy according to the propor- 
tion of faith ; 

7 Orministrv^, letvsicait on our 
ministering ; or he that teacheth, 
on teaching ; 

8 Or he that exhorteth, on ex- 
hortation : he that giveth, let him 
do it with simplicity ; he that ru- 
leth, with diligence ; he that she w- 
eth mercy, wkh cheerfulness. 

9 Lei love be without dissimu- 



lation. Abhor that which is evil, 
cleave to that which is good. 

10 Be kindly afFectioned one to. 
another with brotherly love ; in - 
honour preferring one another, 

11 Not slothful in business ; fer- 
vent in spirit ; serving the Lord ; 

12 Rejoicing in hope ; patient 
in tribulation ; continuing instant 
in prayer ; 

13 Distributing to the necessity" 
of saints ; given to hospitality. 

14 Bless them which persecute 
you : bless, and curse not. 

15 Rejoice with them that do 
rejoice, and weep with them that 
weep. 

16 Be oi the same niind one to- 
ward another. jMind not high 
things, but condescend to men of 
low estate. Be not wise in your 
own conceits. 

17 Recompense to no man e^dl 
for evil. Provide things honest in 
the sight of all men. 

18 If it be possible, as much as 
lieth in you, live peaceably with 
all men. 

19 Dearly beloved, avenge not 
yourselves, but rather give place 
unto -WTath : for it is written, Ven- 
geance is mine ; I will repay, 
saith the Lord. 

20 Therefore, if thine enemy 
hunger, feed him ; if he thirst, give 
him drink: for in so doing thou 
shalt heap coals of fire on his head. 

21 Be not overcome of evil, but 
overcome evil with good. 



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THE THIRD SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 

FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING, 
ISAIAH XXV. 



LORD, thou art my God ; I will 
exalt thee, I will praise thy name ; 
for thou hast done wonderful 
things ; thy counsels of old are 
faithfulness and truth. 

2 For thou hast made of a city 
anheap ; o/a defenced cityaruin: 
a palace of strangers to be no city ; 
it shall never be built. 

3 Therefore shall the strong 
people glorify thee, the city of the 
terrible nations shall fear thee. 

4 For thou hast been a strength 
to the poor, a strength to the needy 
in his distress, a refuge from the 
storm, a shadow from the heat, 
when the blast of the terrible ones 
is^ as B, storm against the wall. 

5 Thou shalt bring down the 
noise of strangers, as the heat in a 
dry place ; even the heat with the 
shadow of a cloud : the branch of 
the terrible ones shall be brought low 

6 And in this mountain shall 
the Lord of hosts make unto all 
people a feast of fat things, a feast 
of wines on the lees, of fat things 
full of marrow, of wines on the lees 
well refined. 

7 And he will destroy in this 



I 



NOW, in the fifteenth year of ( 
I the reign of Tiberius Cesar, Pontius 
i Pilate being governor of Judea, 
and Herod being tetrarch of Gaii- 



mountain the face of the covering 
cast over all people, and the veil 
that is spread over all nations. 

8 He v/ill swailovr up death in 
victory ; and the Lord God will 
wipe away tears from off all faces ; 
and the rebuke of his people shall 
he take away from off all the earth : 
for the Lord hath spoken it. 

9 And it shall be said in that day, 
Lo, this is our God ; we have 
waited for him, and he will save us : 
this is the Lord ; we have waited 
for him, we will be glad and rejoice 
in his salvation. 

10 For in this mountain shall 
the hand of the Lord rest, and 
Moab shall be trodden down under 
him, even as straw is trodden down 
for the dunghill. 

11 x\ndhe shall spread forth Ms 
hands in the midst of them, as he 
that swimmeth spreadeth forth his 
hands to swim : and he shall brings 
down their pride together with the 
spoils of their hands. 

12 And the fortress of the high 
fort of thy walls shall he bring down, 
lay loAv and bring to the ground, 
eveii to the dust. 



lee, and his brother Philip tetrarch 
of Iturea and of the region of 
Trachonitis, and Lysanius the te- 
trarch of Abilene. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING, 
LUKE III. to V. 19. 



20 



ADVENT 



2 xALiinas and Caiaplias being 
the high priests, the word of God 
came unto John, the son of Za- 
charias, in the wilderness. 

3 And he came into all the 
country about Jordan, preaching 
the baptism of repentance for the 
remission of sins ; 

4 As it is written in the book of 
the words of Esaias the prophet, 
saying, The voice of one crying 
in the wilderness, Prepare ye the 
way of the Lord, make his paths 
straight. 

5 Every vallev shall be filled, 
and every mountain and hill shall 
be brought low ; and the crooked 
shall be made straight, and the 
rough ways shall he made smooth, 

6 And all flesh shall see the 
salvation of God, 

7 Then said he to the multitude 
that came forth to be baptized of 
him, generation of vipers, who 
hath warned you to flee from the 
wrath to come 1 

8 Bring forth therefore fruits 
worthy of repentance ; and begin 
not to say within yourselves, We 
have Abraham to our father : for 
I say unto you. That God is able 
of these stones to raise up children 
unto Abraham. 

9 And now also the axe is laid 
unto the root of the trees : every 
tree, therefore vvhich bringeth not 
forth good fruit is hewn down, and 
cast into the Are, 



: 10 And the people asked him, 
: saying. What shall we do then? 
I 11 He answereth and saith unto 
I them, He that hath two coats, let 
; him impart to him that hath none ; 
I and he that hath meat, let him do 
; likewise. 

I 12 Then came also publicans 
; to be baptized, and said unto him, 
i Master, what shall we do ? 
I 13 And he said unto them, Ex- 
: act no more than that which is ap- 
j pointed you. 

1 14 And the soldiers likcAvise 
demanded of him, saying, And 
what shall we do ? And he said 
unto them, Do violence to no man, 
neither accuse aiiy falsely ; and 
be content with your wages. 

15 And as the people were in 
expectation, and all men mused in 
their hearts of John, v/hether he 
were the Christ, or not ; 

16 John answered, sa}T.ng unto 
them all, I indeed baptize you with 
water ; but one mightier than I 
cometh, the latchet of whose shoes 
I am not worthy to unloose ; he 
shall baptize you with the Holy 
Ghost, and with Are. 

j 17 Y\'hose fan is in his hand, 
\ and he ^rill thoroughly purge his 
I floor, and will gather the wheat 
\ into his garner ; but the chafl* he 
^ will burn with fire unquenchable, 
j 18 And many other things, in 
i his exhortation, preached he unto 
I the people. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ISAIAH XXVIII. to V. 23. 



WOE to the crown of pride, to 
the drunkards of Ephraim, Avhose 
glorious beauty is a fading flower, 



which are on the head of the fat 
valleys of them that are overcome 
with wine ! 



ADVENT. 



21 



2 Behold, the Lord hath a 
mighty and strong one, lohich, as a 
tempest of hail, and a destroying 
storm, as a flood of mighty waters 

I overfloAving, shall cast down to the 
earth with the hand. 

3 The crown of pride, the drunk- 
ards of Ephraim_, shall be trodden 
trader feet. 

4 And the glorious beauty which 
is on the head of the fat valley shall 
be a fading flower, and as the hasty 
fruit before the summer ; which 

I when he that looketh upon it seeth, 
j while it is yet in his hand he eateth 
j it up. 

j 5 In that day shall the Lord of 
i hosts be for a crown of glory, and 
for a diadem of beauty, unto the 
residue of his people, 

6 And for a spirit of judgment to 
him that sitteth in judgment, and for 
strength to them that turn the battle 
to the gate. 
! 7 But they also have erred 
j through wine, and through strong 
drink are out of the way: the priest 
and the prophet have erred through 
strong drink, they are swallowed 
up of wine, they are out of the way 
through strong drink ; they err in 
vision, they stumble in judgment. 

8 For all tables are full of vomit 
and filthiness, so that there is no 
place clean. 

9 Whom shall he teach know- 
ledge ? and whom shall he make to 
understand doctrine ? them that are 
weaned from the milk, ani drawn 
from the breasts. 

10 For precept must he upon pre- 
cept, precept upon precept; line up- 
on line, line upon line ; here a lit- 
tle, a^nd there a little : 

11 For with stammering lips, 
and another tongue, will he speak 
to this people. 



12 To whom he said. This is the 
rest ivhereioith ye may cause the 
weary to rest ; and this is the re- 
freshing : yet they would not hear. 

13 But the word of the Lord 
was unto them precept upon pre- 
cept, precept upon precept ; line 
upon line, line upon line ; here a 
little and there a little ; that they 
might go, and fall backward, and be 
broken, and snared, and taken. 

14 Wherefore hear the word of 
the Lord, ye scornful men, that 
rule this people which is is Jerusa- 
lem : 

15 Because ye have said, We 
have made a covenant with death, 
and with hell are we at agreement; 
when the overflowing scourge shall 
pass through, it shall not come unto 
us ! for we have made lies our 
refuge, and under falsehood have 
we hid ourselves. 

16 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
God, Behold, I lay in Zion for a 
foundation a stone, a tried stone, a 
precious coxner-stone, a sure foun- 
dation ; he that belie veth shall not 
make haste. 

17 Judgment also will I lay to 
the line, and righteousness to the 
plummet ; and the hail shall sweep 
away the refuge of lies, and the 
waters shall overflow the hiding- 
place. 

18 And your covenant with death 
shall be disannulled, and your agree- 
ment with hell shall not stand ; 
when the overflowing scourge shall 
pass through, then ye shall be trod- 
den down by it. 

19 From the time that it goeth 
forth it shall take you : for morn- 
ing by morning shall it pass over 
by day and by night ; and it shall 
be a vexation only to understand 
the report. 



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A D \- E X T . 



20 For the bed is shorter than 
that a man can stretch himself on 
it : and the covermg narrower than 
that he can wrap hmiself in it. 

21 For the Lord shall rise up 
as in mount Perazin, he shall be 
wroth as in the valley of Gibeon 
that he may do his work, his strange 



work ; and bring to pass his act, 
his strange act. 

22 Now therefore be ye not 
mockers, lest your bands be made 
strong ; for I have heard from the 
Lord God of hosts a consumption, 
even determined upon the whole 
earth. 



SECOXD LESSOX FOR EVENIXG. 



ROMANS XIV. 



HI-nI that is weak in the faith 
receive ye, hut not to doubtful dis- 
putations. 

2 For one believeth that he may 
eat all things : another, vdio is 
weak, eateth herbs. 

3 Let not him that eateth des- 
pise liim that eateth not ; and let 
not him which eateth not judge him 
that eateth : for God hath receiv- 
ed him. 

4 Yv'ho art thou that judge st an- 
other man's servant ? to his own 
master he standeth or falleth ; yea, 
he shall be holden up ; for God 
is able to make him stand. 

5 One man esteemeth one day 
above another : another esteemeth 
every day alike. Let eveiy man 
be fully persuaded in his o^^tl mind. 

6 He that regardeth the day, 
regardeth it unto the Lord ; and 
he that regardeth not the day, to 
the Lord he doth not regard it. 
He that eateth, eateth to the Lord, 
for he giveth God thanks ; and he 
that eateth not, to the Lord he eat- 
eth not, and giveth God thanks. 

7 For none of us liveth to him- 
self, and no man dieth to himself. 



8 For whether we live, we live 
mito the Lord ; and whether we 

j die, we die unto the Lord : wheth- 
j er v>-e live therefore, or die, we 
I are the Lord's. 

9 For to this end Christ both 
died, and rose, and revived, that 
he might be Lord both of the dead 
and living. 

10 But why dost thou judge thy 
brother ? or why dost thou set at 
nought thy brother ? for we shall 
all stand before the judgment-seat 
of Christ. 

1 1 For it is written. As I live, 
saith the Lord, every knee shall 
bow to me, and every tongue shall 
confess to God. 

12 So then every one of us shall 
give accoimt of himself to God. 

13 Let us not therefore judge 
one another any more : but judge 
this rather, that no man put a 
stumblingblock, or an occasion to 
fall, in his brother's way. 

14 I know, and am persuaded 
by the Lord Jesus, that there is 
nothing unclean of itself; but to 
him that esteemeth any thing to be 
miclean, to him it is unclean. 



ADVENT. 



15 But if thy brother be grieved 
v^ith thy meat, now walkest thou 
not charitably. Destroy not him 
■wii\ thy meat for whom Christ died. 

1 6 Let not then your good be evil 
spoken of. 

17 For the kingdom of God is 
not meat and drink ; but righteous- 
ness, and peace, and joy in the 
Holy Ghost. 

18 For he that in these things 
serveth Christ is acceptable to 
God, and approved of men. 

19 Let us therefore follow after 
the things which make for peace, 
and things wherewith one may 
edify another. 



20 For meat destroy not the work 
of God. All things indeed are 
pure ; but it is evil for that man 
Yv^ho eateth vntk ofience. 

21 It is good neither to eat flesh, 
nor to drink wine, nor anj/ thing 
vdiereby thy brother stumbleth, or 
is offended, or is made weak. . 

22 Hast thou faith ? have it to 
thyself before God. Happy he 
that condemnethnot himself in that 
thing which he allow eth, 

23 And he that doubteth is 
damned if he eat, because he eateth 
not of faith : for whatsoever is no% 
of faith is sin. 



THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN ADVENT. 



FIEST LESSON FOR MORNING, 
JSAIAH XXX, 



WOE to the rebellious children,- 
saith the Lord, that take counsel, 
but not of me ; and that cover with 
a covering, but not of my spirit, that 
they may add sin to sin. 

2 That walk to go down into 
Egypt, and have not asked at my 
mouth : to strengthen themselves 
in the strength of Pharaoh, and to 
trust in the shadow of Egypt ! 

3 Therefore shall the strength of 
Pharaoh be your shame, and the 
trust in the shadow of Egypt your 
confusion. 

4 Fpr his princes were at Zoan, 
and his ambassadors came to 
Hanes. 

5 They were jiil ashamed of a 
people that couldi.YiQt profit them, 
nor be an help nor profit, but a 
„;fhame, and also a reproach. | 



6 The burden of the beasts of 
the south : into the land of trouble 
and anguish, from whencec^???ie the 
young and old lion, the viper and 
Sery flying serpent, they will carry 
their riches upon the shoulders of 
young a5ses, and their treasures 
upon the b;:'^^iches of camels, to a 
people that sh^H not profit thevu 

7 For the Egyp-^^^i^ns shall help 
in vain, and to no pur}?^^^/ there- 
fore have I cried concerUx^^^o this, 
Their strength is to sit still. ^^^j % 

8 Now go, write it before them ^ 
in a table, and note it in a book, 
that it may be for the time to come 
for ever and ever : 

9 That this a rebellious people, 
lying children, children that will 
not hear the law of the Lord : 

10 Which say to the seers. See 



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not ; and to the prophets, Propliesy 
notimtoiis right things, speak unto 
us smooth tilings, prophecy deceits: 

1 1 Get you out of the way, turn 
aside out of the path, cause the 
Holy One of Israel to cease from 
before us. 

12 Wherefore thus saiththe Holy 
One of Israel, Because ve despise 
this word, and trust in oppression 
andperverseness.. and stay thereon : 

13 Thereiore this iniquity shall 
be to you as a breach ready to fall, 
svrelling out in a high wall, whose 
breaking conieth suddenly at an in- 
stant. 

14 And he shall break it as the 
breaking of the potter's vessel that 
is broken in pieces : he shall not 
spare ; so that there shall not be 
found in the bursting of it a sherd 
to take fire from the hearth, or to 
take water icithal out of the pit. 

15 For thussaith the Lord God, 
the Holy One of Israel ; In return- 
ing and rest shall ye be saved ; in 
quietness and in confidence shall be 
yoiu* strength ; and ye would not. 

16 But ye said, Xo ; for we will 
flee upon horses ; therefore shall 
ye flee ; and, "We will ride upon 
the swift : therefore shall they 
that pursue you be swift. 

17 One thousand shall f^ee at the 
rebuke of one, at the rebuke of five 
shall ye flee : till ye be left as a 
beacon upon the top of a mountain, 
and as an ensign on an hill. 

18 And therefore will the Lord 
wait, that he may be gracious unto 
you, and therefore will he be ex- 
alted, that he may have mercy upon 
you : fortheLoRD f.sa God of judg- 
ment : blessed are all they that 
wait for him. 

1 9 For the people shall dwell in 
Zion at Jerusalem ; thou shalt weep 



EXT. 

no more : he will be very gracious 
unto thee at the voice of thy cry ; 
when he shall hear it,he will answer 
thee. 

20 And chough the Lord give 
you the bread of adversity, and the 
vrater of afhiction, yet shall not 
thy teachers be removed into a 
corner any more, but thine eyes 
shall see thy teachers : 

21 And thine ears shall hear a 
word behind thee, saying. This is 
the way, vTilk ye in it, vrhen ye 
turn to the right hand, and Avhen 
ye turn to the left. 

22 Ye shall delile also the cover- 
ing of thy graven images of silver, 
and the ornament of thy molten 
imao;es of orold : thou shalt cast 
them away as a menstruous cloth ; 
tliou shalt say unto it, Get thee 
hence. 

23 Then shall he give the ram 
of thy seed, that thou shalt sow the 
ground withal ; and bread of the 
increase of the earth, and it shall 
be fat and plenteous : in that day 
shall thy cattle feed in large pas- 
tures. 

24 The oxen likewise and the 
young asses that ear the ground 
shall eat clean provender, which 
hath been winnowed with the 
shovel and with the fan. 

25 And there shall be upon 
every high mountain, and upon 
eyerj high hill, rivers a7id streams 
of water in the day of the great 
slaughter, when the towers fall. 

26 ]Moreover the light of the 
moon shall be as the light of the 
sun, and the light of the sun shall 
be seven fold, as the light of seven 
days, in the day that the Lord 
bindeth up the breach of his peo- 
ple, and healeth the stroke of their 
wound. 



ADVENT. 



25 



27 Behold, tlie name of the 
Lord cometh from far, burning -z^jz^ A 
his anger, and the burden thereof 
is heavy : his lips are full of indig- 
nation, and his tongue as a devour- 
ing fire : 

28 And his breath as an over- 
flowing stream, shall reach to the 
midst of the neck, to sift the nations 
with the sieve of vanity ; and there 
shall be a bridle in the jaws of the 
people, causing thern to err. 

29 Ye shall have a song, as in 
the night when a holy solemnity is 

I kept ; and gladness of heart, as 
I when one goeth with a pipe to come 
i into the mountain of the Lord, to 
i the mighty One of Israel. 

30 And the Lord shall cause 
his glorious voice to be heard, and 



shall shew the lighting down of 
his arm, with the indignation of his 
anger, and with the flame of a 
devouring fire, i^i^^A scattering, and 
tempest, and hailstones. 

31 For through the voice of the 
Lord shall the Assyrian be beaten 
down, which smote with a rod. 

32 And in every place where 
the grounded staff shall pass,which 
the Lord shall lay upon him, it 
shall be with tabrets and harps : 
and in battles of shaking will he 
fight with it. 

33 For Tophet is ordained of 
old ; yea, for the king it is prepared ; 
he hath made it deep and large : 
the pile thereof is fire and much 
wood ; the breath of the Lord, like 
a stream of brimstone, doth kindle it. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING, 
i MATTHEW III. to V. 13 



IN those days came John the 
Baptist, preaching in the wilder- 
ness of Judea, 

2 And saying. Repent ye : for 
the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

3 For this is he that was spoken 
of by the prophet Esaias, saying. 
The voice of one crying in the 
wilderness. Prepare ye the way of 
the Lord, make his paths straight. 

4 And the same John had his 
raiment of camel's hair, and a 
leathern girdle about his loins ; 
and his meat was locusts and wild 
honey. 

5 Then went out to him Jeru- 
salem, and all Judea, and all the 
region roimd about Jordan, 

6 And were baptized of him in 
Jordan, confessing their sins. 

7 But when he saw many of the 



Pharisees and Sadducees com.e to 
his baptism, he said unto them, O 
generation of vipers, who hath 
warned you to flee from the wrath 
to come ? 

8 Bring forth therefore fruits 
meet for repentance : 

9 And think not to say within 
yourselves, we have Abraham to 
our father : for I say imto you, 
That God is able of these stones 
to raise up children unto Abra- 
ham. 

1 And now also the axe is laid 
unto the root of the trees : there- 
fore every tree which bringeth not 
forth good fruit is hewn down, and 
cast into the fire. 

11 I indeed baptize you with 
water unto repentance : but he that 
cometh after me is mightier than Ij 

3 



26 ADVENT, 

whose shoes I am not worthy to ; and he will thoroughly purge his 
bear : he shall baptize you with floor, and gather his wheat into the 



the Holy Ghost, and icitk fire : 
12 Whose fan is in his hand. 



garner : but he will burn up the 
chaff ^^dth unquenchable fire. 



FIRST LESSON FOR. EVENING. 

ISAIAH XXXI. 



BEHOLD, a king shall reign 
in righteousness, and the princes 
shall rule in judgment. 

2 And a man shall be as an hiding- 
place from the vvind, and a corert 
fromthe tempest ; as rirers of water 
in a dry place : as the shadow of 
a great rock in a vrear\- land. 

3 And the eyes of them that see 
shall not be dim ; and the ears of 
them that hear shall hearken. 

4 Theheartalso of therashshall 
understand knowledge, and the 
tongue of the stammerers shall be ' 
ready to speak plainly. i 

5 The vile person shall be no i 
more called liberal, nor the churl 
said to he bountiful. , 

6 For the vile person will speak ' 
villany, and his heart will vrork ini- 
quity," to practice hypocrisy, and to 
utter error against the Lord, to 
make empty the soul of the hungry : 
and he will cause the drink of the 
thirsty to fail. 

7 The instruments also of the 
churl are evil ; he deviseth wicked 
de^dces to destroy the poor with 
lying wwds, even when the needy 
speaketh right. 

8 But the liberal deviseth liber- 
al things ; and by liberal things shall 
he stand. 

9 Rise up, ye women that are 
at ease : hear my voice, ye care- 
less daughters ; give ear unto my 
speech, 



10 ^Nlany days and years shall 
! ye be troubled, ye careless women : 
i forthe vintage shall fail, the gather- 
'ing shall not come. 

11 Tremble, ye women that are 
at ease ; be troubled ye careless 
ones ; strip you, and make you bare, 
; and gird sackcloth upon your loins, 
i 12° They shall lament for the 

teats, for the pleasant fields, for the 
fniitfiil vine. 

13 Lpon the the land of my peo- 
ple shall come up thorns, and briers, 
vea upon all the houses of joy vi 
; the jovous city ; 

i 14 'Because the palaces shall be 
forsaken ; the muhitude of the city 
' shall be left ; the forts and towers 
\ shall be for dens for ever, a joy of 
wild asses, a pasture of flocks ; 
I 15 Until the Spirit be poiued 
: upon us f};om on high, and the wil- 
derness be a fruitful field, and the 
fruitful field be counted for a 
; forest. 

16 Then Judgment shall dwell 
in the wilderness, and righteousness 
remain in the fruitful field. 

17 And the work of righteous- 
ness shall be peace ; and the effect 
of righteousness, quietness and as- 
surance for ever. 

18 x\nd my people shall dwell 
in a peaceable habitation, and in 
j sure dwellings, and in quiet resting- 
I places, 

' 19 When it shall hail coming 



ADVENT, 



down on the forest ; and tlie city 
shall be low in a low place. 
20 Blessed are ye that sow be- 



side all waters, that send forth 
thither the feet of the ox and the 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING, 



I CORINTHIANS 1. 



PAUL, called to he an apostle of 
Jesus Christ, through the A^dll of 
God, and Sosthenes our brother. 

2 Unto the church of God which 
is at Corinth, to them that are sanc- 
tified in Christ Jesns, called to he 
saints, with all that in every place 
call upon the name of Jesus Christ 
our Lord, both theirs and ours : 

3 Grace be unto you, and peace, 
from God our Father and from the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

4 I thank my God always on 
your behalf, for the grace of God 
which is given you by Jesus Christ ; 

5 That in every thing ye are 
enriched by him, in all utterance, 
and in all knowledge ; 

6 Even as the testimony of Christ 
was confirmed in you : 

7 So that ye come behind in 
no gift ; waiting for the coming of 
our Lord Jesus Christ : 

8 Who shall also confirm you 
unto the end, that ye may be blame- 
less in the day of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

9 God is faithful, by whom ye 
were called unto the fellowship of 
his Son Jesus Christ our Lord. 

10 Now,I beseech you, brethren, 
by the name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, that ye all speak the same 
thing, and there be no divisions 
among you ; but that ye be per- 
fectly joined together in the same 
mind, and in the same judgment. 

11 For it hath been declared 



unto me of you, my brethren, by 
them vjhich are of the house of 
Chloe, that there are contentions 
among you. 

12 Now this I say, that eveiy 
one of you saith, I am of Paul, and 
I of Apollos, and I of Cephas, and 
I of Christ. 

13 Is Chiist divided ? was Paul 
crucified for you? or were ye bap« 
tized in the name of Paul ? 

14 I thank God that I baptized 
none of you,butCrispusand Gaius ; 

15 Lest any should say that I had 
baptized in mine own name. 

16 And I baptized also the house- 
hold of Stephanas : besides, I know 
not whether I baptized any other. 

17 For Christ sent me not to 
baptize, but to preach the gospel : 
not with wisdom of words, lest the 
cross of Christ should be made of 
none effect. 

18 For the preaching of the 
cross is to them that perish foolish- 
ness ; but unto us which are saved 
it is the power of God. 

19 For it is written, I will de- 
stroy the wisdom of the wise, and 
will bring to nothing the under- 
standing of the prudent. 

20 Where is the wise ? where 
25the scribe ? where is the disputer 
of this world 1 hath not God made 
foolish the wisdom of this world ? 

2 1 For after that, in the wisdom 
of God, the world by wisdom knew 
not God, it pleased God by the 



28 ADVENT. 

foolisliness of preacliing to save 
them that believe. 

22 For the Jews require a sign, 
and the Greeks seek after wisdom : 

23 But -we preach Christ cmci- 
fied, unto the Jews a stumbHng- 
Wock. and mitothe Greeks foohsh- 
ness ; 

24 But imto them which are 
called, both Jews and Greeks, 
Christ the power of God, and the 
wisdom of God. 

25 Because the foohshness of 
God is wiser than men ; and the 
weakness of God is stronger than 
men. 

26 For ye see your calling, 
brethren, how that not many T\ise 
men after the flesh, not many 
mighty, not many noble, are called : 



27 But God hath chosen the 
foohsh things of the world to con- 
found the wise ; and God hath 
chosenthe weak things of the world 
to confound the things which are 
might)- ; 

28 And base things of the world, 
and things which are despised, 
hath God chosen, yea, and things 
which are not, to bring to nought 
things that are ; 

29 That no flesh should glory 
in his presence. 

i 30 But of him are ye in Christ 
! Jesus, who of God is made unto 
us wisdom, and righteousness, and 
sanctihcation, and redemption ; _ 

31 That, according as it is writ- 
ten, He that glorieth, let him glory 
in the Lord. 



THE NATIVITY OF OUR LORD, OR THE BIRTH-DAY OF CHRIST, 
COMMONLY CALLED 



CHRISTMAS DAY. 



I Christmas is the feast of the nativity of Jesus Christ, and though we have 
i no certain evidence of the exact time in which it was iirst observed, yet we are 
I sure that it was very early received all over the West ; and the immemorial 
j observation of it, is an argument of its primitive institution. St. Augustin 
who lived in the third, and St. Chrisostom who lived in the fourth century, 
I but call -it a primitive custom: and tell us, that it v/as celebrated upon the 
j twenty-fifth of December from the very first ages of Christianity. A day, 
! which at once, requires of us the deepest humiliaiiou, and the most exalted 
' praise ! That such should be the sin of mankind as nothing but the blood of 
j the Son of God could expiate, calls for our most hearty sorrow, and sincere 
repentance. But that, in this extremity, God shouM so love the world, as to 
send forth his only Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, 
but have everlasting life; is enough to turn our heaviness into joy, and our 
mourning into songs of thanksgiving. — And that no one may want an oppor- 
tunity to celebrate so great a festival, with a solemnity suitable to the occas'ion, 
the Church both excites and assists our devotion, by an admirable frame of 
service fitted to the day. In the first Lessons, she reads to us the clearest pro- 
I phecies of Christ's coming in the flesh,, and in the second Lessons, Epistle and 
I Gospel, shows us the completion of those prophecies, by giving us the complete 
I history of it. In the Collect, she teaches us to pray, that we may be partakers 
I of the benefits of his birth ; and in the proper portion of the Psalms, selected 
for the day, she sets us to our duty of praising and glorifying God for this in- 
comprehensible mystery. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ISAIAH IX. to V. 8. 



NEVERTHELESS, the dim- 
ness shall not be such as was in 
her vexation, when at the first he 
lightly afflicted the land of Zebii- 
lun, and the land of Naphtali, and 
afterward did more grievously af- 
flict he?' by the way of the sea, be- 

I yond Jordan, in Galilee of the na- 

' tions. 

i 2 The people that walked in 
I darkness have seen a great light ; 
I they that dwell in the land of the 
I 3^ 



shadow of death, upon them hath 
the light shine d. 

3 Thou hast multiplied the na- 
tion, and not increased the joy: 
they joy before thee according to 
the joy in harvest, and as men re- 
joice when they divide the 
spoil. 

4 F or thou hast broken the yoke 
of his burden, and the staff of his^ 
shoulder, the rod of his oppressor^^, 
as in the day of Midian, 



30 CHRISTM 

5 For every battle of the war- 
rior is with confused noise, and 
garments rolled in blood ; but this 
shall be with biuTing and fuel of 
fire. 

6 For unto us a child is born, 
unto us a son is given, and the go- 
vernment shall be upon his should- 
er ; and his name shall be called 
Wonderfid,Counsellor,The mighty 



A S D A Y . 

God, The everlasting Father, The 
Prince of Peace. 

7 Of the increase of his govern- 
ment and peace there shall be no 
end, upon the throne of Da^dd, and 
upon his kingdom, to order it, and 
to establish it with judgment and 
with justice, from henceforth even 
for ever. The zeal of the Lord 
lof hosts will perform this. 



SECOND LESSON^ FOR. MORNING. 

LUKE 11. to V. 15. 



AND it came to pass in those 
days, that there went out a decree 
from Cesar AugTistus, that all the 
world should be taxed. 

2 {A7id this taxing was first 
made when Cyrenius was gover- 
nor of Spia.) 

3 And all went to be taxed, 
every one into his OAvn city. 

4 And Joseph also went up from 
Galilee, out of the city of Isaza- 
reth, into Judea, imto the city of 
David, which is called Bethlehem, 
(because he was of the house and 
lineage of Da-s^id.) 

5 To be taxed with Mary his 
espoused wife, being great with 
child. 

6 And so it was, that, whik they 
were there, the days were accom- 
plishedthat she shouldbe delivered. 

7 And she brought forth her 
first-born son, and wrapped him in 
swaddling clothes, and laid him in 
a manger; because there Avas no 
room for them in the inn. 



' 8 xind there were in the same 
countiy shepherds abiding in the 
field, keeping watch over their 
fiock by night. 

9 And lo, the angel of the Lord 
came upon them, and the glory of 
the Lord shone roimd about them ; 
and they were sore afraid. 

10 And the angel said unto them, 
Fear not ; for behold, I bring you 
good tidings of gi'eat joy, which 
shall be to all people. 

11 For unto you is bom this 
day, in the city of David, a Sa- 
viour, which is Christ the Lord. 

12 And this shall be a sign un- 
to you; Ye shall find the babe 
wrapped in swaddling clothes, ly- 
ing in a manger. 

1 3 And suddenly there was Avith 
the angel a multitude of the hea- 
venly host praising God, and say- 
ing, 

14 Glory to God in the highest, 
and on earth peace, good will to- 
ward men. 



CHRISTMAS DAY«^ 



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FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ISAIAH YIL V. 10 to 17. 



10 Moreover the Lord spake 
again unto Ahaz, saying, 

11 Ask thee a sign of the Lord 
thy God ; ask it either in the depth, 
or in the height above. 

12 But Ahaz said, I will not ask, 
neither will I tempt the Lord. 

13 And he said. Hear ye now, 
house of David ; Is it s. small 
thing for you to weary men, but will 
ye weary my God also ? 

14 Therefore the Lord him.self 



shall give you a sign : Behold, a 
virgin shall conceive, and bear a 
son, and shall call his name Im- 
manuel. 

15 Butter and honey shall he 
eat, that he may know to refuse the 
evil, and choose the good. 

16 For before the child shall 
know to refuse the evil, and choose 
the good, the land that thou abhor- 
rest shall be forsaken of both her 
kings. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



TITUS III. V. 4 to 9. 



4 But after that the kindness 
and love of God our Saviour to- 
ward man appeared, 

5 Not by works of righteousness 
which we have done, but according 
to his mercy he saved us, by the 
washing of regeneration, and re- 
newing of the Holy Ghost ; 

6 Which he shed on us abun- 
dantly through Jesus Christ our 
Saviour. 



7 That, being justified by his 
grace we should be made heirs ac- 
cording to the hope of eternal life. 

8 This is a faithful saying, and 
these things I will that thou affirm 
constantly, that they which have 
believed in God might be careful 
to maintain good works ; these 
things are good and profitable unto 
men, 



32 



CHRISTMAS. 



THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS DAY. 



It was a custom among the primitive Christians, to observe the Octave or 
eio-hrh day after their principal feasts, with great solemnity ; and upon every 
day between the feast and the Octave, as upon the Octave itsell, they used to 
repeat some part of the service that was performed on the feast day. In imi- 
tation of this custom, this dav falling on, or within the Octave of Christmas, 
the Colleccthen used, is repeated now. The Lessons, the Epistle and Gospel, 
still set forth the mystery of our Redemption by the birth of Christ, 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ISAIAH XXXY. 



THE wilderness, and the soli- 
tary place, shall be glad for them ; 
and the desert shall rejoice, and 
blossom as the rose. 

2 It shall blossom abmidantly, 
and rejoice even with joy and sing- 
ing ; the glory of Lebanon shall 
be given unto it, the excellency of 
Carmel and Sharon ; they shall 
see the glory of the Lord, and the 
excellency of our God. 

3 Sti-engthenyethe Aveak hands, 
and confirm the feeble knees. 

4 Say to them tJiat are oi a 
fearful heart, Be strong, fear not ; 
behold, your God will come loith 
vengeance, even God loith a recom- 
pence ; he will come and save you. 

5 Then the eyes of the blind 
shall be opened, and the ears of 
the deaf shall be unstopped : 

6 Then shall the lame man leap 
as an hart, and the tongue of the 
dumb sing : for in the wilderness 



shall waters break out, and streams 
in the desert. 

7 And the parched ground shall 
become a pool, and the thirsty land 
springs of water : in the habitation 
of dragons, where each lay, shall 
be grass, vvith reeds and rushes. 

8 x\nd an highway shall be 
there, and a way, and it shall be 
called, The way of holiness ; the 
unclean shall not pass over it ; but 
it shall he for those ; the way- 
faring men, though fools, shall not 
err therein. 

9 No lion shall be there, nor 
a7iy ravenous beast shall go up 
thereon, it shall notbe found there ; 
but the redeemed shall walk there, 

10 x\nd the ransomed of the 
Lord shall return, and come to 
Zion with songs, and everlasting 
joy upon their heads : they shall 
obtain joy and gladness, and sor- 
row and sighing shall flee away. 



CHRISTMAS, 



33 



SECOND LESS 



25 And behold, there was a man 
j in Jerusalem, whose name ivas 
I Simeon ; and the same man was 

just and devout, waiting for the 
consolation of Israel : and the 
Holy Ghost was upon him. 

26 And it was revealed unto him 
by the Holy Ghost, that he should 

j not see death, before he had seen 

I the Lord's Christ. 

j 27 And he came by the Spirit 

into the temple ; and when the 
I parents brought in the child Jesus 

to do for him after the custom of 

the law, 

28 Then took he him up in his 
arms and blessed God, and said, 

29 Lord, now lettest thou thy 
, servant depart in peace, according 
! to thy word : 

: 30 For mine eyes have seen thy 
salvation, 

31 Which thnn has prp.pa.red be- 
fore the face of all people ; 
- 32 A light to lighten the Gen- 
tiles, and the glory of thy people 
Israel. 

33 And Joseph and his mother 
marvelled at those things which 
were spoken of him. 

34 And Simeon blessed them, 
and said unto Mary his mother. 
Behold this child is set for the fall 
and rising again of many in Israel ; 
and for a sign which shall be spo- 
ken against ; 

35 (Yea, a sword shall pierce 
through thy own soul also, ) that 

I the thoughts of many hearts may be 
I revealed. 



r FOR MORNING. 

II. V. 25, 

36 And there was one Anna, a 
prophetess, the daughter of Phan- 
uel, of the tribe of Aser ; she was 
of a great age, and had lived with 
an husband seven years from her 
virginity ; 

37 And she was a widow of 
about fourscore and four years, 
which departed not from the temple 
but served God with fastings and 
prayers night and day. 

38 And she, coming in that in- 
stant, gave thanks likewise unto the 
Lord, and spake of him to all them 
that looked for redemption in Jeru- 
salem. 

39 And when they had perform- 
ed all things, according to the law 
of the Lord, they returned into 
Galilee, to their own city Nazareth. 

40 And the child grew, and 
waxed strong in spirit, filled with 
wisdom ; and the grace of God 
was upon him. • 

41 Now his parents went to 
Jerusalem every year at the feast 
of the passover. 

42 And when he was twelve 
years old, they went up to Jerusa- 
lem, after the custom of the feast. 

43 And when they had fulfilled 
the days, as they returned, the 
child Jesus tarried behind in Jeru- 
salem ; and Joseph and his mother 
knew not of it. 

44 But they supposing him to 
have been in the company, went a 
day's journey; and they sought 
him among their kinsfolk and ac- 
quaintance. 



34 



CHRISTMAS. 



45 And when they found him 
not, they turned back again to Jeru- 
salem, seeking him. 

46 And it came to pass that af- 
ter three days they found him in the 
temple, sitting in the midst of the 
doctors, both hearing them, and 
asking them questions. 

47 And all that heard liim were 
astonished at his understanding and 
answers : 

48 And when they saw him, 
they were amazed ; and his mother 
said unto him, Son, why hast thou 
thus dealt with us ? behold, thy 



father and 1 have sought thee sor- 
rowing. 

49 And he said unto them, How 
is it that ye sought me 1 wist ye 
not that I must be about my Fath- 
er's business 1 

50 And they understood not the 
saying which he spake unto them. 

51 And he went down with them, 
and came to Nazareth, and was 
subject unto them ; but his mother 
kept all these sayings in her heart. 

52 And Jesus increased in wis- 
dom and stature, and in favour 
with God and m.an. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ISAIAH XL. 



COMFORT ye, comfort ye my 
people, saith your God. 

2 Speak ye comfortable to Jeru- 
salem, and cry unto her that her 
warfare is accomplished, that her 
iniquity is pardoned : for she hath 
receivedof the LoRc'shand double 
for all her sins. 

3 The voice of him that crieth 
in the wilderness. Prepare ye the 
way of the Lord, make straight m 
the desert a highway for our God. 

4 Every valley shall be exalted, 
and every mountain and hill shall 
be made low : and the crooked 
shall be made straight, and the 
rough places plain : 

5 And the glory of the Lord 
shallbe revealed, and all flesh shall 
see it together : for the mouth of the 
Lord hath spoken it. 

6 The voice said. Cry. And 
he said, What shall I cry ? All flesh 
^sgrass,andallthe goodliness there- 
of is as the flower of the field : 

7 The grass withereth, the 



flower fadeth : because the Spirit , 
of the Lord bloweth uponit : surely i 
the people is grass. i 

8 The grasswithereth, the flow- ; 
er fadeth ; but the word of oiu: God ' 
shall stand for ever. 

9 O Zion, that bringest good 
tidings, get thee up into the high ' 
momitam ; O J erusalem, that bring- 
est good tidings, lift up thy voice 
Avith strength : lift it up, be not 
afraid ; say unto the cities of Judah, 
Behold yom God ! 

10 Behold, the Lord God will 
come with strong hand, and his 
arm shall rule for him: behold, his 
reward is with him, and his work 
before him. 

11 He shall feed his flock like 
a shepherd ; he shall gather the 
lambs with his arm, and ca.njihem 
in his bosom, and shall gently lead 
those that are with young. 

12 Who hath measured the 
waters in the hollow of his hand, 
and metedoutheaven with the span, 



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35 



and comprehended the dust of the 
earth in a measure, and weighed 
the mountains in scales, and the 
hills in a balance ? 

13 Who hath directed the Spirit 
of the Lord, or, beinghis counsellor, 
hath taught him ? 

14 With whom took he counsel, 
and who instructed him, and taught 
him in the path of judgment, and 
taught him knowledge, and shewed 
to him the way of understanding ? 
^' 15 Behold the nations are as a 
drop of a bucket, and are counted 
as the small dust of the balance : 
behold, he taketh up the isles as a 
very little thing. 

1 6 And Lebanon is not sufficient 
to burn, nor the beasts thereof 
sufficient for a burnt offering. 

1 7 All nations before him are 
as nothing ; and they are counted 
to him less than nothing, and vanity. 

18 To whom then will ye liken 
God ? or what likeness will ye 
compare unto him 1 

19 The workman melteth a 
graven image, and the goldsmith 
spreadeth it over with gold, and 
casteth silver chains. 

20 He that is so impoverished 
that he hath no oblation chooseth 
a tree ^A^^^ will not rot : he seeketh 
unto him a cunning workman to 
prepare a graven image, that shall 
not be moved. 

21 Have ye not known? have 
ye not heard ? hath it not been told 
you from the beginning ? have ye 
not understood from the founda- 
tions of the earth ? 

^ 22 It is he that sitteth upon the 
circle of the earth, and the inhabi- 
tants thereof are as grasshoppers ; 
that stretched out the heavens as 



a curtain, and spreadeth them out 
as a tent to dwell in ; 

23 That bringeth the princes to 
nothing : he maketh the judges of 
the earth as vanity. 

24 Yea, they shall not be plant- 
ed ; yea, they shall not be sown ; 
yea, their stock shall not take root 
in the earth : and he shall also blow 
upon them, and they shall wither, 
and the whirlwind shall take them 
away as stubble. 

25 To whom then will ye liken 
me, or shall I be equal saith the 
Holy One. 

26 Lift up your eyes on high, 
and behold who hath created these 
things, that bringeth out their host 
by number : he calleth them all by 
names, by the greatness of his 
might ; for that he is strong in pow- 
er ; not one faileth. 

27 Why sayest thou, O Jacobs 
and speakest, O Israel, My way is 
hid from the LoPwD, and my judg- 
ment is passed over from my 
God? 

28 Hast thou not known, hast 
thounot heard, that the everlasting 
God, the Lord, the Creator of the 
ends of the earth, fainteth not, nei- 
ther is weary ? there is no searching 
of his understanding. 

29 He giveth power to the faint ; 
and to them that have no might he 
increaseth strength. 

30 Even the youths shall faint 
and be weary, and the young men 
shall utterly fall : 

31 But they that wait upon the 
Lord shall renew their strength ; 
they shall mount up with wings as 
eagles ; they shall run, and not be 
weary ; and they shall walk, and 
not faint. 



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CHRISTMAS. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



I CORI^'THIANS IL 



AND I, bretliren, "vvhen I came 
to vou, came not with excellency 
of speech, or of wisdom, declaring 
unto you the testimony of God : 

2 For I determined not to know 
any thing among you, save Jesus 
Cliirist, and him crucified. 

3 And I was with you in weak- 
ness, and in fear, and in much 
trembling. 

4 And my speech and my 
preaching was not with enticing 
words of man's wisdom, but in de- 
monstration of the Spirit and of \ 
power ; i 

5 That your faith should not! 
stand in the wisdom of men, but j 
in the power of God. j 

6 Howbeit we speak wisdom; 
among them that are perfect ; yet , 
not the wisdom of this world, nor • 
of the princes of tliis world, that | 
come to nought ; ' 

7 But we speak the wisdom of; 
God in a mystery, e re ?uhe hidden ; 
icisdo III, ^xliich. God ordained be- 1 
fore the world unto our glory ; | 

S Which none of the princes ofj 
this world knew: for had they 
known it, they would not have 
crucified the Lord of glory. 

9 But, as it is written. Eye hath 
not seen, nor ear heard, neither 
have entered into the heart of man. 



the tilings which God hath pre- 
pared for them that love him. 

10 But God hath revealed ^^^6771 
unto us by his Spirit : for the Spirit 
searcheth all things, yea, the deep 
things of God. 

1 1 For what man knoweth the 
things of a man, save the spirit of 
man which is in him ? even so the 
things of God knoweth no man, 
but the Spirit of God. 

12 Now we have received not 
the spirit of the world, but the 
Spirit which is of God ; that we 
might know the things that are 
freely given to us of God. 

13 Which things alsoAve speak, 
not in the words which man's wis- 
dom teacheth, but which the Holy 
Ghost teacheth ; comparing spirit- 
ual things with spiritual. 

14 But the natural man receiv- 
eth not the things of the Spirit of 
God : for they are foohshness un- 
to him ; neither can he know them, 
because they are spiritually dis- 
cerned. 

15 But he that is spiritual judg- 
eth all things, yet he himself is 
judged of no man. 

16 For who hath known the 
mind of the Lord, that he may in- 
struct him ? But we have the mind 
of Christ. 



THE CIRCUMCISION OF CHRIST. 



Circumcision is a festival celebrated on the first day of January, in com- 
memoration of the circumcision of our blessed Saviour. This sacred rite 
was of divine appointment, for God himself was the author of it. And his 
authority sure, was enough to sanctify this ordinance; and raise it above con- 
tempt, though the Jews were derided and scofied at by the heathen upon this ac- 
count, as Philo and others of their learned men complain; and we find the 
Roman satirist, making sport with them about it. But they were aliens and 
infidels who knew nothing of the Covenant of God. And that may be some 
excuse for them. They were certainly more excusable than our apostate 
Christians, who being well acquainted with the holy scriptures, yet make 
light of the sacraments both of the Old and New Testaments, because they 
do not come up to their notions of grandeur and magnificence in religion. But 
it is enough that they are ordained of God, whose foolishness, if I may so say 
with St. Paul, excels the wisdom, and his weakness surpasseth the strength, 
of men, who hath chosen the weak and base things of this world which are 
despised, things which are not, to bring to nought those things, which are had 
in admiration. If he has thought fit to make them the means of grace, his 
grace will most certainly be exhibited and afforded to us in the use of such 
means. — Let us then begin this day to celebrate the ensuing year to the true 
ends of our most holy profession: This day wherein Christ was made subject 
to the law of Moses for us, let us resolve to become more strictly subject to 
the laws of Christ: This day, wherein he renews our civil year, let us renew 
our lives and reform our manners, that we may in some measure redeem the 
time which is past and lost, by laying out the remainder of our lives in such 
works as are acceptable to our heavenly Father, through the merits of^him 
who is the author of our adoption, even Jesus Christ our Lord. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
GENESIS XVII. to V. 15. 



AND when Abram was ninety 
years old and nine, the Lord ap- 
peared to Abram, and said unto 
him, I am the Almighty God : 
walk before me, and be thou per- 
fect. 

2 And I will make my covenant 
between me and thee, and will 
multiply thee exceedingly. 

3 And Abram fell on his face : 
and God talked with him, saying, 

4 As for me, behold, my cove- 
nant is with thee, and thou shalt 
be a father of many nations. 



5 Neither shall thy name any 
more be called Abram, but thy name 
shall be Abraham : for a father of 
many nations have I made thee. 

6 And I will make thee exceed- 
ing fruitful, and I will make nations 
of thee, and kings shall come out 
of thee. 

7 And I will establish my cove- 
nant between me and thee, and thy 
seed after thee, in their genera- 
tions, for an everlasting covenant, 
to be a God unto thee, and to thy 
seed after thee. 

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3g CIRCUMCISION. 

8 And I will give unto thee, and 12 And he that is eight days 
to thy seed after thee, the land 'old shall be circimicised among 
wherein thou art a stranger, all the you, every man-cliild m your ge-. 
land of Canaan, for an everlasting nerations ; he that is born m the 
possession; and I will be their God. house, or bought with money of 

9 And God said unto Abraham, any stranger, which is not of thy 
Thoushahkeepinycovenantthere-|seed. . , . 
fore, thou, and thy seed after ihee, I 13 He that is born m thy house, 
in their generations. jand he that is bought with thy 

10 This i5 my covenant, which money, must needs be circumcised: 
ye shall keep, "between me and jand my covenant shall be in your 
you and thy seed after thee ; 'flesh for an everlasting covenant. 
Every man-child among you shall i 14 And the imcircumcised man- 
be circumcised. 'child, whose flesh of his foreskin 

11 And ye shall circumcise the is not circumcised, that soul shall 
flesh of your foreskin ; and it shall \ be cut ofl* from his people ; he hath 
be a token of the covenant betwixt i broken my covenant. 

me and you. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING, 



ROMANS II. 



THEREFORE thou art inex- 
cusable, O man, whosoever thou 
art that judgest, for wherein thou ' 
judgest another, thou condemnest 
thyself ; for thou that judgest doest 
the same things. 

2 But we are sure that the judg- 
ment of God is according to truth 
against them wliich commit such 
things. 

3 And thinkest thou this, Oman 
that judgest them which do such 
things, and doest the same, that 
thou shaU escape the judgment of 
God; 

4 Or despisest thou the riches 
of his goodness and forbearance, 
and long-sufi'ering : not knowing 
that the goodness of God leadeth 
thee to repentance ? 

5 But, after thy hardness and im- 
penitent heart, treasurest up unto 



thyself wrath against the day of 
wrath and revelation of the righ- 
teous judgment of God : 

6 Who will render to every man 
according to his deeds : 

7 To them who, by patient con- 
tinuance in well-doing, seek for 
glory, and honour, and immortality, 

' eternal life : 

I 8 But unto them that are conten- 
■ tious, and do not obey the truth, but 
' obey unrighteousness, indignation 
and wrath, 

9 Tribulation and anguish upon 
every soul of man that doeth evil 
of the Jew first, and also of the 
Gentile ; 

1 But glory, honour, and peace, 
to every man that worketh good ; 
to the Jew first, and also to the 
Gentile ; 



i C I R C U M 

i 

11 For there is no respect of 
persons with God. 

12 For as many as have sinned 
1 without law, shall also perish with- 
' out law ; and as many as have sin- 
I ned in the law shall be judged by 
j the law, 

I 13 (For not the hearers of the 
law are just before God, but the 
doers of the law, shall be justified. 

14 For when the Gentiles, which 
have not the law, do by nature the 
things contained in the law, these, 

j having not the lav/, are a law unto 

j themselves ; 

I 15 Which shew the work of the 
; law written in their hearts, their 
! conscience also bearing witness, 
' and their thoughts the meanwhile 
accusing or else excusing one an- 
other, 

16 In the day when God shall 
judge the secrets of men by Jesus 
Christ, according to my Gospel. 

17 Behold, thou art called a Jew, 
and restest in the law and makest 
thy boast of God, 

18 And knowest his will, and 
approvest the things that are more 
excellent, being instructed out^ of 
the law ; 

19 And art confident that thou 
thyself art a guide of the blind, a 
light of them which are in dark- 
ness, 

29 An instructor of the fooUsh, 
a teacher of babes, which hast the 
form of knowledge and of the truth 
in the law. 



c I s I o N . 39 

2 1 Thou therefore which teach- 
est another, teachest thou not thy« 
self ? thou that preachest a man 
should not steal, dost thou steal 1 

22 Thou that sayest a man 
should not commit adultery, dost 
thou commit adultery ? thou that ab- 
horrest idols, dost thou commit 
sacrilege. 

23 Thou that makest thy boast 
of the law, through breaking the 
law dishonourest thou God ! 

24 For the name of God is blas» 
phemed among the Gentiles through 
you as it is written. 

25 For circumcision verily pro- 
fiteth, if thou keep the law : but if 
thou be a breaker of the law thy 
circumcision is made uncircumci- 
sion. 

26 Therefore, if the uncircum- 
cision keep the righteousness of 
the law, shall not his uncircumci- 
sion be counted for circumcis- 
ion ? 

27 And shall not uncircumcision 
which is by nature, if it fulfil the 
law judge thee, who by the letter 
and circumcision dost transgress 
the law 1 

28 For he is not a Jew which 
is one outwardly ; neither is that 
circumcision which is outward in 
the flesh : 

29 But he is a Jew which is 
one inwardly ; and circumcision is 
that of the heart, in the spirit, and 
not in the letter ; whose praise is 
not of men, but of God. 



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CIRCUMCISION. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
DEUTERONOMY X. v. 12. 



12 And now, Israel, what dotli: 
the Lord thy God require of thee, 
but to fear the Lord thy God, to 
walk in all his ways, and to love 
him, and to serve the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and with 
all thy soul. 

13 To keep the commandments 
of the Lord, and his statutes, which 
I command thee this day for thy 
good ? 

14 Behold, the hearen and the 
heaven of heavens is- the Lord's thy 
God, the earth also, with aU that 
therein is. 

15 Only the Lord had a de- 
light in thy fathers to love them, 
and he chose their seed after them, 
even you above all people, as it is 
this day. 

16 Circumcise therefore the 
foreskin of your heart, and be no 
more stiff-necked. 

17 For the Lord yoiu: God is 



God of gods, and Lord of lords, a 
great God, a mighty and a terrible, 
which regardeth not persons, nor 
taketh reward. 

18 He doth execute the judg- 
ment of the fatherless and widow, 
and loveth the stranger, in gi^ang 
him food and raiment. 

1 9 Love ye therefore the stran- 
ger . for ye were strangers in the 
land of Egypt. 

20 Thou shalt fear the Lord thy 
God ; him shalt thou serve, and to 
him shalt thou cleave, and swear 
by his name. 

21 He is thy praise, and he is 
thy God, that hath done for thee 
these great and terrible things 
which thine eyes have seen. 

22 Thy fathers went down into 
Egypt with threescore and ten per- 
sons ; and now the Lord thy God 
hath made thee as the stars of 
heaven for multitude. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING, 
COLOSSIANS 11. 



FOR I would that ye knew w^hat 
great conflict I have for you, and 
for them at Laodicea, and for as 
many as have not seen my face in 
the flesh ; 

2 That their hearts might be 
comforted, being knit together in 
love, and unto all riches of the full 
assurance of understanding, to the 
acknowledgment of the mystery of 



God, and of the Father, and of 
Christ ; 

3 In whom are hid all the trea- 
sures of wisdom and knowledge. 

4 And this I say, lest any man 
should beguile you with enticing ' 
words. 

5 For though I be absent in the 
flesh, yet am I with you in the 
spirit, joying and beholding your 



CIRCUMCISION, 



41 



order, and the stedfastness of your 
faith in Christ. 

6 As ye have therefore received 
Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye 
in him ; 

7 Rooted and built up in him, 
and stablished in the faith, as ye 
have been taught, abounding there- 
in with thanksgiving. 

8 Beware lest any man spoil 
you through philosophy and vain 
deceit, after the tradition of men, 
after the rudiments of the world, 
and not after Christ : 

9 For in him dwelleth all the 
fulness of the Godhead bodily. 

10 And ye are complete in him, 
which is the head of all principality 
and power ; 

11 In whom also ye are circum- 
cised with the circumcision made 
without hands, in putting off the 
body of the sins of the flesh by the 
circumcision of Christ ; 

1 2 Buried with him in baptism, 
wherein also ye are risen with Am 
through the faith of the operation 
of God, who hath raised him from 
the dead. 

13 And you, being dead in your 
sins and the uncircumcision of your 
flesh, hath he quickened together 
with him, having forgiven you all 
trespasses ; 

14 Blotting out the hand-writing 
of ordinances that was against us, 
which was contrary to us, and took 
it out of the way, nailing it to his 
cross ; 



15 And, having spoiled princi- 
palities and powers, he made a 
shew of them openly, triumphing 
over them in it. 

15 Let no man therefore judge 
you in meat, or in drink, or in res- 
pect of an holy day, or of the new- 
moon, or of the sahhsXh-days ; 

1 7 Which are a shadow of things 
to come : but the body is of 
Christ, 

18 Let no man beguile you of 
your reward in a voluntary humility 
and worshipping of angels, intrud« 
ing into those things which he 
hath not seen, vainly pufl'ed up by 
his fleshly mind ; 

19 And not holding the Head^ 
from which all the body by joints 
and bands having nourishment 
ministered, and knit together, in- 
creaseth with the increase of 
God. 

20 Wherefore, if ye be dead 
with Christ from the rudiments of 
the world, why, as though living 
in the world, are ye subject to or- 
dinances, 

21 (Touch not, taste not, handle 
not, 

22 Which all are to perish with 
the using,) after the commandments 
and doctrines of men ? 

23 Which things have indeed a 
shew of wisdom in will-worship 
and humility, and neglecting of the 
body ; not in any honour to the 
1 satisfying of the flesh= 



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THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER CHRISTMAS. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ISAIAH XLI. 



' KEEP silence before me, O is- 
lands ; and let the people renew 
their strength: let them come near, 
then let them speak : let ns come 
near together to judgment. 

2 AVho raised up the righteous 
man from the east, called him to 
his foot, gave the nations before 
him, and made himxwle over kings ? 
he gave them as the dust to his 
sword, and as driven stubble to his 
bow. 

3 He pursued them, and passed 
safely ; eve^i by the way that he 
had not gone with his feet. 

4 Who hath wrought and done 
it, calling the generations from the 
beginning? I the Lord, the first, 
and Avith the last ; 1 am he. 

5 The isles saw it. and feared ; 
the ends of the earth were afraid, 
drew near, and came. 

6 They helped every one his 
neighbour, and every one said to his 
brother, Be of good courage. 

7 So the carpenter encouraged 
the goldsmith, and he that smooth 
eth ic ith the hammer him that smote 
the anvil, saying, it is ready for 
the sodering ; and he fastened it 
with nails, that it should not be 
moved. 

8 But thou, Israel, art my ser- 
vant, Jacob whom I have chosen, 
the seed of Abraham my friend. 



9 Thou whom I have taken from 
the ends of the earth, and called 
thee from the chief men thereof, 
and said unto thee, thou art my 
servant ; I have chosen thee, and 
not cast thee away. 

10 Fear thou not ; for I a7n 
with thee : be not dismayed ; for 
I a?n thy God : I will strengthen 
thee ; yea, I will help thee ; yea, 
I will uphold thee with the right 
hand of my righteousness. 

11 Behold, all they that were 
incensed against thee shall be 
ashamed and confounded : they 
shall be as nothing ; and they that 
strive with thee shall perish. 

12 Thou shalt seek them, and 
shalt not find them, even them that 
contended with thee : they that 
war against thee shall be as no- 
thing, and as a thing of nought. 

13 For I the Lord thy God 
j will hold thy right hand, saying 

I unto thee, Fear not ; I will help. 
I thee. 

I 14 Fear not, thou worm Jacob, 
; and ye men of Israel : I will help 
, thee, saith the Lord, and thy Re- 
deemer, the Holy One of Israel. 

15 Behold, I will make thee a 
new sharp thrashing instrument 
having teeth : thou shalt thrash 
the mountains, and beat them, small, 
and shalt make the hills as chaff. 



CHRIS 

' 16 Thou slialt fan them, and 
the wind shall carry them away, 
and the whirlwind shall scatter 

I them : and thou shalt rejoice in the 

I Lord, and shalt glory in the Holy 

i One of Israel. 

I 17 When the poor and needy 
seek water, and there i^none, and 
their tongue faileth for thirst, I the 
Lord will hear them, / the God 
of Israel will not forsake them. 

18 I will open rivers in high 
places, and fountains in the midst 
of the valleys : I will make the 
I wilderness a pool of water, and the 
' dry land springs of water. 
I 19 1 will plant in the wilderness 
\ the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the 
myrtle, and the oil-tree ; I will set 
in the desert the fir-tree, and 
the pine, and the box-tree toge- 
ther ; 

j 20 That they may see, and 
I know, and consider, and under- 
I stand together, that the hand of the 
Lord hath done this, and the Holy 
One of Israel hath created it. 

21 Produce your cause, saith 
the Lord : bring forth your strong 
reasons, saith the King of Ja- 
cob. 

22 Let them bring them forth, 
and shew us what shall happen : 
let them shew the former things, 
what they he, that we may consi- 
der them, and know the latter end 



T M A s . 43 

of them ; or declare us things for 
to come. 

23 Shew the things that are to 
come hereafter, that we may know 
that ye are gods : yea, do good, 
or do evil, that we may be dis- 
mayed, and behold it together. 

24 Behold, ye are of nothing, 
and your work of nought : an 
abomination i^Ae ^^aichoosethyou. 

25 I have raised up 07ie from 
the north, and he shall come : from 
the rising of the sun shall he call 
upon my name ; and he shall come 
upon princes as upon mortar, and 
as the potter treadeth clay. 

26 Who hath declared from the 
beginning, that we may know ? and 
beforetime, that we may say. He is 
righteous ? yea, there is none that 
sheweth ; yea, there is none that 
declareth ; yea, there is none that 
heareth your words. 

37 The first shall say to Zion, 
Behold, behold them : and I will 
give to .lerusalem one that bringeth 
good tidings. 

28 For I beheld, and there loas 
no man, even among them, and 
there was no counsellor, that, when 
I asked of them, could answer a 
word. 

29 Behold, they are all vanity ; 
their works are nothing : their 
molten images are wind and con- 
fusion. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



MARK 1. to V. 16. 



I THE beginning of the gospel of 
j Jesus Christ, the Son of God ; 
2 As it is written in the prophets. 
Behold, I send my messenger be- 



fore thy face, which shall prepare 
thy way before thee. 

2 The voice of one crying in 
the wilderness, Prepare ye the way 



44 CHRISTMAS. 

oftheLord,makehispathsstraiglit. reth of Galilee, and was baptized 

4 Johndidbaptize in the wilder- of John in Jordan, 
ness, and preach the baptism of| 10 And straightway coming up 
repentance for the remission of i out of the water, he saw the he a- 
g^£^g^ I Tens opened, and the Spirit, like a 

5 ' \nd there went out unto him ' dove, descending upon Mm : 
all the land of Judea, and they of | 11 And there came a voice from 
Jerusalem,, and were all baptized .heaven, saj/?:/^^', Thou art my belov- 
of him in the river of Jordan, con- ed Son, in whom I am well pleased, 
fessin^ their sins. 12 And immediately the Spirit 

6 And John was clothed Avith ' drive th him into the Vv-ildemess. 
camel's hair, and with a girdle of I 13 And he was there in the 
a skin about his loins ; and he did ; wilderness forty days tempted of 
eat locusts and wild honev ; ! Satan ; and was with the wild 

7 And preached, saying, There ; beasts : and the angels nnnistered 
cometh one mightier tiian I after | unto him. 

me, the latchet^of whose shoes I ! 14 Xow, after that John was put 
am not Avorthy to stoop down and in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, 
unloose. | preaching the gospel of the kmg- 

8 I indeed have baptized you : dom of God, 

with water ; but he shall baptize | 15 And saying, the time is ful- 
vou with the Holy Ghost. jhlled, and the kingdom of God is 

9 And it came' to pass in those ; at hand : repent ye, and believe the 
days, that Jesus came from Xaza- 1 gospel. 



FIRST LESSON FOK EVENING. 
ISAIAH XLII. 

- BEHOLD my servant, whom ment in the earth : and the isles 
I uphold; mine elect, in ^r/zoz/z shall wait for his law. 
my soul delighteth : I have put 5 Thus salth God the Lord, he 
my spirit upon him ; he shall bring ' ' ^ ^^^'^ 

forth judgment to the Gentiles. 

2 He shall not cry, nor lift up, 
nor cause liis voice to be heard in 
the street. 

3 Abruised reed shall he not break, 
and the smoking flax shall he not 
quench ; he shall bring forth judg- 
ment unto truth. 

4 He shall not fail nor be dis- 
couraged, till he have set judg- 



tnat created tne ncciNcub, auu 
stretched them out ; he that spread 
forth the earth, and that which 
cometh out of it ; he that giveth 
i breath unto the people upon it, and 
spirit to them that walk therein : 
I 6 I the Lord have called thee 
\ in righteousness, and will hold thine 
hand, and will keep thee and give 
thee for a covenant of the people, 
for a light of the Gentiles : 



CHRIS 

7 To open the blind eyes, to I 
bring out the prisoners from the 
prison, and them that sit in dark- 
ness out of the prison-house. 

8 I am the Lord ; that is my 
name ; and my glory will I not 
give to another, neither my praise 
to graven images. 

9 Behold, the former things are 
come to pass, and new things do 
I declare ; before they spring forth 
I tell you of them. 

10 Sing unto the Lord a new 
song, andliis praise from the end of 
the earth, ye that go down to the 
sea, and all that is therein : the isles, 
and the inhabitants thereof. 

11 Let the wilderness and the 
cities thereof lift up their voice,X\ie 
villages that Kedar doth inhabit : 
let the inhabitants of the rock sing, 
let them shout from the top of the 
mountains. 

12 Let them give glory unto the 
Lord, and declare his praise in the 
islands. 

1 3 The Lord shall go forth as a 
mighty man, he shall stir up jeal- 
ousy like a man of war : he shall 
cry ; yea roar ; he shall prevail 
against his enemies. 

14 1 have long time holden my 
peace ; I have been still, and re- 
frained myself; now will I cry 
like a travailing woman ; I will de- 
stroy and devour at once, 

15 1 will make waste mountains 
and hills, and dry up all their herbs, 
and I will make the rivers islands, 
and I will dry up the pools. 

16 And I will bring the blind by 
a way that they knew not ; I will 
lead them in paths that they have 
not known ; I will make darkness 



T M A s , 45 

light before them,and crooked things 
straight. These things will I 
do unto them, and not forsake 
them. 

17 They shall be turned back, 
they shall be greatly ashamed, that 
trust in graven images, that say to 
the molten images. Ye are our 
gods. 

18 Hear, ye deaf : and look, ye 
blind, that ye may see. 

1 9 Who is blind, but my servant, 
or deaf, as my messenger that I 
sent ? who is blind as he that is 
perfect, and blind as the Lord's 
servant ? 

20 Seeing many things, but thou 
observestnot ; opening the ears but 
he heareth not. 

21 The Lord is well pleased 
for his righteousness' sake : he 
will magnify the law, and make it 
honourable. 

22 But this is a people robbed 
and spoiled ; they are all of them 
snared in holes, and they are hid 
in prison-houses : they are for a 
prey, and none deliver eth ; for a 
spoil, and none saith. Restore. 

23 Who among you will give 
ear to this who will hearken, and 
hear for the time to come. 

24 Who gave Jacob for a spoil, 
and Israel to the robbers ? did not 
the Lord, he against whom we have 
sinned ? for they would not walk 
in his ways, neither were they 
obedient unto his law. 

25 Therefore he hath poured 
upon him the fury of his anger, and 
the strength of battle and it hath 
set him on fire round about, yet he 
knew not ; and it burned him ; yet 
he laid it not to heart. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



HEBREWS II. 



THEREFORE we oiiglit to j 
give the more earnest heed to the ; 
thincrs which Vv^e have heard, lest 
at any time we should let them slip. ; 

2 For if the word spoken by 
angels Avas stedfast, and every | 
transgression and disobedience re- 1 
ceivedajnstrecompenseofrevrard ; ^ 

3 How shall we escape, if vv'e 
neglect so great salvation, which 
at the hrst began to be spoken by 
the Lord, and was confirmed mito 
us by them that heard him ; 

4 God also bearing them Vv'it- 
ness, both with signs and wonders, 
and with divers miracles, and gifts 
of the Holy Ghost, according to iris 
OAvn will ? 

5 For mito the angels hath he 
not put in subjection the world to 
come, whereof we speak. 

6 But one in a certain place 
testified, saying,Yv'hat is man, that 
thou art mindful of him ? or the son 
of man that thou visitest him ? 

7 Thou madesthim a little lovv^er 
than the angels : thou crownedst 
him with glory and honour, and 
didst set him over the works of thy 
hands : 

8 Thou hast put all things in 
subjection under his feet. For in 
that he put all in subjection imder 
him, he left nothing thoA is not put 
under him. But now ^ve see not 
yet all things put under him : 

9 But we see Jesus, who was 
made a little lower than the angels 
for the suffering of death, crowned 
with gior^^ and honour ; that he by 
the grace of God should taste death 
for every man. 



10 For it became him, for whoin 
o.re all things, and by whom are 
all things, in bringing many sons 
unto glory, to make the Captain of 
their salvation perfect thi'ough suf- 
ferings. 

1 1 For both he that sanctifieth 
and they who are sanctified are 
all of one ; for which cause he is 
not ashamed to call them brethren, 

12 Saying, I will declare thy 
name unto my bretkren ; in the 
midst of the chmxh will I sing 
praise unto thee. 

13 And again, I will put my 
trust in him. And again, Behold, 
I and the children which God hath 
given me. 

14 Forasmuch then as the chil- 
dren are partakers of flesh and 
blood, he also himself like^^dse 
took part of the same ; that through 
death he might destroy him that 
had the power of death, that is, 
I the devil ; 

i 1 5 And d eli ver them Vv*ho through 
! fear of death were all their life- 
jtime subject to bondage. 
I 16 For verily he took not on 
\him. the nature of angels ; but he 
took on himo the seed of Abraham. 

17 AY here fore in all things it 
behoved him^ to be made like unto 
his brethren, that he might be a 
merciful and faithful high priest in 
things pertaining to God, to make 
reconciliation for the sins of the 
people : 

18 For in that he himself hath 
suffered, being tempted, he is able 
to succour them that are tempted 



THE EPIPHANY, 



OR THE MANIFESTATION OF CHRIST TO THE GENTILES. 

The Epiphany is a festival of the Church celebrated on the sixth day of 
January commonlv called twelfth day, in commemoration of themanitesta- 
lion of Christ to the Gentiles. The promises of his advent pade to the 
patriarchs, and continued by a succession of prophets in the Jewish Ohurcn, 
were at length accomplished in his nativity ; and the eastern Magi, asproxies 
of the heathen world, were called to do homage at his cradle -The principa 
point proposed to our attention, from which the festival has its name, is that 
the knowledge of the Messias which had hitherto been confined to the people 
of Israel, was henceforth to be diffused among all nations ; and that to indicate 
this these wise men as the first fruits, of the Gentiles, were led miraculously 
from a remote country to recognize their new born Saviour.' 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ISAIAH LX. 



ARISE, shine ; for thy light is 
come, and the glory of the Lord 
is risen upon thee. 

2 For behold, the darkness shall 
cover the earth, and gross darkness 
the people : but the Lord shall 
arise upon thee, and his glory shall 
be seen upon thee. 

3 And the Gentiles shall come 
to thy light, and kings to the bright- 
ness of thy rising. 

4 Lift up thine eyes round about, 
and see ; all they gather them- 
selves together, they come to thee : 
thy sons shall come from far, and 
thy daughters shall be nursed at 
thy side. 

5 Then thou shalt see, and flow 
together, and thine heart shall fear, 
andbe enlarged; because the abun- 
dance of the sea shall be converted 
unto thee, the forces of the Gen- 
tiles shall come unto thee. 

6 The multitude of camels shall 
cover thee, the dromedaries of 
Midian and Ephah ; all they from 



Sheba shall come : they shall bring 
gold and incense ; and they shall 
shew forth the praises of the Lord. 

7 All the flocks of Kedar shall 
be gathered together unto thee, 
the rams of Nebaioth shall minister 
unto thee : they shall come up with 
acceptance on mine altar, and I 
will glorify the house of my glory. 

8 Who are these that fly as a 
cloud, and as the doves to their win- 
dows 1 

9 Surely the isles shall wait for 
me, and the ships of Tarshish first, 
to bring thy sons from far, their 
silver and their gold with them, 
unto the name of the Lord thy 
God, and to the Holy One of Is- 
rael, because he hath glorified thee, 

10 And the sons of strangers 
shall build up thy walls, and their 
kings shall minister unto thee ; for 
in my wrath I smote thee, but in 
my favour have I had mercy on 
thee. 

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open continually ; they shall not 
be shut day nor night ; that men 
may bring unto thee the forces of 
the Gentiles, and that their kings 
may be brought. 

12 For the nation and kingdom 
that will not serve thee shall per- 
ish ; yea, those nations shall be ut- 
terly wasted. 

13 The glory of Lebanon shall 
come imto thee, the fir-tree, the 
pine-tree, and the box together, to 
beautify the place of my sanctuary ;. 
and I will make the place of my 
feet glorious. 

14 The sons also of them that 
afflicted thee shall come bending 
unto thee ; and all they that des- 
pised thee shall bow themselves 
down at the soles of thy feet ; and 
they shall call thee, The city of 
the Lord, The Zion of the Holy 
One of Israel. 

15 Whereas thou hast been for- 
saken and hated, so that no man 
w^ent through thee, I will make 
thee an eternal excellency, a joy 
of many generations. 

16 Thou shalt also suck the 
milk of the Gentiles, and shalt | 
suck the breast of kings : and thou ; 
shalt know that I the Lord am thy \ 



Saviour and thy Redeemer, the 
mighty One of Jacob. 

17 For brass I will bring gold, 
and for iron I will bring silver, and 
for wood brass, and for stones iron: 
I will also make thy officers peace, 
and thine exactors righteousness. 

18 Violence shall no more be 
heard in thy land, wasting nor des- 
truction within thy borders : but 
thou shalt call thy walls Salvation, 
and thy gates Praise. 

19 The sun shall be no more 
thy light by day ; neither for 
brightness shall the moon give 
light unto thee : but the Lord shall 
be unto thee an everlasting light, 
and thy God thy glory. 

20 Thy sun shall no more go 
down ; neither shall thy moon 
withdraw itself : for the Lord shall 
be thine everlasting light, and the 
days of thy mourning shall be ended. 

21 Thy people also shall he all 
righteous : they shall inherit the 
land for ever, the branch of my 
planting, the work of my hands, 
that I may be glorified. 

22 A little one shall become a 
thousand, and a small one a strong 
nation ; I the Lord will hasten it 
in his time. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ROMANS XI. 



1 SAY then, Hath God cast 
away his people ? God forbid. 
For I also am an Israelite of the 
seed of Abraham, of the tribe of 
Benjamin. 

2 God hath not cast away his peo- 
ple which he foreknew. "Wot ye 
not what the scripture saith of 



Elias? howhemaketh intercession 
to God against Israel, saying, 

3 Lord, they have killed thy 
prophets, and digged down thine 
altars : and I am left alone, and 
they seek my life. 

4 But what saith the answer of 
God unto him ? I have reserved to 



EPIPH 



myself seven thousand men, who 
have not bowed the knee to the 
image o/Baal. 

5 Even so then at this present 
time also there is a remnant ac- 
cording to the election of grace. 
■ 6 And if by grace, then is it no 
! more of works ; otherwise grace 
is no m.ore grace, ftut if it be of 
works, then is it no more grace ; 
otherwise work is no more work. 

7 What then ? Israel hath not 
obtained that which he seeketh 
for ; but the election hath obtain- 
ed it, and the rest were blinded. 

8 (According as it is written, 
God hath given them the spirit of 

I slumber, eyes that they should not 
I see, and ears that they should not 
hear :) unto this day. 

9 And David saith. Let their 
table be made a snare, and a trap, 
and a stumbling-block, and a recom- 
pense unto them : 

10 Let their eyes be darkened, 
that they may not see, and bow 
down their back alway. 

Ill say then. Have they stum- 
bled that they should fall 1 God 
forbid ; but rather through their 
fall salvation is come unto the Gen- 
tiles, for to provoke them to jeal- 
ousy. 

12 Now, if the fall of them he 
the riches of the world, and the 
diminishing of them the riches of 
the Gentiles ; how much more 
their fulness 1 

13 For I speak to you Gentiles, 
inasmuch as I am the apostle of 
the Gentiles, I magnify mine of- 
fice ; 

14 If by any means I may pro- 
j voke to emulation them which are 

! my flesh, and might save some of 
them 

15 For if the casting away of 



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them be the reconcilmg of the 
world, what shall the receiving of 
them he, but life from the dead ? 

16 For if the first-fruit be holy, 
the lump is also holy : and if the 
root be holy, so are the branches. 

17 And if some of the branches 
be broken off, and thou being a 
wild olive-tree, wert graffed in 
among them, and with them par- 
takest of the root and fatness of the 
olive-tree ; 

18 Boast not against the bran- 
ches ; but if thou boast, thou bear- 
est not the root, but the root thee. 

19 Thou wilt say then, The 
branches were broken ofif, that I 
might be graffed in. 

20 Well ; because of unbelief 
they were broken ofif, and thou 
standest by faith. Be not high- 
minded, but fear : 

21 For if God spared not the 
natural branches, take heed lest he 
also spare not thee. 

22 Behold therefore the good- 
ness and severity of God ; on them 
which fell, severity : but toward 
thee, goodness, if thou continue in 
his goodness : otherwise thou also 
shall be cut off. 

23 And they also, if they abide 
not still in unbelief, shall be gralFed 
in : for God is able to grafF them 
in again. 

24 For if thou wert cut out of 
the olive-tree, which is wild by 
nature, and wert graffed contrary 
to nature into a good olive-tree ; 
how much more shall these, which 
be the natural branches, be graffed 
into their own olive-tree ? 

25 For I would not, brethren, 
that ye should be ignorant of this 
mystery, (lest ye should be wise 
in your own conceits,) that blind- 
ness in part is happened to Israel. 



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until the fulness of the Gentiles be ' 
come in. i 

26 And so all Israel shall be : 
saved; as it is written, There; 
shall come out of Sion the Deliv- : 
erer, and shall tm'n away imgod- 
liness from Jacob : 

27 For this ismy covenant unto 
them when I shall take away 
their sins. 

28 As concerning the gospel, : 
ihey are enemies for your sakes ; | 
but as touching the election ^Ae?/ ' 
are beloved for the fathers' 

29 For the gifts and calling of 
God are without repentance. 

30 For as ye in times past have not 
beUeved God, yet have now obtain- 
ed mercy through their unbeUef ; 



31 Even so have these also now 
not believed, that through your 
mercy they also may obtain mercy. 

32'For God hath concluded them 
all in mibelief, that he might have 
mercy upon all. 

j 33^0 the depth of the riches both 
I of the ^^-isdom and knowledge of 
; God I how unsearchable are his 
I judgments, and his ways pastfind- 
^ ing out ! 

i 34 For who hath known the 
mind of the Lord 1 or who hath 
been his counseller 1 

35 Or who hath first given to 
him, and it shall be recompensed 
imto him again ? 

36 For of him, and through him, 
and to him, a re all things : to whom 
be o-lorv for ever. Amen. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ISAIAH XLIX. 



LISTEN, isles, unto me : and 
hearken, ve people, from far ; The 
Lord hath called me from the 



womb ; from 



the bowels of my 



mother hath he made mention of 
mv name. ^ . 

'2 And he hath made my moutn 
like a sharp sword ; in the shadow 
of his hand hath he hid me, and 
made me a pohshed shaft ; in his 
quiver hath he liid me ; 

3 And said unto me. Thou art 
my servant, O Israel, in whom I 
will be glorified. 

4 Then I said, I have laboured 
in vain, I have spent my strength 
for nought, and in vain ; yet surely 
my judgment is with the Lord, and 
my work with my God. 



5 And novr, saith the Lord that 
formed me from the womb to be his 
servant, tobring Jacob again to him, 
Though Israelbe not gathered, yet 
shall I be glorious in the eyes of 
the Lord, and my God shall be my 
strength. 

6 And he said. It is a light thing 
that thou shouldest be my servant, 
to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and 
,to restore the preserved of Israel ; 

I will also give thee for a light to 
the Gentiles, that thou mayest be 
j my salvation unto the end of the 
earth. 

' 7 Thus saith the Lord, the Ke- 
deemer of Israel, and his Holy 
One, to him whom man despiseth, 

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to a servant of rulers, kings shall 
see and arise, princes also shall 
worship, because of the Lord that 
is faithful, and the Holy One of 
Israel, and he shall choose thee. 

8 Thus saith the Lord, In an ac- 
ceptable time have I heard thee, and 
in a day of salvation have I helped 
thee : and I will preserve thee, and 
give thee for a covenant of the peo- 
ple, to estabhshthe earth, to cause 
to inherit the desolate heritages : 

9 That thou mayest say to the 
prisoners, Go forth ; to them that 
are in darkness. Shew yourselves : 
they shall feed in the ways, and 
their pastures shall he in all high 
places. 

10 They shall not hunger nor 
thirst ; neither shall the heat nor 
sun smite them : for he that hath 
mercy on themshalllead them, even 
by the springs of water shall he 
guide them. 

11 And I will make all my 
mountains a way, and my highways 
shall be exalted. 

12 Behold, these shall come 
from far ; and lo, these from the 
north and from the west, and these 
from the land of Sinim. 

13 Sing, O heavens ; and be 
joyfiil, O earth ; and break forth 
into singing, O mountains ; for the 
Lord hath comforted his people, 
and will have mercy upon his 
afflicted. 

14 But Zion said. The Lord 
hath forsaken me, and my Lord 
hath forgotten me. 

15 Can a woman forget her 
sucking child, that she should not 
have compassion on the son of her 
womb ? yea, they may forget, yet 
will I not forget thee. 

16 Behold, I have graven thee 
upon the palms of my hands ; thy 



walls are continually before me. 

17 Thy children shall make 
haste; thy destroyers, and they 
that made thee waste, shall go forth 
of thee. 

1 8 Lift up thine eyes round about 
and behold : all these gather them- 
selves together, and come to thee. 
As I live, saith the Lord, thou 
shalt surely clothe thee with them 
all, as with an ornament, and bind 
them on thee, as a bridle doeth. 

19 For thy waste and thy 
desolate places, and the land of 
thy destruction, shall even now be 
too narrow by reason of the inhabi- 
tants, and they that swallowed thee 
up shall be far away. 

20 The children which thou 
shalt have, after thou hast lost the 
other, shall say again in thine ears, 
The place is too strait for me, give 
place to me that I may dwell. 

21 Then shalt thou say in thine 
heart, Who hath begotten me these, 
seeing I have lost my children, and 
am desolate, a captive, and re- 
moving to and fro ? and who hath 
brought up these ? Behold, I was 
left alone ; these, where had they 
; been 1 

\ 22 Thus saith the Lord God, 
Behold, I will lift up mine hand to 
the Gentiles, and set up my stand- 
ard to the people : and they shall 
bring thy sons in their arms, and 
thy daughters shall be carriedupon 
their shoulders. 

23 And kings shall be thy nurs- 
ing-fathers, and their queens thy 
nursing-mothers ; they shall bow 
down to thee with their face toward 
the earth, and lick up the dust of 
thy feet ; and thou shalt know that 
I am the Lord : for they shall not 
be ashamed that wait for me. 

24 Shall the prey be taken 



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from the mighty, or the lawful i 26 And I will feed them that op- 
captive delivered ? i press thee with their own fiesh ; 

25 But thus saith the Lord, ' and they shall be drunken with 
Even the captives of the mighty their own blood, as with sweet 
shall be taken away, and the prey ; wine; and all flesh shall know that I 
of the terrible shall be delivered: 'the Lord am thy Saviour and thy 
for I will contend with Mm that ; Redeemer, the mighty One of 
contendeth with thee, and I v/illi Jacob, 
save thy children. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



JOHN 11. to V. 12. 



AND the third day there was a 
marriage in Cana of Galilee ; and 
the mother of Jesus was there. 

2 And both Jesus was called, 
and his disciples, to the marriage. 

3 And when they w^anted ^vine, 
the mother of Jesus saith unto him, 
They have no wine. 

4 Jesus saith unto her. Woman, 
what have I to do wath thee ? mine 
hour is not yet come. 

5 His mother saith unto the ser- 
vants. Whatsoever he saith mito 
you, do it. 

6 And there were set there six 
water-pots of stone, after the man- 
ner of the purifying of the Jews, con- 
taining two or'^three flrkins apiece. 

7 Jesus saith imto them. Fill 
the water-pots with water. And 



they filled them up to the brim. 

8 And he saith unto them. Draw 
out now, and bear unto the gover- 
nor of the feast. And they bare it. 

9 When the ruler of the feast 
had tasted the water that was made 
wine, and knew not whence it was, 
(but the servants which drew the 
vvater knew,) the governor of the 
feast called the bridegroom, ^ 

10 And saith unto him. Every 
man at the beginning doth set forth 
good wine ; and when men have 
well drimk, then that v/hich is 
worse : but thou hast kept the good 
Vv'ine until now. 1 

11 This beginning of miracles 
did Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and 
manifested forth liis glory: and 
his disciples believed on him. 



EPIPHANY. 



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THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 

There are Lessons for Six Sundays after the Epiphany, but they are not a^U 
^ used every year : for sometimes Septuagesima Sunday comes sooner, and 
someamellli^^^^^ as may be seen by having recoursed to the common Almanac. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ISAIAH XLIV. 



YET now hear, O Jacob my i 
servant ; and Israel, whom I have 1 
chosen ; 

2 Thus saith the Lord that 
made thee, and formed thee from 
the womb, which will help thee ; 
Fear not, O Jacob, my servant ; 
and thou, Jesurun, whom I have 
chosen. 

3 For I will pour water upon 
him that is thirsty, and fioods upon 
the dry ground : I will pour my 
Spirit upon thy seed, and my bles- 
sing upon thine offspring : 

4 And they shall spring up as 
among the grass, as v/illows by 
the water-courses. 

5 One shall say, I am the 
Lord's ; and another shall call 
himself hy the name of Jacob ; and 
another shall subscribe with his 
hand unto the Lord, and surname 
himself hy the name of Israel. 

6 Thus saith the Lord the 
King of Israel, and his Redeemer 
the Lord of hosts ; I am the first, 
and I a7ii the last ; and besides 
me there is no God. 

7 And who, as I, shall call, and 
shall declare it, and set it in order 
for me, since I appointed the an- 
cient people 1 and the things that 



are coming, and shall come, let 
them shew unto them. 

8 Fear ye not, neither be afraid : 
have not I told thee from that time, 
and have declared it ? ye are even 
my witnesses. Is there a God 
besides me ? yea, there is no God; 
I know not any. 

9 They that make a graven im» 
age are all of them vanity; and 
their delectable things shall not 
profit ; and they are their own 
w^itnesses : they see not, nor know ; 
that they may be ashamed. 

10 Who hath formed a god, or 
molten a graven image that is 
profitable for nothing ? 

11 Behold, all his fellows shall 
be ashamed ; and the workmen, 
they are of men : let them all be 
gathered together, let them stand 
up ; yet they shall fear, and they 
shall be ashamed together. 

12 The smith with the tongs 
both worketh in the coals, and 
fashioneth it with hammers, and 
worketh it with the strength of his 
arms : yea, he is hungry, and his 

. strength faileth : he drinketh no 
• water, and is faint. 

13 The carpenter stretcheth out 
t his rule, he marketh it out with a. 



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EPIPHANY. 



line, he fitteth it with planes, and 
he marketh it out with the com- 
pass, and maketh it after the figure 
of a man, according to the beauty 
of a man ; that it may remain in 
the house. 

14 He heweth him down ce- 
dars, and taketh the c^-press and 
the oak, which he strengtheneth 
for himself among the trees of the 
forest : heplanteth an ash, and the 
rain doth nourish it. 

15 Then shall it be for a man 
to burn : for he will take thereof, 
and w^arm himself ; yea, he kin- 
dleth it, and baketh bread ; yea, 
he maketh a god, and worshippeth 
it : he maketh it a graven image, 
and falleth do^^m thereto. 

16 He bm-neth part thereof in 
the fire : with part thereof he eat- 
eth flesh ; he roasteth roast, and 
is satisfied ; yea, he warmeth 
himself, and saith, Aha,I am wami, 
I hare seen the fire : 

17 And the residue thereof he 
maketh a god, evm hi^ graven 
image : he falleth down unto it, 
and worshippeth it, and prayeth 
imto it, and saith, Deliver me ; for 
thou art my god. 

18 They have not known nor 
understood : for he hath shut their 
eyes, that they cannot see ; and 
their hearts, that they cannot un- 
derstand. 

19 And none considereth in his 
heart, neither is there knowledge 
nor imderstanding to say, I have 
burned part of it in the fire ; yea, 
also I have baked bread upon the 
coals thereof ; I have roasted fiesh, 
and eaten it ; and shall I make the 
residue thereof an abomination ? 
shall I fall down to the stock of a 
tree ? 

20 He feedeth on ashes : a de- 



ceived heart hath turned him aside, 
that he cannot deliver his soul, 
nor say. Is there not a lie in my 
right hand ? 

21 Remember these, O Jacob 
and Israel ; for thou art my ser- 
vant : I have formed thee ; thou 
art my servant: O Israel, thou 
shalt not be forgotten of me. 

22 I have blotted out, as a thick 
cloud, thy transgressions, and, as 
a cloud, thy sins : return unto me ; 
for I have redeemed thee. 

23 Sing, O ye heavens ; for the 
Lord hath done it; shout, ye 
lower parts of the earth ; break 
forth into singing, ye mountains, 
forest, and every tree therein : 
for the Lord hath redeemed Ja- 
cob, and glorified himself in Israel. 

24 Thus saith the Lord, thy 
Redeemer, and he that formed 
thee from the womb, I am the 
Lord that maketh all things; that 
stretcheth forth the heavens alone ; 
that spreadeth abroad the earth by 
myself : 

'25 That frustrateth the tokens 
of the liars, and maketh diviners 
mad ; that turneth w^ise men back- 
ward, and maketh their knowledge 
foolish ; 

26 That confimieth the word of 
liis servant, and performeth the 
counsel of his messengers ; that 
saith to Jenisalem, Thou shalt be 
inhabited ; and to the cities of Ju- 
dah, Ye shall be built ; and I will 
raise up the decayed places thereof. 

27 That saith to the deep, Be 
dry, and I will dry up thy rivers 

28 That saith of Cyriis, He is 
my shepherd, and shall perform 
all my pleasure ; even saying to 
Jerusalem, Thou shah be buih ; 
and to the temple, Thy foundation 
shall be laid. 



EPIPHANY 



55 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING, 



MATTHEW IL v. 13. 



I 13 And when they were de- 
I parted, behold, the angel of the 
Lord appeareth to Joseph in a 
dream saying, Arise, and take the 
young child and his mother, and 
flee into Egypt, and be thou there 
until I bring thee word ; for Herod 
j will seek the young child to de- j 
I stroy him. 1 
j 14 When he arose.e he took the 
young child and his mother by 
' night, and departed into Egypt : 

15 And was there until the death 
of Herod ; that it might be fulfill- 
ed which was spoken of the Lord 
by the prophet, saying. Out of 
Egypt have I called my son. 

16 Then Herod, when he saw 
that he was mocked of the wise 
men, was exceeding wroth, and 
sent forth and slew all the children 
that were in Bethlehem, and in all 
the coasts thereof, from two years 
old and under, according to the time 
which he had diligently enquired 
of the wise men. 

17 Then was fulfilled that which 
was spoken by Jeremy the prophet 
saying, 



1 8 In Rama was there a voice 
heard, lamentation, and weeping, 
and great mourning, Rachel weep- 
ing/or her children, and would no 
be comforted, because they are not 

19 But when Herod was dead, 
behold, an angel of the Lord ap- 
peareth in a dream to Joseph in 
Egypt, 

20 Saying, Arise, and take the 
young child and his mother, and go 
into the land of Israel ; for they 
are dead which sought the young 
child's life. 

21 And he arose, and took the 
young child and his mother, and 
came into the land of Israel. 

22 But when he heard that Arche- 
lausdid reign in Judea in the room 
of his father Herod, he was afraid 
to go thither : notwithstanding, be- 
ing warned of God in a dream, ho 
turned aside into the parts of Ga- 
lilee ; 

23 And he came and dwelt in a 
city called Nazareth : that it might 
be fulfilled which was spoken by 
the prophets He shall be called a 
Nazarene, 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ISAIAH XLV. 



THUS saith the Lord to his 
anointed, to Cyrus, whose right 
hand I have holden, to subdue na- 
tions before him ; and I will loose 
the loins of kings, to open before 



him the two leaved gates ; and the 
gates shall not be shut ; 

2 I will go before thee, and make 
the crooked places straight ; I will 
break in pieces the gates of brass^ 



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and cut in simder the bars of iron. 

3 And I Avill give thee the trea- 
sures of darkness, and hidden 
riches of secret places, that thou 
mayest know that I, the Lord, 
which call thee by thy name, am 
the God of Israel. 

4 For Jacob my servant's sake, 
and Israel mine elect, I have even 
called thee by thy name : I have 
surnam_ed thee, though thou hast 
not knovrn me. 

5 I am the Lord, and /Aere is 
none else, there is no God beside 
me : I girded thee, though thou 
hast not known me : 

6 That they may know from the 
rising of the sun, and from the west, 
that there is none beside me, I 
ain the Lord, and there is none 
else. 

7 I form the light, and create 
darkness : I make peace, and create 
e^dl : I the Lord do all these 
thi7igs. 

8 Drop down, ye heavens, from 
above, and let the skies pour do^vT. 
righteousness : let the earth open, 
and let them bring forth salvation, 
and let righteousness springup to- 
gether : I the Lord have created it, 

9 "Woe unto him that striveth 
with his Tvlaker I Let the postherd 
strive with the the potsherds of the 
earth. Shall the clay say to him 
that fashioneth it, What makest 
thou? or thy work, He hath no 
hands ? 

10 W^oe unto liim that saith unto 
his father, What begettest thou ? or 
to the Yv-oman, What hast thou 
brought forth ? 

11 Thus saith the Lord, the 
Holy One of Israel, and his IMaker, 
Ask me of things to come concern- 
ing my sons ; and concerning the 
work of my hands command ye me. 



12 I have made the earth, and 
created man upon it : I, eve?i my 
hands, have stretched out the hea- 
vens, and all their host have I com- 
manded. 

13 I have raised him up in righ- 
teousness, and I will direct all his 
ways : he shall build my city, and 
he shall let go my captives, not for 
price nor rewards, saith the Lord 
of hosts. 

14 Thus saith the Lord, The 
labour of Eg}'pt, and merchandise 
of Ethiopia, and of the Sab cans, 
men of stature, shall come over 
unto thee, and they shall be thine : 
they shall come after thee ; in 
chains they shall come over, and 
they shall fall down unto thee ; 
they shall make supplication mito 
thee, saying, Surely God is in thee, 
and there is none else ; there is no 
God. 

15 Yerily thou art a God that 
hidest thyself, God of Israel, the 
Saviour. 

16 They shall be ashamed, and 
also confounded, all of them ; they 
shall go to confusion together that 
are makers of idols. 

17 But Israel shall be saved in 
the Lord with an everlasting sal- 
vation ; ye shall not be ashamed 
nor confounded world without end. 

1 8 For thus saith the Lord that 
created the heavens ; God himself 
that formed the earth and made it ; 
he hath establish it, he created it 
not in vain, he formed it to be in- 
habited : I am the Lord ; and there 
is none else. 

19 I have not spoken in secret, 
in a dark place of the earth : I said 
not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek 
ye me in vain : I the Lord speak 
righteousness, I declare things that 
are right, 



EP IPH 

■ 20 Assemble yourselves and 
come ; draw near together, ye that 
are escaped of the nations : they 
! have no knowledge that set up the 
I wood of their graven image, and 
i pray ujito a god that cannot 
I save. 

21 Tellye, and bring near ; 
yea, let them take counsel together : 
who hath declared this from ancient 
time ? who hath told it from that 
time ? have not I the Lord ? and \ 

' there is no God else beside me ; a 

I just God, and a Saviour : there is 

I none beside me. 

I 22 Look unto me, and be ye 



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saved, all the ends of the earth ; 
for I am God, and there is none 
else. 

23 I have sworn by myself, the 
word is gone out of my mouth in 
righteousness, and shall not return, 
That unto me every knee shall 
bow, every tongue shall swear. 
I 24 Surely, shall one say. In the 
Lord have I righteousness and 
strength : even to him shall men 
come ; and all that are incensed 
against him shall be ashamed. 

25 In the Lord shall all the 
seed of Israel be justified, and shall 
glory. 



SECOND LESSON FOP^ EVENING. 



I CORINTHIANS III. 



AND I, brethren could not speak 
unto you as unto spiritual, but as 
unto carnal, even as unto babes in 
Christ. 

2 I have fed you with milk, and 
not with meat: for hitherto ye were 
not able to hear it, neither yet now 
are ye able. 

3 For ye are yet carnal : for 
whereas there ^is among you envy- 
ing and strife, and divisions, are ye 
not carnal, and walk as men ? 

4 For while one saith, I am of 
Paul ; and another I of ApoUos ? 
are ye not carnal ? 

5 Who then is Paul, and who is 
Apollos, but ministers by whom ye 
believed, even as the Lord gave to 
every man ? 

6 I have planted, Apollos water- 
j ed ; but God gave the increase. 

I 7 So then, neither is he that 
i planteth any thing, neither he that 
I watereth ; but God that giveth the 
I increase. 



8 Now he that planteth and he 
that watereth are one ; and every 
man shall receive his own reward, 
according to his own labour. 

9 For we are labourers together 
with God ; ye are God's husbandry ; 
ye are God's building 

10 According to the grace of 
God which is given unto me, as a 
wise master-builder, I have laid the 
foundation, and another buildeth 
thereon. But let every man take 
heed how he buildeth thereupon. 

1 1 For other foundation can no 
man lay than that is laid, which is 
Jesus Christ. 

12 Now if any man build upon 
this foundation gold, silver, pre- 
cious stones, wood, hay stubble : 

13 Every man's work shall be 
made manifest ; for the day shall 
declare it, because it shall be re- 
vealed by fire ; and the fire shall 
shall try every man's work of what 
sort it is. 



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14 If any man's work abide 
which he hath biiih thereupon, he 
shall receive a reward. 

15 If any man's Avork shall be 
bmiied, he shaU suffer loss ; but 
he himself shall be saved : yet so 
as by fire. 

1 6 Know ye not that ye are the 
temple of God, and that the Spirit 
of God dwelleth in you ? 

17 If any man defile the temple 
of God, liim shall God destroy ; 
for the temple of God is holy, which 
temple ye are. 

18 Let no man deceive himself. 
If any man amonor you seem- 
eth to be -vyise in this world, let 



him become a fool, that he may be 
wise. 

19 For the wisdom of this world 
is foolishness with God ; for it is 
written, He takeththe wise in their 
own craftiness. 

20 And again, The Lord know- 
eth the thoughts of the yvise, that 
they are vain. 

21 Therefore let no man glory 
in men ; for all things are yours ; 

22 Whether Paul, or Apollos, or 
Cephas, or the world, or life, or 
death, or things present, or things 
to come ; all are yoiurs ; 

23 And ye are Christ's ; and 
Christ is God's. 



THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNIXG. 
ISAIAH LI. 

HEARKEN tome, ye that fol- therein, thanksgiving, and the voice 
low after righteousness, ye that of melody. 

seek the Lord ; look unto the rock : 4 Hearken unto me, my people : 
ichence ye are hewn, and to the ' and give ear unto me, my na- 
hole of' the pit whence ye are tion : for a law shall proceed from 
digged. ;me, and I will make my judgment 

2 Look unto Abraham your fa- to rest for a light of the people, 
ther, and unto Sarah bare you: ; 5 ^ly righteousness is near; 
fori called him alone, and blessed hny salvation is gone forth, and 
him and increased him. 'mine arms shall judge the people : 

3 For the Lord shall comfort the isles shall wait upon me, and 
Zion : he wiU comfort all her on mine arm shall they tnist. 
waste places ; and he will make | 6 Lift up your eyes to the hea- 
her wilderness like Eden, and her ; vens, and look upon the earth be- 
desertlike the garden of the Lord ; neath ; for the heavens shall vanish 
joy and gladness shall be found away like smoke, and the earth 



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shall wax old like a garment, and 
1 they that dwell therein shall die 
' in like manner ; but my salvation 
I shall be forever, and my righteous- 
i ness shall not be abolished, 
i 7 Hearken unto me, ye that 
1 know righteousness, the people in 
whose heart is my law ; fear ye 
not the reproach of men, neither 
be ye afraid of their revilings. 

8 For the moth shall eat them 
up like a garment, and the worm 
' shall eat them like wool : but my 
I righteousness shall be for ever, 
1 and my salvation from generation 
' to generation. 

I 9 Awake , awake , put on strength, 
i O arm of the Lord ; awake, as in 
the ancient days, in the generations 
of old. Art thou not it that hath 
cut Rahab, and wounded the dra- 
gon ? 

10 Art thou not it which hath 
! dried the sea, the waters of the 

great deep ; that hath made the 
depths of the sea a way for the 
ransomed to pass over ? 

11 Therefore the redeemed of 
the Lord shall return, and come 
with singing unto Zion ; and ever- 
lasting joy shall bewpon their head : 
they shall obtain gladness and joy ; 
and sorrow and mourning shall 
flee away. 

12 I, even Ijamhe that comfort- 
eth you : who art thou, that thou 
shouldest be afraid of a man that 
shall die, and of the son of man 
which shall be made as grass ; 

13 And forgettest the Lord thy 
Maker, that hath stretched forth 
the heavens, and laid the founda- 
tions of the earth ; and hast feared 
continually every day, because of 
the fury of the oppressor, as if he 
were ready to destroy ? and where 
is the fury of the oppressor ? 



14 The captive exile hasteneth 
that he may be loosed, and that 
he should not die in the pit, nor 
that his bread should fail. 

1 5 But I am the Lord thy God : 
that divided the sea, whose waves 
roared : The Lord of hosts is his 
name. 

16 And I have put my words in 
thy mouth, and have covered thee 
in the shadow of mine hand, that 
I may plant the heavens, and lay 
the foundation of the earth, and 
say unto Zion, Thou art my peo- 
ple. 

17 Awake, awake, stand up, O 
Jerusalem, which hast drunk at the 
hand of the Lord the cup of his 
fury : thou hast drunken the dregs 
of the cup of trembling, and wrung 
them out. 

18 There is none to guide her 
among all the sons whom she hath 
brought forth ; neither is there any 
that taketh her by the hand of all 
the sons that she hath brought up. 

19 These two things are come 
unto thee ; who shall be sorry for 
thee ? desolation, and destruction, 
and the famine, and the sword : 
by whom shall I comfort thee ? 

20 Thy sons have fainted, they 
lie at the head of all the streets, as 
a wild bull in a net : they are full 
of the fury of the Lord, the rebuke 
of thy God. 

21 Therefore hear now this, 
thou afflicted, and drunken, but not 
with wine : 

22 Thus saith thy Lord the 
Lord, and thy God that pleadeth 
the cause of his people. Behold, I 
have taken out of thine hand the 
cup of trembling, even the dregs of 
the cup of my fury ; thou shalt no 
more drink it again : 

23 But I will put it into the 



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hand of them that afflict thee; I thou hast laid thy body as the 
which have said to thy soul, Bow | ground, and as the street, to them 
down, that we may go over : and i that went over. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



JOHN T. V. 29. 



29 The next day John seeth 
Jesus coming unto him, and saith. 
Behold the Lamb of God, which 
taketh away the sin of the world ! 

30 This is he of whom 1 said, 
After me cometh a man which is 
preferred before me ; for he was 
before me. 

31 And I knew him not : but 
that he should be made manifest to 
Israel, therefore am I come baptiz- 
ing with water. 

32 And John bare record, say- 
ing, I saw the Spirit descending 
from heaven like a dove, and it 
abode upon him. 

33 And I knew him not : but 
he that sent me to baptize with 
water, the same said unto me. 
Upon whom thou shalt see the 
Spirit descending, and remaining 
on liim, the same is he which bap- 
tizeth with the Holy Ghost. 

34 And I saw, and bare record 
that this is the Son of God. 

35 Again, the next day after, 
John stood, and two of his disciples; 

36 And looking upon Jesus as 
he walked, he saith. Behold the 
Lamb of God ! 

37 And the two disciples heard 
him speak, and they followed Jesus. 

38 Then Jesus turned, and saw 
them following, and saith unto 
them, AVhat seek ye ? They said 
unto him, Rabbi, (which is to say, 
being interpreted, Master,) Avhere 
dwellest thou ? 



39 He saith unto them. Come 
and see. They came and saw 
where he dwelt, and abode with 
him that day ; for it was about the 
tenth hour. 

40 One of the two which heard 
John speak, and follovv^ed him, was 
Andrew, Simon Peter's brother. 

41 He first findeth his own 
brother Simon, and saith unto him, 
We have found the T\Iessias, which 
is, being interpreted, the Clirist. 

42 And he brought him to Jesus. 
And when Jesus beheld him, he 
said. Thou art Sim.on the son of 
Jona : thou shalt be called Cephas, 
which is, by interpretation, A stone. 

43 The day following Jesus 
would go forth into Galilee, and 
findeth Philip, and saith unto him, 
I Follow me. 

I 44 Now Philip was of Beth- 
I saida, the city of Andrew and Pe- 
j ter. 

j 45 Philip findeth Nathanael, and 
; saith unto him. We have found 
'him of whom Moses in the law, 
I and the prophets, did write, Jesus 
[of Nazareth, the Son of Joseph. 

46 And N athana e 1 s aid unto him , 
Can there any good thing come out 
of Nazareth? Philip saith unto 
him, Come and see. 

47 Jesus saw N athanael coming 
to him, and saith of him. Behold 
an Israelite indeed, in whom is no 
guile ! 

48 Nathanael saith unto him, 



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Whence knowest thou me ? Jesus 
answered and said unto him, Before 
that Philip called thee, when thou 
wast under the fig-tree, I saw thee. 

49 Nathanael answered and 
said unto him, Rabbi, thou art the 
Son of God ; thou art the king of 
Israel. 

50 Jesus answered and said unto 



him, Because I said unto thee, I 
saw thee under the fig-tree, belie v- 
est thou ? thou shalt see greater 
things than these. 

51 Andhesaithuntohim, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you. Hereafter 
ye shall see heaven open, and the 
angels of God ascending and des- 
cending upon the Son of man 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ISAIAH LIL to V. 13, 



AWAKE, awake ; put on thy 
strength, O Zion ; put on thy beau- 
tiful garments O Jerusalem, the 
holy city ; for henceforth there 
shall no more come into thee the 
uncircumcised and the unclean. 

2 Shake thyself from the dust ; 
arise, and sit down, O Jerusalem ; 
loose thyself from the bands of thy 
neck O captive daughter of Zion. 

3 For thus saith the Lord, Ye 
have sold yourselves for nought ; 
and ye shall be redeemed without 
money. 

4 For thus saith the Lord God, 
My people went down aforetime 
into Egypt to sojourn there : and 
the Assyrian oppressed them with- 
out cause, 

5 Now therefore, what have I 
here, saith the Lord, that my peo- 
ple is taken away for nought ? they 

' that rule over them make them to 
howl, saith the Lord ; and my 
name continually every day is blas- 
phemed. 

6 Therefore my people shall 
know my name : therefore the?/ 
shall know in that day that I a^u he 
that doth speak : behold it is I. 

7 How beautiful upon the moun- 



tains are the feet of him that bring- 
eth good tidings, that publisheth 
peace ; that bringeth good tidings 
of good, that publisheth salvation ; 
that saith unto Zion, Thy God 
reigneth ? 

8 Thy watchman shall lift up 
the voice ; with the voice together 
shall they sing : for they shall see 
eye to eye, when the Lord shall 
bring again Zion. 

9 Break forth into joy, sing to- 
gether, ye waste places of Jeru- 
salem ; for the Lord hath comfort- 
ed his people, he hath redeemed 
Jerusalem. 

10 The Lord hath made bare 
his holy arm in the eyes of all the 
nations ; and all the ends of the 
earth shall see the salvation of our 
God 

11 Depart ye, depart ye, go ye 
out from thence, touch no unclean 
thi7ig : go ye out of the midst of 
her ; be ye clean, that bear the 
vessels of the Lord. 

12 For ye shall not go out with 
haste, nor go by flight; for the 
Lord will go before you, and the 
God of Israel will be your rere- 
ward 

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SECOND LESSON FOR, EVENINCt. 
I CORINTHIAIsS XIII. 



THOUGH I speak with, the | 
tongnes of men and of angels, and i 
have not charity, I am become as | 
soimding brass^ or a tinkling cym- ; 
bal. \ 

2 And though I have ihe gift of \ 
prophecy, and understand all mys- 1 
teries, and all knowledge ; and | 
though I have all faith, so that I | 
could remove mountains, and have j 
not charity, I am nothing. j 

3 And though I bestow all my 
goods to feed the jpoor, and though 
I give my body to be burned, and 
have not charity, it prohteth me 
nothing. 

4 Charity suffereth long, and is 
kind ; charity en^deth not ; charity 
vaunteth not itself, is not puffed 
up, 

5 Doth not behave itself un- 
seemly, seeketh not her own, is 
not easily provoked, thinketh no 
evil ; 

6 Rejoiceth not in iniquity, but 
lejoiceth in the tnith ; 



7 Beareth all things, believeth 
all things, hopeth all thmgs, en- 
dureth all things. 

8 Charity never faileth : but 
whether there he prophecies, they 
shallfail ; whether there ^^tongTies, 
they shall cease ; whether there 
he knowledge, it shall vanish away. 

9 For we know in part, and we 
prophesy in part. 

10 But when that which is per- 
fect is come, then that which is in 
part shall be done away. 

11 When I was a child, I spake 
as a child, I understood as a child, 
I thought as a child : but when I 
became a man, I put away child- 
ish things. 

12 For now we see through a 
glass, darkly; but then face to 
face : now I know in part ; but 
then shall I know even as also I 
am known. 

13 And now abideth faith, hope, 
charity, these three ; but the great- 
est of these is charity. 



THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING, 
ISAIAH LIV* 



SING, barren, thou didst 
not bear ; break forth into singing, 
and cry aloud, thou that didst not 
travail with child ; for more are 
the children of the desolate than 



the children of the married wife, 
saith the Lord, 

2 Enlarge the place of thy tent 
and let them stretch forth the cur- 
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EPIPHANY. 



not, lengthen thy cords, and strenth- 

en thy stakes : 

3 For thou shalt break forth on 
j the right hand and on the left ; and 
j thy seed shall inherit the Gentiles, 
j and make the desolate cities to be 
I inhabited. 

1 4 Fear not ; for thou shalt not 
be ashamed ; neither be thou con- 
founded : for thou shalt not be put 
to shame ; for thou shall forget the 
shame of thy youth, and shalt not 
remember the reproach of thy 
I widowhood any more, 
i 5 For thy Maker is thine hus- 
I band; the Lord of hosts is his 
I name ; andthy Redeemer the Holy 
One of Israel: The God of the 
whole earth shall he be called, 

6 For the Lord hath called thee 
as a woman forsaken, and grieved 
in spirit, and a wife of youth, when 
thou wast refused, saith thy God. 
I 7 For a small moment have I for- 
I saken thee, but with great mercies 
\ will I gather thee. 

8 In a little wrath I hid my face 
from thee for a moment ; but with 
everlasting kindness will I have 
mercy on tliee, saith the Lord thy 
Redeemer. 

9 For ibis is as the waters of 
Noah unto me ; for as I have sworn 
that the waters of Noah should no 
more go over the earth ; so have I 
sworn that I v>^ould not be wroth 
with thee, nor rebuke thee. 

10 For the mountains shall de- 
part, and the hills be removed ; but 



my kindness shall not depart from 
thee, neither shall the covenant of 
my peace be removed, saith the 
Lord that hath mercy on thee^ 
110 thou afflicted, tossed with 
tempest, and not comforted! be- 
hold, I will lay thy stones with 
fair colours, and lay thy foundations 
with sapphires. 

1 2 And I will make thy windows 
of agates, and thy gates of carbim- 
cles, and all thy borders of plea- 
sant stones, 

13 And all thy children shall be 
taught of the Lord ; said gre^X shall 
be the peace of thy children, 

14 In righteousness shalt thou 
be established ; thou shalt be far 
from oppresion ; for thou shalt not 
fear : and from terror ; for it shall 
not come near thee. 

15 Behold, they shall surely 
gather together, but not by me : 
whosoever shall gather together 
against thee shall fall for thy 
sake. 

16 Behold, I have created the 
smith that bloweth the coals in the 
fire, and that bringeth forth an in- 
strument for his work ; and I have 
created the waster to destroy. 

17 No weapon that is formed 
against thee shall prosper ; and 
every tongue that shall rise against 
thee in judgment thou shalt con- 
demn. This is the heritage of the 
servants of the Lord, and their 
righteousness is of me saith the 
Lord, 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



MATTHEW IV. v. 1-2. 



12 NoAV, vrlien Jesus had heard 
that John Tvas cast into prison, he 
departed into Galilee ; 

13 And leaving Nazareth, he 
came and dwelt in Capernaimi, 
■which is upon the seacoast in the 
borders of Zabulon and Neptha- 
lim ; 

14 That it might be fulfiUed 
which was spoken by Esaias the 
prophet, saying, 

15 land of Zabulon, and the 
land of Nepthalim, hi/ the way of 
the sea, beyond Jordan, Galilee of 
the Gentiles ; 

16 The people which sat in 
darkness saw great light ; and to 
them wliich sat in the region and 
shadow of death light is sprmig np. 

17 From that time Jesiis began 
to preach, and to say, Repent; for 
the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

18 And Jesns, vralking by the 
sea of Galilee, sa,w two brethren, 
Simon called Peter, and Andrew 
his brother, casting a net into the 
sea : for they were fishers. 

19 And he saith unto them. Fol- 
low me, and I will make you tish 
ers of men. 



1 20 And they straightway left 
' their nets, and followed him. 
i 21 And going on from thence, 
;he saw other two brethren, James 
\f]ip so/i of Zebedee, and John his 
brother, in a ship with Zebedee 
their father, mending their nets ; 
and he called them. 

22 And they immediately left 
the ship and their father, and fol- 
lowed him. 

23 And Jesus went about all 
Galilee, teaching in their syna- 
o^ogues, and preaching the gospel of 
fhe kingdom, and healing all man- 
ner of sickness, and all manner of 
disease among the people. 

24 And his fame went through- 
out all Syria : and they brought 
unto him all sick people that were 
taken with divers diseases andtor- 
mients, and those wdiich were pos- 
sessed vrith devils, andthose which 
were lunatick, and those that had 
the palsy ; and he healed them. 

2 5 And there followed him great 
multitudes of people from Galilee, 
and from Decapolis, and from 
Jerusalem, and from Judea. and 
\fro7ii beyond Jordan. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ISAIAH LY. 

HO, every one that thirsteth, { milk without money, and without 
come ye to the waters, and he that ; price. 

hath no money; come ye, buy; 2 Wherefore do ye spend money 
and eat : yea, come, buy wine and Tor that which is not bread ? and 



EPIPHANY. 



m 



your labour for that tvhich satisfi- 
eth not ? hearken diligently unto 
i me, and eat ye that ivhich is good, 
I and let your soul delight itself in 
I fatness. 

j 3 Incline your ear, and come 
i unto me : hear, and your soul shall 
I liTe ; and I will make an ever- 
I lasting covenant with you, even 
the sure mercies of David. 

4 Behold, I have given him /or 
■ a witness to the people, a leader 
I and commander to the people, 
j 5 Behold, thou shalt call a na- 
1 tion tha^t thou knowest not ; and 
j nations that knew not thee shall 
: run unto thee, because of the 
^ Lord thy God, and for the Holy 
One of Israel ; for he hath glori- 
fied thee. 

6 Seek ye the Lord while he 
m.ay be found, call ye upon him 
! while he is near : 
I 7 Let the wicked forsake his 
i way, and the unrighteous man his 
thoughts : and let him return unto 
the Lord, and he v/ill have mercy 
upon him ; and to our God, for he 
will abundantly pardon. 

8 For my thoughts are not your 



thoughts, neither are your ways 
my ways, saith the Lord. 

9 For as the heavens are higher 
than the earth, so are my ways 
higher than your ways, and my 
thoughts than your thoughts. 

10 For as the rain cometh down, 
and the snow from heaven, and re- 
turneth not thither, but water eth 
the earth, and maketh it bring 
forth and bud, that it may give seed 
to the sower, and bread to the eater;: 

11 So shall my word be that 
goeth forth out of my mouth : it 
shall not return unto me void ;^but 
it shall accomplish that which I 
please, and it shall prosper in the 
thing ^vhereto I sent it. 

12 For ye shall go out with joy, 
and be led forth with peace : the 
mountains and the hills shall break 
forth before you into singing, and 
all the trees of the field shall clap 
their hands. 

13 Instead of the thorn shall 
come up the fir-tree, and instead 
of the brier shall come up the 
myrtle-tree : and it shall be to the 
Lord for a name, for an everlast- 
ing sign, that shall not be cut off. 



-SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



11 CORINTHIANS IV. 



THEREFORE, seeing we 
have this ministry, a^ we have re- 
ceived mercy, we faint not ; 

2 But have renounced the hid- 
i den things of dishonesty, not walk- 
I ing in craftiness, nor handUng the 
I word of God deceitfully ; but, by 
I manifestation of the truth, com- 
I mending ourselves to every man's 
I ^conscience ia the sight of God. 



3 But if our gospel be hid, it is 
hid to them that are lost : 

4 In whom the god of this world 
hath blinded the minds of them 
which beUeve not, lest the Hght of 
the glorious gospel of Christ who 
is the image of God, should shine 
unto them. 

5 For we preach laot ourselves, 
but Christ Jesus the Lord ; and 



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ourselves your a^rvants for Jesus' 
sake. 

6 For God, whooommanded the 
tight to shine out of darkness, hath 
shined in our hearts, to give the 
light of the knowledge of the glory 
of God in the face of Jesus 
Christ. 

7 But we have this treasure in 
earthen vessels, that the excellen- 
cy of the power may be of God, 
and not of us. 

8 We a re troubled on every side , 
yet not distressed ; -ic-e are per- 
plexed, but not in despair ; 

9 Persecuted, but not forsaken ; 
cast do^^^l, but not destroyed ; 

10 Always bearing about in the 
bodv the dying of the Lord Jesus, 
that the life also of Jesus might be 
made m.anifest in our body. 

11 For we which live are al- 
ways delivered unto death for Jesus- 
sake, that the life also of Jesus might 
be made manifest in our mortal desh. 

12 So then death worketh in us, 
but life in you. 



1 3 We having the same spirit of 
faith,, according as it is written, I 
believed, and therefore have I 
spoken ; we also believe, and there- 
fore speak ; 

14 Knowing that he which rais- 
ed up the Lord Jesus, shall raise 
up us also by Jesus, and shall pre- 
sent us with you. 

15 For all things are for your 
sakes, that the abundant grace 
might, through the thanksgiving of 
many, redound to the glory of God. 

18 For which cause we faint 
not ; but though om' outward man 
perish, yet the inward r/iari is re- 
newed day by day. 

1 7 F or our light affliction, which 
is but for a moment, worketh for 
us a far more exceeding and eter- 
nal weight of glory ; 

18 While we look not at the 
things which are seen, but at the 
things which are not seen : for the 
things which are seen are tem- 

I poral ; but the things which are 
[not seen are eternal, 



THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING, i 
ISAIAH LYIT. 

THE righteous perislieth, and ! 3 But draw near liither, ye sons 
nom^anlayethiftoheart: and m.er- • of the sorceress, the seed of the 
ciful merTa re taken away, none con- \ adulterer and the whore, 
siderino- thattheriorhteous is taken! 4 Against whom do ye sport 
away from the evil io come. I yourselves ? against whom make 

2" He shall enter into peace ; t ye a wide mouth and draw out the 
they shall rest in their beds, e^zcA! tongue? are ye not children of 
^ne Avalking in his uprightness. I transgression, a seed of falsehood.- 



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5 Enflaming yourselves with 
idols under every green tree, slay- 
ing the children in the valleys un- 
der the clefts of the rocks. 

6 Among the smooth stones of 
the stream is thy portion : they, 
they are thy lot ! even to them 
hast thou poured a drink offering, 
thou hast offered a meat offering. 
Should I receive comfort in these 1 

7 Upon a lofty and high moun- 
tain hast thou set thy bed even 
thither wentest thou up to offer sa- 
crifice. 

8 Behind the doors also, and the 
posts hast thou set up thy remem- 
brance ; for thou hast discovered 
thyself to another than me, and art 
gone up : thou hast enlarged thy 
thy bed, and made thee a covenant 
with them ; thou lovedst their bed 
where thou sawest it. 

9 And thou wentest to the king 
with ointment, and didst increase 
thy perfumes, and didst send thy 
messengers far off, and didst debase 
thyself even unto hell. 

10 Thou art wearied in the great- 
ness of thy way : yet saidst thou 
not, There is no hope : thou hast 
found the life of thine hand : there- 
fore thou Avast not grieved. 

1 1 And of whom hast thou been 
afraid or feared, that thou hast lied 
and hast not remembered me, nor 
laid to thy heart 1 have not I held 
my peace even of old, and thou 
fear est me not ? 

12 I will declare thy righteous- 
ness and thy works ; for they shall 
mot profit thee. 



13 When thou criest, let thy 
companies deliver thee ; but the 
wind shall carry them all away; 
vanity shall take them ; but he that 
putteth his trust in me shall possess 
the land, and shall inherit my 
holy mountain ; 

14 And shall say. Cast ye up, 
cast ye up, prepare the way, take 
up the stumbling block out of the 
way of my people, 

15 For thus saith the high and 
lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, 
whose name is Holy ; I dwell in 
the high and holy 'place, with him 
also that is of a contrite and hum- 
ble spirit, to revive the spirit of the 
humble, and to revive the heart of 
the contrite ones^ 

16 For I will not contend for 
ever,neither will I be always wroth? 
for the spirit should fail before me 
and the souls which I have made. 

17 For the iniquity of his cove- 
tousness was I wroth, and smote 
him; I hid me, and was wroth, and 
he went on frowardly in the ways 
of his heart. 

18 1 have seen his ways and 
v/ill heal him, I will lead him also, 
and restore comforts unto him, and 
to his mourners. 

19 1 create the fruit of the lips ; 
Peace, peace to hirn that is far off 
and to him him that is near saith 
the Lord : and I will heal him. 

20 But the wicked are like the 
troubled sea, when it cannot rest, 
whose waters cast up mire and dirt. 

21 There is no peace, saith my 
God, to the wicked. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



LUKE IV. Y. 14 to 33. 



14 And Jesus returned in the , 
power of the Spirit into Galilee ; , 
and there went out a fame of him 
through all the region round about . : 

15 And he taught in their syna- 
gogues, being glorified of all. ; 

16 And he came to Nazareth, 
where he had been brought up : 
and, as his custom was, he vv ent \ 
into the spiagogue on the sabbath- 
day, and stood up for to read. 

17 And there was deliy ere dun- 
to him the book of the prophet 
Esaia^ : and when he had opened ■ 
the book, he foimd the place where ! 
it was written, 

18 The Spirit of the Lord is [ 
upon me, because he hath anointed 
me to preach the gospel to the : 
poor : he hath sent me to heal the ; 
broken-hearted, to preach deliver- 
ance to the captives, and lecover- 
ino- of si^ht to the blind, to set at 
liberty them that are bruiseci, 

19 To preach the acceptable 
year of the Lord. 

20 And he closed the book, and 
he gave it again to the minister, 
and sat down. And the eyes of 
all them that were in the syna- 
gogue were fastened on him. 

21 And he began to say unto 
them, This day is this scripture 
fulfilled in your ears. 

22 And all bare him witness, 
and wondered at the gracious 
words which proceeded out of his 
mouth. And they said, Is not this 
Joseph's son ? 

.23 And he said unto them, Ye 



vrill surely say unto me this pro- 
verb. Physician, heal thyself : 
whatsoever we have heard done in 
Capernaum, do also here in thy 
country. 

24 And he said, Verily I say 
unto vou. No prophet is accepted 
in his own country. 

25 But I tell you of a truthj 
many vddovv's were in Israel in the 
days of Elias, when the heaven 
Vv-as shut up three years and six 
months, Avhen great famine was 
^ throughout all the land ; 
' 26 But unto none of them was 
; Elias sent, save unto Sarepta, a 

city of Sidon, unto a woman that 
was a Vy'idovs". 

27 And many lepers were in 
; Israel in the time of Eliseus the 

prophet ; and none of them was 
cleansed, saving Naamanthe Sy- 
rian. 

28 And all they in the syna- 
gogue, vrhen they heard these 
thnigs, were filled with wrath, 
j 29 And rose up, and thrust him 
' out of the city, and led him unto 
the brow of the hill whereon their 
: city was built, that they might 
\ cast him down headlong. 
I 30 But he, passing through the 
' midst of them, went his way, 
I 31 And he came down to Ca- 
ipernaum, a city of Galilee, and 
; taught them on the sabbath- 
I days. 

j 32 And they were astonished 
at his doctrine : for his word was 
with j)ower. 



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FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ISAIAH LIX. 



BEHOLD, the Lord's hand is 
not sliortened, that it Ccvnnot sp.ve ; 
neither his ear heavy, that it can- 
not hear : 

2 But your iniquities have se- 
parated between you and your God, 
and your sins have hid his face 
from you, that he will not hear. 

3 For your hands are defiled 
with blood, and your fingers with 
iniquity ; your lips have spoken 
lies, your tongue hath muttered 
perverseness. 

4 None calleth for justice, nor 
any pleadeth for truth : they trust 
in vanity and speak lies ; they con- 
ceive mischief, and bring forth 
iniquity. 

5 They hatch cockatrice eggs, 
and weave the spider's web : he 
that eateth of their eggs dieth, and 
that which is crushed breakest 
out into a viper. 

6 Their webs shall not become 
garments, neither shall they cover 
themselves with their works : their 
works are v/orks of iniquity, and 
the act of violence is in their hands. 

7 Their feet run to evil, and 
they make haste to shed innocent 
blood : their thoughts are thoughts 
of iniquity ; wasting and destruc- 
tion are in their paths. 

8 The v/ay of peace they know 
not ; and there is no judgment in 
their goings : they have made them 
crooked paths ; whosoever goeth 
therein shall not Imow peace. 

9 Therefore is judgment far 
from us, neither doth justice over- 
take us : we wait for light, but be- 



hold obscurity : for brightness;^ i/J 
we walk in darkness. 

10 We grope for the wall like 
the blind, and Ave grope as if ice 
had no eyes : we stumble at noon- 
day as in the night ; ^ue are in 
desolate places as dead 7]ie?i. 

11 We roar ail like bears, and 
mourn sore like doves : we look 
for judgment, but there is none, for 
salvation, but it is far off from 
us. 

12 For our transgressions are 
multiplied before thee, and our 
sins testify against us : for our 
transgressions are with us ; and as 
for our iniquities, we .know them : 

13 In transgressing and lying 
against the Lord, and departing 
away from our God, speaking op- 
pression and revolt, conceiving and 
uttering from the heart v\^ords of 
falsehood. 

1 4 And j udgnient is turned away 
backv/ard, and justice standeth 
afar off : for truth is fallen in the 
street, and equity cannot enter. 

15 Yea, truth faileth ; and he 
that departeth from evil maketh 
himself a prey ; and the Lord sav/ 
it, and it displeased him that there 
was no judgment. 

16 And he saw that there tvas 
no man, and vv^ondered that there 
was no intercessor ; therefore his 
arm brought salvation unto him ; 
and his righteousness, it sustained 
him. 

17 For he put on righteousness 
as a breastplate, and an helmet of 
salvation unon his head; and he 



70 E P I P H A X Y 

put on tlie garments of vengeance j 
for clothing, and was clad with; 
zeal as a cloak. | 

18 According to their deeds, ac- ; 
cordingly he will repay, fury to | 
his adversaries, recompence to his ' 
enemies ; to the islands he will re- ! 
pay recompence, I 

19 So shall they fear the name 
of the Lord from the west, and his 
glory from the rising of the smi. ; 
When the enemy shall come in ^ 
like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord | 
shall lift up a standard against him. 



20 And the Redeemer shall 
come to Zion and unto them that 
turn from transgi'ession in Jacob, 
saith the Lord. 

21 As for me, this is my coven- 
ant with them, saith the Lo ; 
]vlv Spirit that is upon thee, and 
mv words which I have put in thy 
mouth, shall not depart out of thy 
mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy 
seed, nor out of the mouth of thy 
seed's seed, saith the Lord, from, 
henceforth and for ever. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
II CORINTHIANS V. 

FOR we know that if our earthly : willing rather to be absent from the i 
house of this tabernacle were dis- body, and to be present with the ^ 
solved, we have a building of God, Lord. 

an house not made with hands, 9 Wherefore we labour, that, 
eternal in the heavens. whether present or absent, we may | 

2 For in this we groan, earnest- be accepted of him. \ 
ly desiring to be clothed upon with 10 For we must all appear be- j 
our house which is from heaven, fore the judgment seat of Christ, j 

3 If so be that being clothed, that every one may receive the | 
we shall not be found naked. 'things done in his body, according j 

4 For Ave that are in this taber- 'to that he hath done, whether it be i 
nacle do groan, being burdened ; good or bad. . 
not for that we would be unclothe : 11 Knowing therefore the ter- , 
ed but clothed upon, that mortality ror of the Lord, vre persuade men : 
might be swallowed up of life. ' but we are made manifest unto God: j 

5 Now he that hath wrought us and I trust also are made manifest j 
for the self-same thing is God, who in your consciences. 

also hath given unto us the earnest 12 For we commend not our- 
of the Spirit. selves again unto you, but give you |' 

6 Therefore 16-6 are always con- ; occasion to glory on our behalf, that 
ndent, knowing that, whilst we are ye may have somewhat to ajisioer 

at home in the body, we are absent them which glory in appearance, ; 
from the Lord : ' I and not in heart. 

7 (For we walk bv faith, not by I 13 For whether we be beside 
sight :) ' ourselves, it is to God : or whether 

8 We are confident, I say, and | we be sober, it is for your cause. 



EPIPHANY, 



n 



14 For the love of Christ con- 
straineth us : because we thus 
judge, that if one died for all then 
were all dead : 

15 And that he died for all, that 
they which live should not hence- 
forth live unto themselves, but unto 
him which died for them, and rose 
again. 

16 Wherefore, henceforth know 
we no man after the flesh ; yea, 
though we have known Christ after 
the flesh, yet now henceforth know 
we him no more. 

17 Therefore, if any man be in 
Christ, ^6 25 a new creature : old 
things are passed away : behold, 
all things are become new. 

18 And all things are of God, 



who hath reconciled us to himself 
by Jesus Christ, and hath given to 
us the ministry of reconciliation : 

19 To wit, that God was in 
Christ, reconciling the w^orld unto 
himself, not imputing their trespas- 
ses unto them : and hath commit- 
ted unto us the word of reconcilia- 
tion. 

20 Now then we are amb as saw- 
ders for Christ, as though God did 
beseech i/ou by us : we pray you 
in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled 
to God. 

21 For he hath made him to be 
sin for us, who knew no sin : that 
we might be made the righteous- 
ness of God in him. 



THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ISAIAH LXL 



THE Spirit of the Lord God is 
upon me ; because the Lord hath 
anointed me to preach good tidings 
unto the meek : he hath sent me 
to bind up the broken-hearted, to 
proclaim liberty to the captives, 
and the opening of the prison to 
them that are bound ; 

2 To proclaim the acceptable 
year of the Lord, and the day of 
vengeance of our God ; to comfort 
all that mourn ; 

3 To appoint imto them that 
mourn in Zion, to give unto them 
beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for 
mourning, the garment of praise 



for the spirit of heaviness ; that 
they might be called Trees of 
righteousness, The planting of the 
LoRi), that he might be glorified. 

4 And they shall build the 
old wastes, they shall raise up the 
former desolations, and they shall 
repair the waste cities, the deso- 
lations of many generations. 

5 And strangers shall stand and 
feed your flocks, and the sons of 
the alien shall be your plowmen, 
and your vine-dressers. 

6 But ye shall be named the 
Priests of the Lord : me7i shall 
call you the Ministers of our God : 



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ve sliall eat the riches of the Gen- 
tiles, and in their dorv shall ve 

don'jle, aii:l; ;;^ccnii:-ionthey shall 
rejoice in their portion, therefore 

di-:'-' - V :-:-h.-.oono i r- shall be 

_ n I me Lori) love jndg-- 
ment, I hate robbery for bnrnt-of- 
lering: and I vnll direct their work 
in truth, and I vili make an ever- 
lasting covenan: v-i:h to cm. 

9 And their -vc c VxC^. oe known 
among the Gentile-, and their olh- 
spring amoncr the pico.c : all that 
see them shall acknovd-dee them. 



that they are the seed ichich the 
Lord hath blessed. 

10 1 will greatly rejoice in the 
Lord, my sonl shall be iovful in 
my God: ::r he hv:h d'"bcd me 
vddi the cc: ocean : v b' vv o, he 
hath covered mc ~"ccv - v^cp of 
righvovcncc-, a; : c:...;-.voom 
d: d: v^ ■ ' ^ mments, 
and ci i. V:./: : v. herself 

11 For as the earth bringeth 
lorth her bnd. and as the garden 
causeth the things that are sown 
in It to bring- forth ; so the Lord 
God vnll cans^ righteousness and 
praise to spring forth beibre all the 
nations. 



SECOND LESSON FOP. TuORNIXG 



MATTHEW y. 



AXD seeing the multitudes, he \ 
went up into a mountain : and when | 
he Avas set. his disciples came unto ' 
him : ' 

2 And he opened his mouun and ; 
taught them, saying. \ 

3 Blessed a re the poor in spirit : | 
for theirs is the kingdom of he a- \ 
ven. j 

4 Blessed a re they that mourn : \ 
for they shall be comforted. | 

5 Blessed are the meek: for; 
they shall inherit the earth. 

6 Blessed are they vchich do ^ 
hunger and thirst after righteous- i 
ness : for they shall be filled. 

7 Blessed are the merciful : for 
they shall obtain mercy. 

8 Blessed are the pure in heart : 
for they shall sec God. 

9 Blessed a re the peace-makers : 



for thev shall be called the children 
of God. 

10 Blessed are they which are 
persecutedfor righteousness' sake : 
for theirs is the kingdom of hea- 
ven. 

11 Blessed are ye Avhen men 
shall revile vou. and persecute 
?/c V . and shall s av all manner of evil 
against you falsely, for my sake. 

12 Pvejoice, and be exceeding 
slad : for great is your reward in 
heaven : for so persecuted they 
the prophets which were before 
vou. 

1 3 Ye are the salt of the earth : 
but if the salt have lost his savour, 
wherewith shall it be salted ? it is 
thenceforth good for nothing, but 
to be cast out, and to be trodden 
under foot of men. 



EPIPHANY, 



14 Ye are tlie light of the world. 
A city that is set on an hill can- 
not be hid. 

15 Neitherdomenlighta candle, 

and put it under a bushel, but 
on a candlestick; and it giveth 
light unto all that are in the house. 

16 Let your light so shine before 
men, that they may see your good 
works, and glorify your Father 
which is in heaven. 

17 Think not that I am come to 
destroy the law, or the prophets : 
I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 

18 For verily I say unto you, 
Till heaven and earth pass, one 
jot or one tittle shall in no wise 
pass from the law, till all be ful- 
filled. ^ 

19 Whosoever therefore shall 
break one of these least command- 
ments, and shall teach men so, he 
shall be called the least in the 
kingdom of heaven : but whosoever 
shall do and teach them, the same 
shall be called great in the king- 
dom of heaven, 

20 For I say unto you. That 
except your righteousness shall 
exceed the righteousness of the 
scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no 
case enter into the kingdom of 
heaven. 

21 Ye have heard that it was 
said by them of old time, Thou 
shalt not kill ; and whosoever shall 
kill shall he in danger of the judg- 
ment : 

22 But I say unto you. That 
whosoever is angry with his bro- 
ther without a cause shall be in 
danger of the judgment ; and who- 
soever shall say to his brother, 
Raca, shall be in danger of the 
council ; but v/hosoever shall say, 
Thou fool, shall be in danger of 
hell-fire. 



23 Therefore, if thou bring thy 
gift to the altar, and there remem- 
berest that thy brother hath ought 
against thee ; 

24 Leave there thy gift before 
the ahar, and go thy way ; first be 
reconciled to thy brother, and then 
come and offer thy gift. 

25 Agree with thme adversary 
quickly, whiles thou art in the 
way with him ; lest at any time 
the adversary deliver thee to the 
judge, and the judge deliver thee 
to the officer, and thou be cast in- 
to prison. 

26 Verilyl say unto thee, Thou 
shalt by nomeans come out thence, 
till thou hast paid the uttermost 
farthing. 

27 Ye have heard that it was 
said by them of old time. Thou 
shalt not commit adultery : 

28 But I say unto you, That 
whosoever looketh on a woman to 
lust after her, hath committed 
aduUery with her already in his 

29 And if thy right eye offend 
thee, pluck it out, and cast it from 
thee : for it is profitable for thee 
that one of thy members should 
perish, and not that thy whole body 
should be cast into hell. 

30 And if thy right hand offend 
thee, cut it off, and cast it from 
thee : for it is profitable for thee 
that one of thy members should 
perish, and not that thy whole 
body should be cast into hell. 

31 It has been said. Whoso- 
ever shall put away his wife, let 
him give her a writing of divorce- 
ment : 

32 But I say unto you, 1 hat 
whosoever shall put away his 
wife, saving for the cause of for- 
nication, causeth her to commit 

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adultery : and wliosoever shall ' 
marrv her that is divorced commit- 
teth adultery. s 

33 Again, ye have heard that' 
it hath been 'said by them of old 
time, Thou shah not forswear thy- 
self.' but shah perform unto the 
Lord thme oaths : 

34 But I say imto you, Swear , 
not at all : neither by heaven ; for 
ix is God's throne; 

35 Xor by the earth ; for it is 
liis footstool ^neither by Jerusalem ; 
for it IS the city of the great King ; 

36 Xehher shah thou swear by 
thy head : because thou canst not 
make one hair white or black. 

37 But let yoiu: communication 
be, Yea, vea ; Nay, nay : for what- 
soever is'more than these cometh 
of evil. 

38 Ye have heard that it hath 
been said, Xn eye for an eye, and 
a tooth for a tooth ; 

39 But I say unto you, That ye 
resist not evil ; 'but whosoever shall 
smite thee on thy right cheek, turn 
to liim the other also. 

40 And if any man will sue thee 
at the law, and take away thy coat, 
let him have thi/ cloak also. 



41 And Avhosoever shall compel 
thee to go a nnle. go ^Tllh. him 
twain. 

42 Give to him that asketh thee ; 
and from liim that would borrow of 
thee turn not thou away. 

43 Ye have heard that it hath 
been said, Thou shah love thy 
neighbour, and hate thme enemy. 

44 But I say unto you, Love 
your enemies, bless them that 
'cmse vou. do good to them that 
hate you. and pray for them which 
despitefuUy use you, and persecute 
vou ; 

i ' 45 That ye maybe the children 
! of your Father which is in heaven : 
for he maketh his sun to rise on 
'the evil and on the good, and send- 
• eth rain on the just and on the 
I unjust. 

I 46 For if ve love them which 
love vou. what reward have ye ? 
do not even the publicans the same ? 
; 47 And if ye salute your breth- 
! ren only what do ye more tka/i 
' others do not even the publicans 
Uo? 

I 48 Be ye therefore perfect, even 
as your Father which is in heaven 
I is perfect. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ISALIH LXII. 



FOR Zioms sake will I not hold 
mvpeace,andfor Jerusalem's sake 
I will not rest, imtil the righteous- 
ness thereof go forth as brightness, 
and the salvation thereof as a lamp 
that burneth. 

2 And the Gentiles shall see 
thy righteousness, and all kings 
thy glory ; and thou shalt be called 



bv a new name, which the mouth 
of the Lord shall name. 

3 Thou shalt also be a cro^m 
of glorv in the hand of the Lord, 
and a royal diadem in the hand of 
thv God. 

4 Thou shah no more be term- 
ed Forsaken ; neither shall thy 
land anv more be termed Desolate : 



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75 



but thou Shalt be called Hephzi-1 
bah, and thy land Beulah : for the 
Lord delighteth in thee, and thy 
land shall be married. 

5 For as a young man marrieth 
a virgin, so shall thy sons marry 

1 thee : and as the bridegroom re- 
! joiceth over the bride, so shall thy 
God rejoice over thee. 

6 I have set watchmen upon thy 
walls, O Jerusalem, which shall 
never hold their peace day nor 
night : ye that make mention of 
the Lord, keep not silence ; 

7 And give him no rest, till he 
I establish, and till he make Jeru- 
salem a praise in the earth. 

8 The Lord hath sworn by his 
right hand, and by the arm of his 
strength. Surely I will no more 
give thy corn to he meat for thine 
enemies: and the sons of the stran- 



ger shall not drink thy wine, for 
the which thou hast laboured : 

9 But they that have gathered 
it shall eat it, and praise the Lord ; 
and they that have brought it to- 
gether shall drink it in the courts 
of my holiness. 

10 Go through, go through the 
gates ; prepare ye the way of the 
people : cast up, cast up the high- 
way ; gather out the stones ; lift 
up a standard for the people. 

11 Behold, the Lord hath pro- 
claimed unto the end of the world, 
Say ye to the daughter of Zion, Be- 
hold, thy salvation cometh; behold 
his reward is with him, and his 
work before him. 

12 Andthey shall call them, The 
holy people. The redeemed of the 
Lord ; and thou shalt be called, 
Sought out, A city not forsaken. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
GALATIANS II. 



THEN, fourteen years after, I 
went up again to Jerusalem with 
Barnabas, and took Titus with me 
also. 

2 And I went up by revelation, 
and communicated unto them that 
gospel which I preach among the 
Gentiles, but privately to them 
which were of reputation, lest by 
any means I should run, or had 
run in vain. 

3 But neither Titus, who was 
with me, being a Greek, was com- 
pelled to be circumcised : 

4 And "that because of false 
brethren unawares brought in, 
who came in privily to spy out our 



liberty which we have in Christ 
Jesus, that they might bring us into 
bondage : 

5 To whom Ave gave place by 
subjection no, not for an hour, that 
the truth of the gospel might con- 
tinue with you. 

6 But of those who seemed to 
be somewhat, w^hatsoever they 
were, it maketh no matter to me : 
God accepteth no man's person ; 
for they who seemed to he some- 
ivhat in conference added nothing 
to me : 

7 But contrariwise, when they 
saw that the gospel of the uncir- 
cumcisionwas committed unto me, 



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as the gospel of the circumcision 
was unto Peter ; 

8 (For he that wTOUght effec- 
tually in Peter to the apostle ship 
of the circumcision, the same was 
mighty in me toward the Gen- 
tiles :) 

9 And when James, Cephas, 
and John, who seemed to be pil- 
lars, perceived the grace that was 
given unto me, they gave to me 
and Barnabas the right hands of 
fellowship, that we should go unto 
the heathen, and they unto the cir- 
cumcision. 

I 10 Only they loould that we 
should remember the poor ; the 
same which I also was forward to 
do. 

1 1 But when Peter was come 
to Antioch, I withstood him to the 
face, because he was to be blamed. 
I 12 For before that certain came 
from James, he did eat with the 
Gentiles : but w^hen they were 
come, he withdrew,, and separated 
himself, fearing them which were 
of the circumcision. 

13 And the other Jevv's dissem- 
bled likewise with him ; insomuch 
that Barnabas also was carried 
away with their dissimulation. 
I 14 But when I saw that they 
walked not uprightly according to 
the truth of the gospel, I said unto 
Peter before them all, If thou, be- 
in p- a Jew, livest after the mamaer 



of Gentiles, and not as do the j 
Jews, why compellest thou the ! 
Gentiles to live as do the Jews ? | 

15 We loho are Jews by na- 
ture, and not sinners of the Gen- ! 
tiles, ; 

1 6 Knowing that a man is not 
justified by the works of the law, ' j 
but by the faith of Jesus Christ, 
even w^e have believed in Jesus 
Christ, that we might be justified 

by the faith of Christ,, and not by ; 
the works of the law : for by the 
works of the law shall no flesh be j 
justified. ij 

1 7 But if, while we seek to be 
justified by Christ, we ourselves ,^ 
also are found sinners, is therefore ' 
Christ the minister of sin ? God 
forbid. 

1 8 For if I build again the things 
which I destroyed, I make myself ii 
a transgressor. 

19 For I through the law am p 
dead to the law, that I might live 
unto God. i 

20 I am crucified Avith Christ : | 
nevertheless I live ; yet not I, but |i 
Christ liveth in me : and the life 
which I now live in the flesh, I 
live by the faith of the Son of God, }^ 
who loved me, and gave himself j! 
for me. || 

21 I do not frustrate the grace 

of God : for if righteousness come [ 
by the lav/, then Christ is dead in 
: vain. ' 



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77 ■ 



THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER THE EPIPHANY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ISAIAH LXV. 



1 AM sought of them that asked i 
not for me ; I am found of them 
that sought me not; I said, be- 
hold me, behold me, unto a nation 
that was not called by my name. 

2 I have spread out my hands 
all the day unto a rebellious peo- 
ple, which walketh in a way that 
was not good, after their own 
thoughts ; 

3 A people that provoketh me 
to anger continually to my face ; 
that sacrificeth in gardens, and 
burneth incense upon altars of 
brick ; 

4 Which remain among the 
graves, and lodge in the monu- 
ments; which eat swine's flesh,and 
broth of abominable things is in 
their vessels ; 

5 Which say, Stand by thyself, 
come not near to me ; for I am 
holier than thou. These are a 
smoke in my nose, a fire that 
burneth all the day. 

6 Behold, it is written before 
me ; I will not keep silence, but 
will recompence,evenrecompence 
into their bosom. 

7 Your iniquities, and the ini- 
quities of your fathers together, 
saith the Lord, which have burn- 
ed incense upon the mountains, 
and blasphemed me upon the hills ; 
therefore will I measure their for- 
mer work into their bosom. 

8 Thus saith the Lord, As the 



new wine is found in the cluster,and 
one saith, Destroy it not ; for a 
blessing is in it ; so will I do for 
my servants' sake, that I may not 
destroy them all. 

9 And I will bring forth a seed 
out of Jacob, and out of Judah an 
inheritor of my mountains ; and 
mine elect shall inherit it, and my 
servants shall dwell there. 

10 And Sharon shall be a fold 
of flocks, and the valley of Achor a 
place for the herds to lie down in, 
for my people that have sought 
me. 

1 1 But ye are they that forsake 
the Lor D , that forget my holy moun- 
tain, that prepare a table for that 
troop, and that furnish the drink- 
offering unto that number. 

12 Therefore will I number you 
to the sword,, and. ye shall all bow 
down to the slaughter ; because 
when I called, ye did not answer; 
when I spake, ye did not hear ; 
but did evil before mine eyes, and 
did choose that wherein I delight- 
ed not. 

13 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord God, Behold, my servants 
shall eat, but ye shall be hungry ; 
behold, my servants shall drink but 
but ye shall be thirsty ; behold, my 
servants shall rejoice, but ye shall 
be ashamed : 

14 Behold, my servants shall 
sing for joy of heart, but ye shall 



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crv for sorro^v of heart, and sliair 
hoVl for vexation of spirit. 

15 Andve shall leave your name 
for a ciii'se imto my chosen : for 
the Lord God shall slay thee and 
call his ser^-antsby another name; 

16 That he who blesseth him- 
self ni the earth, shall bless him- 
self m the God of truth: and: 
he thatsweareth in the earth, shall 
swear bv the God of truth ; because 
the former troubles are forgotten, 
andbecausethey are Indfrom mme 

^^17 For, behold, I create new! 
heavens, and anew earth : and the 
former shall not be remembered,, 
nor come in mind. . 

18 But be ve glad and rejoice 
for ever in that which I create : 
for. behold, I create Jerusalem a 
reioicins, and her people a joy. 

19 And 1 will rejoice m Jeru- 



ihat hatn not filled his days ; for 
the child shall die an hundred years 



salem, and joy inmy peop. 



e : ana 

the voice of weeping shall be no 
more heard m her, nor the voice ot 
crving. 

20 There shallbenomorethenct: 
an infant of days, nor an old man 



old : but the sinner, being an hun- 
dred rears old, shall be accursed. 

21^ And they shall build houses, 
and inhabit the?n ; and they shall 
• plant vineyards, and eat the fruit 
of thenn 

22 They shall not build, and 
another inhabit : they shall not 
plant, and another eat; for as the 
days of a tree are the days of my 
people, and mine elect shall long 
enjov the work of their hands. _ 

23 They shall not labour in vam, 
nor bring forth for trouble ; for they 
are the seed of the blessed of the 

; Lord, and their offspring with 
them, 

24 And it shall come to pass, 
that before they call I will answerj 
and while they are yet spealang, i 
will hear. 

25 The wolf and the lamb siiaU 
feed together, and the lion shall 
eat straw like the bullock; and dust 

' shall be the serpent's meat. They 
shall not hurt nor destroy m all 
mv holy mountain, saiththe Lord, 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 

MATTHEW YI 
-.1 J .-r.^^y Eut wheu thou doest alms, let 

; invise ve have - - "gh. l.an d^^^^^^^^^ 
^vard of your Father vducn ,s , J^'^l^^,. ^^.i,,,, ^vhich seeth 
^''rTUefore. vAen thou doest hn secret Jnmself .hall re^vard thee 
thine ahus, do not sound a trunipet openlv ^^^^^ 

before thee, as ^9^:^^^ ^ ,1. irnoi he a'the hyjockes are^ : 
the synagogues, and m the streets, , , ^ pray standing m 
that they may have gtorv" of men. f J/^^^J^ ami in the corners 

Verily 1 say xmto you, They have g^^^Z^ ^^.^ ,hey may be 
their reward. 1^' 



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seen of man. Verily 1 say unto 
you, They have their reward. 

6 But thou, when thou prayest, 
enter into thy closet ; and when 
thou hast shut thy door, pray to thy 
Father, which is in secret ; and thy 
Father, which seeth in secret, 
shall reward thee openly. 

7 But when ye pray, use not 
vain repetitions, as the heathen ; 
for they think that they shall be 
heard for their much speaking, 

8 Be not ye therefore like unto 
them ; for your Father knoweth 
what things ye have need of before 
ye ask him. 

9 After this manner therefore 
pray ye : Our Father which art in 
heaven ; Hallowed be thy name. 

10 Thy kingdom come. Thy 
will be done in earth, as it is in 
heaven. 

11 Give us this day our daily 
bread. 

12 And forgive us our debts, as 
we forgive our debtors, 

13 And lead us not into tempta- 
tion ; but deliver us from evil : for 
thine is the kingdom, and the 
power, and the glory, for ever. 
Amen. 

14 For if ye forgive men their 
trespasses, your heavenly Father 
will also forgive you. 

15 But if ye forgive not men 
their trespasses, neither will your 
Father forgive your trespasses. 

16 Moreover, when ye fast, be 
not, as the hypocrites, of a sad 
countenance ; for they disfigure 
their faces, that they may appear 
unto men to fast. Yerily I say unto 
you. They have their reward. 

17 But thou, v/hen thou fastest, 
anoint thine head, and wash thy 
face ; 

18 That thou appear not unto 



men to fast, but unto thy Father 
which is in secret : and thy Father 
which seeth in secret, shall reward 
thee openly, 

19 Lay not up for yourselves 
treasures upon earth, where moth 
and rust doth corrupt, and where 
thieves break through and steal : 

20 But lay up for yourselves 
treasures in heaven, where neither 
moth nor rust doth corrupt, and 
where thieves do not break through 
nor steal : 

21 For where your treasure isj 
there will your heart be also. 

22 The light of the body is the 
eye : if therefore thine eye be 
single, thy whole body shall be full 
of light. 

23 But if thine eye be evil, thy 
whole body shall be full of dark- 
ness. If therefore the light that is 
in thee be darkness, how great is 
that darkness ! 

24 No man can serve two mas- 
ters : foreitherhe will hate the one, 
and love the other ; or else he will 
hold to the one, and despise the 
other. Ye cannot serve God and 
mammon. 

25 Therefore I say unto you, 
Take no thought for your life, what 
ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink ; 
nor yet for your body, what ye 
shall put on. Is not the life more 
than meat, and the body than rai- 
ment ? 

26 Behold the fowls of the air : 
for they sow not, neither do they 
reap, nor gather into barns ; yet 
your heavenly Father feedeth them. 
Are ye not much better than they ? 

27 Which of you, by taking 
thought, can add one cubit unto his 
stature ? 

28 And why take ye thought for 
raiment ? Consider the lilies of tha 



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field,liow they gi*ow ; tliey toil not, 
neither do they spin ; i 

29 And vet I sav unto you, 1 hat i 

even Solomon, m all his glory, was 
not arraved like one of these. | 

30 Wherefore, if God so clothe 
the gi-ass of the held, which to-day 
is and to-morrow is cast mto the 
oven, shall A ^? not much more clothe 
vou, ve of little faith 1 

■' 31 Therefore take no thought, 
savincr, ^Vhat shall we eat? or, 
What^shall we drink ? or. Where- 
withal shall we be clothed / 



32 (For after all these things do 
the Gentiles seek ;) for your heav- 
enly Father knoweth that ye have 
need of all these things. 

33 But seek ye first the kmg- 
' dom of God, and his righteousness ; 

and all these things shall be added 
unto vou. 

34* Take therefore no thought 
for the morrow : for the morrow 
shall take thought for the things of 
itself. Sufficient unto the day zsthe 
I evil thereof. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ISAIAH LXYI. 



rjpj^-[;S saith the Lord, The j 
heaven is my throne, and the earth , 
is my footstool : where is the house 
that ve build unto me ? and where , 
i5 the place of my rest ? _ ] 

2 For all those things hath mine : 
hand made, and all those things\ 
have been, saith the Lord : but 
to this man will Hook, even iohim 
that is poor, and of a contrite spirit, 
and trembleth at my word. 

3 He that killeth an ox, is as if 
he slew a man ; he that sacrificeth ^ 
a lamb, as if he cutoff a dog s i 
neck ; he that offereth an oblation, 
as if he offered swine's blood : he 
that burrieth incense, as i, he 
blessed an idol : yea, thev have 
chosen their o.vn ways, and their 
soul delighteth m their abomma- ; 

tions. , . T T i 

4 I also Avill choose their delu- , 
sions, and will bring their fears , 
upon them ; because when I called, 
none did answer ; when I spake, 
thev did not hear : but they aid 



evil before mine eyes, and chose 
that in which I delighted not. 

5 Hear the word of the Lo^rd, 
ve that tremble at his word ; Your 
brethren that hated you, that cast 
you out for mv name's sake, said, 
, Let the Lord be glorified : but he 
j shall appear to your joy, and they 
' shall be ashamed. 

6 \ voice of noise from the city, 
a voice from the temple, a voice 
of the Lord that rendereth recom- 
pence to his enemies. 

7 Before she travailed, she 
brought forth; before her pam 
I came, she was delivered of a man- 

child. ^ 1 .1 • 7 

1 8 Who hath heard such a thing 
who hath seen such thmgs ? Shall 
the earth be made to bring forth 
m one dav ? or shall a nation be 
born at once ? for as soon as Zion 
travailed, she brought forth h^r 

children. , • i j 

9 Shall I bring to the birth and 
not cause to bring forth ? saith the 



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Lord : shall I cause to bring forth, 
and shut the v'omb? saith thy God. 

10 Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, 
and be glad with her, all ye that 
love her : rejoice for joy with her, 
all ye that mourn for her ; 

11 That ye may suck, and be 
satisfied with the breasts of her 
consolations ; that ye may milk 
out, and be delighted with the 
abundance of her glory. 

12 For thus saith the Lord, 
Behold, I will extend peace to her 
like a river, and the glory of the 
Gentiles like a flowing stream : 
then shall ye suck, ye shall be 
borne upon her sides, and be dan- 
dled upon her knees. 

13 As one whom his mother 
comforteth, so will I comfort you ; 
and ye shall be comforted in Jeru- 
salem. 

14 And when ye see this, your 
heart shall rejoice, and your bones 
shall flourish like an herb ; and 
the hand of the Lord shall be 
known toward his servants, and 

indignation toward his enemies. 

15 For, behold, the Lord will 
come with Are, and with his cha- 
riots like a whirlwind, to render 
his anger with fury, and his re- 
buke with flames of Are. 

16 For by fire, and by his 
sword, will the Lord plead with 
all flesh : and the slain of the 
Lord shall be many. 

17 They that sanctify them- 
selves, and purify themselves in 
the gardens behind one tree in the 
midst, eating swine's flesh, and the 
abomination, and the mouse, shall 
be consumed together, saith the 
Lord. 



18 For I knoid their works, and 
their thoughts : it shall come, that 
I will gather all nations and 
tongues ; and they shall come, and 
see my glory. 

19 And I will set a sign among 
them, and I will send those that 
escape of them unto the nations, 
to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that 
draw the bow, to Tubal and Javan, 
to the isles afar ofl*, that have not 
heard my fame, neither have seen 
my glory ; and they shall declare 
my glory among the Gentiles. 

20 And they shall bring all your 
brethren for an oflering unto the 
Lord, out of all nations, upon 
horses, and in chariots, and in lit- 
ters, and upon mules, and upon 
swift beasts, to my holy mountain 
Jerusalem, saith the Lord, as the 
children of Israel bring an oflering 
in a clean vessel into the house of 
the Lord. 

21 And I will also take of them 
for priests, and for Levites, saith 
the Lord. 

22 For as the new heavens, 
and the new earth, which I will 
make, shall remain before me, 
saith the Lord, so shall your seed 
and your name remain. 

23 And it shall come to pass, 
that from one new moon to ano- 
ther, and from one sabbath to ano- 
ther, shall all flesh come to wor- 
ship before me, saith the Lord. 

24 And they shall go forth, and 
look upon the carcases of the men 
that have transgressed against me : 
for their worm shall not die, nei- 
ther shall their fire be quenched ; 
and they shall be an abhorring unto 
all flesh. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



GALATIANS III. 



O FOOLISH Galatians, who 
hath bewitched you, that y e should 
not obey the truth, before whose 
eyes Jesus Christ hath been e^^- 
dently set forth, crucified among 
you 1 

2 This only would I learn oi 
you, Received ye the Spirit by the 
works of the law, or by the hear- 
ing of faith 1 

3 Are ye so fooHsh ? having be- 
gun in the Spirit, are ye now made 
perfect by the flesh ] 

4 Have ye suffered so many 
things in vain ? if it be yetinvam. 

5 He therefore that ministereth 
to you the Spirit, and worketh 
miracles among you, doth he it 
by the works of the law, or by the 
hearing of faith ! 

6 Even as Abraham beheved 
God, and it was accounted to liim 
for righteousness. 

7 Know ye therefore that they 
which are of faith, the same are the 
children of Abraham. 

8 And the scripture, foreseeing 
that God would justify the heathen 
through faith, preached before the 
gospel unto Abraham, saying, m 
thee shall all nations be blessed. 

9 So thenthev which be of faith 
are blessed with faithful Abra- 
ham. 

10 For as many as are ot tne 
works of the law are under the 
curse : for it is written. Cursed is 
every one that continueth not in 
all things which are written in the 
book of the law to do them. 

1 1 But that no man is justified 



bv the law in the sight of God, it 
is evident : for, The just shalllive 
by faith. 

12 And the law is not of faith : 
but. The man that doeth them shall 
live in them. 

13 Christ hath redeemed us 
from the curse of the law, being 
made a curse for us : for it is writ- 
ten. Cursed is every one that hang- 
geth on a tree : 

14 That the blessing of Abra- 
ham might come on the Gentiles 
through Jesus Christ; that we 
might"" receive the promise of the 
Spirit through faith. 

15 Brethren, I speak after the 
manner of men ; Though it he but a 
man's covenant, yet if it he confir- 
med, no man disanmdleth, or ad- 
deth thereto. 

16 Now to Abraham and his 
seed Avere the promises made. He 

I saith not. And to seeds, as of many ; 
but as of one. And to thy seed, 
' which is Christ. 

17 And this I say, that the 
covenant, that was confirmed be- 
fore of God in Christ, the law, 
which was four hundred and thirty 
years after, cannot disannul, that 
it should make the promise of none 
effect. 

18 For if the inheritance he of 
the law, it is no more of promise : 
but God gave it to Abraham by 
promise. 

19 Wherefore then serveth the 
law ? It was added because of trans- 
gressions, till the seed should come 
to whom the promise was made ; 



EPIPHANY. 



and it was ordained by angels in 
the hand of a mediator. 

20 Now a mediator is not a 
mediator of one ; but God is one. 

21 Is the law then against the 
promises of God ! God forbid : for 
if there had been a law given which 
could have given life, verily right- 
eousness should have been by the 
law. 

22 But the scripture hath con- 
cluded all under sin, that the pro- 
mise by faith of Jesus Christ might 
be given to them that believe. 

23 But before faith came, we 
were kept under the law, shut up 
unto the faith which should after- 
wards be revealed. 

24 Wherefore the law was our 



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schoolmaster to bring us unto 
Christ, that we might be justified 
by faith. 

25 But after that faith is come, 
we are no longer under a school- 
master. 

26 For ye are all the children 
of God by faith in Christ Jesus. 

27 For as many of you as have 
been baptized into Christ have put 
on Christ. 

28 There is neither Jew nor 
Greek, there is neither bond nor 
free, there is neither male nor fe- 
male : for ye are all one in Christ 
Jesus. 

29 And if ye he Christ's then are 
ye Abraham's seed, and heirs ac- 
cording to the promise. 



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SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 

^PDt'iac-esima so callea from the number of Seventy, being -tout seventy 
■dav-S?e Easter is a solemn time set apart by the Church, to call us back 
froVou?Christmas feasting and joy, in order to V^ev^l^o^rs^^-e^^^^^^^^ 
and humiliation, in the approaching season of Lent, ^ome of he moi e dej om 
Christian'; observed the Tvhole time from this day to Easter, as a beason oi 
hrimniat"on at?f fasting though the generality of the people didnotbegm 
their fast till Ash-wednesday. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JEREMIAH V. 



HUN ve to and fro through the 1 6 Wherefore a hon out of tne fo- 
streets of Jerusalem, and see now, ;rest shall slay them, and a woli o. 
and know, and seek in the broad the evenings shall spoil them a 
places thereof, if yecanfindaman,:ieopardshallwatchovertnetrci^^^^^^ 
if there be «..2/thatexecutethjudg-; every one that goeth out hence 
ment, that seeketh the truth; and shall be torn m pieces; because 
I will pardon it. their transgi-essions are many, and 

2 And though they say. The their backslidmgs are m creased. 
Lord liveth; surely they swear 7 How shall I pardon thee for 
J^lgX ' ^ this ? thy children have forsaken 

3 Lord, are not thine eyes me, and sworn ^7 /^f 



upon the truth ? thou hast stricken 
them but they have not grieved : 
thou hast consumed \hem, but they 



no gods ; when I had fed them to 
the "full, they then committed adul- 
tery, and assembled themselves by 



have refused to receive correction ; troops m the harlot s houses, 
they have made their faces harder \ 8 They were as fed horses m 
than a rock ; they have refused to the mormng ; every one neighed 



return. 

4 Therefore I said surely these 



after his neighbour's wife, 

9 Shall I not visit for these 



4 i nereiore i «aiu suieiy n^^^^ ^ ^..^^^ ^ — - 
arepoor ; they are foolish; for they ^Ain-..? saith the Lqrd : and 
know not the way of the Lord, ' shall not my soul be avenged on 
nor the judgment of their God. ! such a nation as this J 

5 I will get me unto the great 1 10 Goyeup upon her walls, and 
men and will speak unto them; destroy ; but make not a iuU end ; 
Sr they have known the way of takeaway herbattlements; for they 
the Lord, the judgment of U;-e not the Lord s. 

their God butthese have altogeth- 1 1 For the house of Israel and 
er broken the yoke, amZ bui-st the I the house of Judah have dealt 



bonds. 



SEPTUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 



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very treacherously against me,saitli 
the Lord, 

12 They have belied the Lord 
and said, It is not he ; neither shall 
evil come upon us ; neither shall 
we see sword nor famine : 

13 And the prophets shall be- 
come wind, and the word is not in 
them ; thus shall it be done unto 
them, 

14 Wherefore thus saith the 
Lord God of hosts, Because ye 
speak this word, behold, I will 
make my Avords in thy mouth fire, 
and this people wood, and it shall 
devour them. 

15 Lo, I will bring a nation up- 
on you from far, O house of Israel, 
saith the Lord ; it is a mighty na- 
tion, it is an ancient nation, a na- 
tion whose language thou knowest 
not, neither understandest what 
they say. 

16 Their quiver is as an open 
sepulchre, they ai'e all mighty 
men. 

17 And they shall eat up thine 
harvest, and thy bread, lohic/i thy 
sons and thy daughters should eat ; 
they shall eat up thy flocks and 
thine herds ; they shall eat up thy 
vines and thy fig-trees ; they shall 
impoverish thyfenced cities,where- 
in thou trustedst, with the sword. 

18 Nevertheless, in those days, 
saith the Lord, I will not make 
a full end with you. 

19 And it shall come to pass, 
when ye shall say, Wherefore 
doeth the Lord our God all these 
things unto us ? then shalt thou an- 
swer them, Like as ye have for- 
saken me, and served strange gods 
in your land, so shall ye serve 
strangers in a land that is not 
yours. 

20 Declare this in the house of 



Jacob, and publish it inJudah, say- 
ing, 

21 Hear now this, foolish peo- 
ple, and without understanding : 
which have eyes, and see not: 
which have ears, and hear not ; 

22 Fear ye not me ? saith the 
Lord : will ye not tremble at my 
presence, which have placed the 
sand for the bound of the sea by a 
perpetual decree, that it cannot pass 
it ; and though the waves thereof 
toss themselves, yet can they not 
prevail ; though they roar, yet can 
they not pass over it ? 

23 But this people hath a revolt- 
ing and a rebellious heart : they 
are revolted and gone. 

24 Neither say they in their 
heart, Let us now fear the Lord 
our God, that giveth rain, both 
the former and the latter, in his 
season ; he reserveth unto us the 
appointed weeks of the harvest. 

25 Your iniquities have turned 
away these things, and your sins 
have withholden good things from 
you. 

26 For among my people are 
found wicked men ; they lay wait, 
as he that setteth snares ; they set 
a trap, they catch men. 

27 As a cage is full of birds, so 
are their houses full of deceit : 
therefore they are become gTeat, 
and waxen rich. 

28 They are waxen fat, they 
shine : yea, they overpass the deeds 
of the wicked ; they judge not the 
cause, the cause of the fatherless, 
yet they prosper ; and the right of 
the needy do they not judge. 

29 Shall I not visit for these 
things ? saith the Lord ; shall not 
my soul be avenged on such a na- 
tion as this ? 

30 A wonderful and horrible 

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tMnff is committed in the land ; ? their means ; and my people love 

31 The prophets prophesv false- -have it so : and what ^vlll ye do I 
ly. and the priests bear rule by I in the end thereof ? 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
MATTHEW yil. 



JUDGE not, that ye be not 
judged. 

2 For with what judgment ye 
judge, ye shall be judged : and i 
with what measure ye mete, it shall ! 
be measured to you again. j 

3 And why beholdest thou the : 
mote that is in thy brother's eye, but ; 
considerest not 'the beam that is | 
in thine own eye ? i 

4 Or how wilt thou say to thy 
brother, Let me pull out the mote 
out of thine eye ; and behold, a 
beam is in thine own eye ? 

5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out 
the beam out of thine own eye ; 
and then shah thou see clearly to 
cast out the mote out of thy bro- 
ther's eye. ; 

6 Give not that which is holy \ 
unto the dogs, neither cast ye your ; 
pearls before swine, lest they 
trample them under their feet, andj 
turn again and rend you. i 

7 Ask, and it shall be glA^en 
you; seek and ye shall lind; 
knock, and it shall be opened unto 
you : 

8 For every one that asketh, 
receiveth ; and he that seeketh, 
findeth ; and to him that knocketh, 
it shall be opened. 

9 Or what man is there of you, 
whom, if his son ask bread, will 
he give him a stone ? 

10 Or if he ask a hsh, will he 
give him a serpent ? 

11 If ye then, being evil, know 



how to give good gifts unto your 
children, how much more shall 
vour Father which is in heaven 
a-ive good things to them that ask 
him ? 

12 Therefore all things what- 
: soever ye would that men should 
' do to vou. do ye even so to them : 
I for this is the law and the pro- 
j phets. 

! 13 Enter ye in at the strait 
: sate : for wide is the gate, and 
broad is the Avay, that leadeth to 
! destruction, and many there be 
; which go in thereat 



14 Because strait is the gate, 
and narrow is the way, which 
leadeth unto life, and few there be 
that find it. 

15 Beware of false prophets, 
which come to you in sheep's 
clothing, but inwardly they are 

' ravening wolves. 
! 16 Ye shall know them by their 
fruits. Do men gather grapes of 
: thorns, or figs of tliistles ? 
! 17 Even so every good tree 
ibringeth forth good fruit; but a 
' corrupt tree bringeth forth eyil 
fruit. 

18 A good tree cannot bring 
forth evil fruit ; neither ca7i a cor- 
rupt tree bring forth good fruit. 

19 Every t'ree that bringeth not 
forth good iruit is hewn down, and 
cast into the fire. 

20 Wherefore by their fruits ye 
I shall know them. 



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"^21 Not every one that saith unto 
me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into 
the kingdom of heaven ; but he 
that doeth the will of my Father 
which is in heaven. 

22 Many will say to me in that 
day, Lord, Lord, have we not pro- 
phesied in thy name ? and in thy 
name have cast out devils ? and in 
thy name done many wonderful 
works ? 

23 And then will I profess unto 
them, I never knew you : depart 
from me, ye that work iniquity. 

24 Therefore, whosoever hear- 
eth these sayings of mine, and 
doeth them, I will liken him unto 
a wise man, which built his house 
upon a rock : 

25 And the rains descended, and 
the floods came, and the winds 



blew, and beat upon that house ; 
and it fell not : for it was founded 
upon a rock. 

26 And every one that heareth 
these sayings of mine, and doeth 
them not, shall be likened unto a 
foolish man, which built his house 
upon the sand : 

27 And the rain descended, and 
the floods came, and the winds 
blew, and beat upon that house ; 
and it fell : and great was the fall 
of it. 

28 And it came to pass, when 
Jesus had ended these sayings, 
the people were astonished at his 
doctrine : 

29 For he taught them as one 
having authority, and not as the 
scribes. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
JEREMIAH XXII. 



THUS saith the Lord, Go down 
to the house of the king of Judah, 
and speak there this word, 

2 And say, Hear the word of the 
Lord, O king of Judah, that sittest 
upon the throne of David, thou and 
thy servants, and thy people that 
enter in by these gates ; 

3 Thus saith the Lord, Execute 
ye judgment and righteousness, and 
deliver the spoiled out of the hand 
of the oppressor : and do no wrong, 
do no violence to the stranger, the 
fatherless, nor the widow, neither 

I shed innocent blood in this place. 

4 For if ye do this thing indeed, 
I then shall there enter in by the 
i gates of this house kings sitting 



upon the throne of David, riding in 
chariots and on horses, he, and 
his servants, and his people. 

5 But if ye will not hear these 
words, I swear by myself, saith the 
Lord, that this house shall become 
a desolation. 

6 For thus saith the Lord unto 
the king's house of Judah, Thou 
art Gilead unto me and the head 
of Lebanon : ^^e^^ surely I will make 
thee a wilderness, and cities which 
are not inhabited. 

7 And I will prepare destroyers 
against thee, every one with his 
weapons ; and they shall cut down 
thy choice cedars, and cast them 
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" 8 And many nations shall pass 
by this city, and they shall say 
ever}' man tahis neighbour, A"^ here- 
fore hath the Lord done thus unto 
this great city ? 

9 Then they shall answer, Be- 
cause they have forsaken the co- ! 
venant of the Lord their God, and 
worsliipped other gods, and served 
them. 

10 AVeep ye not for the dead, 
neither bemoan him ; hut weep sore 
for him that goeth away : for he 
shall return no more, nor see his 
native comitry. 

11 For thus saith the Lord 
touching Shalumthe Son of Josiah 
king of ^Judah, which reigned in- 
stead of Josiah his father, which 
went forth out of this place. He 
shall not return thither any more ; 

12 But he shall die in the place 
whither they have led him captive, 
and shall see this land no more. 

13 AVoe unto him that buildeth 
his house by um-ighteousness, and 
his chambers by wrong ; that\\sex]i 
his neighbour's service without 
wages, and giveth him not for his 
work ; 

14 That saith, I will build me 
a wide house, and large chambers, 
and cutteth him out windows ; and 
it is ceiled with cedar, and paint- 
ed with vermilion f 

15 Shalt thou reign, because 
thou closest thyself in cedar ? Did 
not thy father eat and drink, and 
do judgment and justice, ayid then 
it -z^' as well with him ? 

16 He judged the cause of the 
poor and needy ; then it teas well 
tvith him : icas not this to know 
me ? saith the Lord. 

17 But thine eyes and thine 
heart are not but for thy covetous- 
ness, and for to shed innocent blood. 



and for oppression, and fornolence^ 

to do it. 

18 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord concerning Jehoiakim the 
son of Josiah king of Judah. They 
shall not lament for him, saying, 
Ah my brother ! or. Ah sister! they 
shall not lament for him, so.ying, 
Ah lord ! or, Ah his glory ! 

19 He shall be buried with the 
burial of an ass, dra^-^m and cast 
forth beyond the gates of Jerusalem. 

20 Go up to Lebanon, and cry ; 
and lift up thy voice in Bashan, 
and cr}- from the passages : for all 
thy lovers are destroyed. 

'21 I spake unto thee in thy 
prosperity ; but thou saidst, I will 
not hear : this hath been thy manner 
from thy youth, that that obeyedst 
not my voice. 

22 The wind shall eat up all 
thy pastors, and thy lovers shall go 
into captivity ; surely then shalt 
thou be ashamed and confounded 
for all thy vrickedness. 

23 inhabitant of Lebanon, that 
makest thy nest in the cedars, how 
gracious shah thou be when pangs 
come upon thee, the pain as of a 
woman in travail ! 

24 I live, saith the Lord, 
though Coniahthe son of Jehoiakim 
king of Judah were the signet upon 

j my right hand, yet would I pluck 
'thee thence ; 

25 And I will give thee into the 
hand of them that seek thy life, 
and into the hand of tRem whose 
face thou fear est, even into the 
hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of 
Babylon, and into the hand of the 
Chaldeans. 

26 And I will cast thee out, and 
thy mother that bare thee, into ano- 
ther country, where ye were not 
bom ; and there shall ye die. 



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I 27 But to the land whereunto 

I they desire to return, thither shall 

' they not return. 

i 28 Is this man Coniah a des- 

I pised broken idol ? is he 3. vessel 

i wherein is no pleasure ? wherefore 

i are they cast out, he and liis seed, 

; and are cast into a land which 
they know not ? 



29 O earth, earth, earth, hear 
the word of the Lord : j 

30 Thus saith the Lord, Write 
ye this man childless, a man thai 
shall not prosper in his days : for 
no man of his seed shall prosper, 
sitting upon the throne of David, 
and ruhng any more in Judah. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



EPHESIANS L. 



PAUL, an apostle of Jesus 
Christ by the will of God, to the 
saints which are at Ephesus, and 
to the faithful in Christ Jesus : 

2 Grace be to you, and peace, 
from God our Father, and fro m the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

3 Blessed be the God and 
Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who hath blessed us with all spirit- 
ual blessings in hesLYenly places in 
Christ, 

4 According as he hath chosen 
us in him before the foundation of 
the world, that we should be holy 
and without blame before him in 
love : 

5 Having predestinated us unto 
the adoption of children by Jesus 
Christ to himself, according to the 
good pleasure of his will, 

6 To the praise of the glory of 
his grace, wherein he hath made 
us accepted in the Beloved : 

7 In whom we have redemption 
through his blood, the forgiveness 
of sins, according to the riches of 
his grace ; 

8 Wherein he hath abou^aded 



toward us in all wisdom and pru- 
dence ; 

9 Having made known unto us 
the mystery of his will, according 
to his^good pleasure, which he hath 
purposed in himself : 

10 That in the dispensation of 
the fulness of timea, he might 
gather together in one all things in 
Christ, both which are in heaven, 
and which are on earth, even in 
him ; 

11 In whom also we have ob- 
tained an inheritance, being pre- 
destinated according to the purpose 
of him who worketh all things 
after the counsel of his own 
will ; 

12 That we should be to the 
praise of his glory, who first trust- 
ed in Christ. 

13 In whom ye also trusted, 
after that ye heard the word of 
truth, the gospel of your salvation : 
in whom also, after that ye believ- 
ed, ye were sealed with that Holy 
Spirit of promise. 

14 Which is the earnest of our 
inheritance, until the redemption 

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of the purchased possession, unto 19 And what is the exceeding 
the praise of his glory. greatness of his power to us-ward 

15 Wherefore I also, after I who believe, according to the 
heard of your faith in the Lord, working of his mighty power, 
Jesus, and love unto all the saints, ! 20 Winch he wrought in Christ, 

16 Cease not to give thanks for \ when he raised him from the dead, 
you, making mention of you in my \ and set him at his own right hand 
prayers ; j in the heavenly places, 

17 That the God of our Lord 21 Far above all principality 
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory, | and power, and might, and domin- 
may give imto you the spirit of : ion, and every name that is named, 
wisdom and revelation in the loiow- not only in this world, but also in 
ledge of him : that which is to come ; 

18 The eyes of your under- 22 And hath put all /A27i^.<? under 
standing being enlightened ; that iiis feet, and gave him to be the 
ye may know what is the hope of head over all things to the church, 
his calling, and what the riches of 23 "Which is his body, the ful- 
the glory of his inheritance in the ^ness of him that hlleth all in all. 
saints, 



SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY. 



Sexagesima, so called from the number of Sixty as being about sixty days 
before Easter; is designed to admonish us to be careful and circumspect in 
the performance of our duty ; since there are so few who bring forth fruit to 
perfection. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING, 
JEREMIAH XXXV. 



THE word which came unto 
Jeremiah from the Lord, in the 
days of Jekoiakim the son of Jo- 
siah king of Judah, saying, 

2 Go unto the house of the Re- 
chabites, and speak unto them, 
and bring them into the house of 
the Lord, into one of the cham- 
bers, and give them wine to drink. 

3 Then I took Jaazaniah the 
son of Jeremiah, the son of Haba- 
ziniah, and his brethren, and all 
his sons, and the whole house of 
the Rechabites ; 

4 And I brought them into the 
house of the Lord, into the cham- 
ber of the sons of Hanan the son 
of Igdaliah, a man of God, which 
was by the chamber of the princes, 
which was above the chamber of 
Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the 
keeper of the door. 

5 And I set before the sons of 
the house of the Rechabites pots 
full of wine, and cups ; and I said 
unto them, Drink ye wine. 

6 But they said. We will drink 
no wine : for Jonadab the son of 
Rechab, our father, commanded 
us, saying. Ye shall drink no wine, 
neither ye, nor your sons for ever : 

7 Neither shall ye build house, 



nor sow seed, nor plant vineyard^ 
nor have aiiy : but all your days ye 
shall dwell in tents ; that ye may 
live many days in the land where 
ye he strangers. 

8 Thus have we obeyed the 
voice of Jonadab the son of Re- 
chab, our father, in all that he hath 
charged us, to drink no wine all 
our days, we, our wives, our sons, 
nor our daughters ; 

9 Nor to build houses for us to 
dwell in ; neither have we vine- 
yard, nor field, nor seed : 

10 But we have dwelt in tents, 
and have obeyed, and done accord- 
ing to all that Jonadab our father 
commanded us. 

11 But it came to pass, when 
Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon 
came up into the land, that we 
said. Come, and let us go to Jeru- 
salem for fear of the army of the 
Chaldeans, and for fear of the army 
of the Syrians : so we dwell at Je- 
rusalem. 

12 Then came the word of the 
Lord unto Jeremiah, saying, 

13 Thus saiththe Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, Go and tell the 
men of Judah, and the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, Will ye not receive 



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instruction to hearken to my words ? 1 
saith the Lord. 

14 The words of Jonadab the 
son of Rechab, that he commanded 
his sons not to drink wine, are 
performed ; for unto this day they 
drink none, but obey their father's 
commandment : notwithstanding I 
have spoken unto you, rising early 
and speaking ; but ye hearkened 
not unto me. 

15 I have sent also unto you 
all my servants the prophets, rising 
up early, and sending them^ say- 
ing, RetmTi ye now ever}^ man from 
his evil Avay, and amend your do- 
ings, and go not after other gods 
to serve them, and ye shall dwell 
in the land which I have given to 
you and to your fathers ; but ye 
have not inclined your ear, nor 
hearkened unto me. 

16 Because the sons of Jona- 
dab the son of Rechab have per- 
formed the commandment of their 
father, which he commanded them ; 



but this people hath not hearkened 
unto me : 

17 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord God of hosts, the God of 
Israel, Behold, I will bring upon 
Judah, and upon all the inhabitants 
of Jerusalem, all the evil that I 
have pronounced against them : 
because I have spoken unto them ; 
but they have not heard; and I 
have called unto them, but they 
have not answered. 

18 And Jeremiah said unto the 
house of the Rechabites, Thus 

1 saith the Lord of hosts, the God 
I of Israel, Because ye have obeyed 
! the commandment of Jonadab yom- 
' father, and kept all his precepts, 
and done according unto all that 
he hath commanded you ; 

19 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, 
Jonadab the son of Rechab shall 
not want a man to stand before me 
for ever. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING-. 



LUKE yil. V. 19. 



19 And John calling unto ]iim\ 
two of his disciples, sent them to 
Jesus, saying, Art thou he thatj 
should come ? or look we for an- 
other ? . 

20 When the men Avere come 
unto him, they said, John Baptist 
hath sent us unto thee saying, Art 
thou he that should come '? or look 
we for another ? 

21 And in that same hour he 
cured many oi their infirmities and 
plagues, and of evil spirits ; and 



unto many that were blind he gave 
sight. 

22 Then Jesus answering, and 
said unto them,Go your way , and tell 
John what things ye have seen and 
heard: how that the blind see, the 
lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, 
the deaf henr, the dead are raised, 
to the poor the gospel is preached. 

23 And blessed is he, whoso- 
ever shall not be offended in me. 

24 And when the messengers 
of John were departed, he began 



SEXAGESIMA SUNDAY, 



to Speak unto the people concern- 
ing John, What went ye out into 
the wilderness for to see ? A reed 
i shaken with the wind 1 
I 25 But what went ye out for 
1 to see ? A man clothed in soft 
j raiment ? Behold, they which are 
i gorgeously apparelled, and live de- 
licately, are in kings' courts. 

26 But what went ye out for to 
see 7 A prophet ? Yea, I say unto 
you, and much more than a pro- 
phet. 

I 27 This is he of whom it is 
i written. Behold, I send my mes- 
! senger before thy face, which shall 
j prepare thy way before thee. 

28 For I say unto you. Among 
those that are born of women there 
is not a greater prophet than John 
the Baptist ; but he that is least in 
the kingdom of God is greater than 
he. 

I 29 And all the people that 
heard him, and the publicans, 
justified God, being baptized with 
the baptism of John. 

30 But the Pharisees and law- 
yers rejected the counsel of God 
against themselves, being not bap- 
tized of him. 

31 And the Lord said, Where- 
unto then shall I liken the men of 
this generation? and to what are 
they like ? 

32 They are like unto children 
sitting in the market-place, and 
calling one to another, and say- 
ing. We have piped unto you, and 
ye have not danced : we have 
mourned to you, and ye have not 
wept. 

33 For John the Baptist came 

I neither eating bread nor drinking 
wine ; and ye say, He hath a 
! devil. 

I 34 The Son of man is come 



eating and drinking ; and ye say, 
Behold a gluttonous man, and a 
wine-bibber, a friend of publicans 
and sinners ! 

35 But Wisdom is justified of all 
her children. 

36 And one of the Pharisees 
desired him that he would eat with 
him. And he went into the Pha- 
risees's house, and sat down to 
meat. 

37 And behold, a woman in the 
city, which was a sinner, when 
she knew that Jesus sat at meat in 
the Pharisee's house, brought an 
alabaster-box of ointment, 

38 And stood at his feet behind 
Aim weeping, and began to wash his 
feet with tears, and did wipe them 
with the hairs of her head, and 
kissed his feet, and anointed them 
with the oiniment. 

39 Now when the Pharisee 
which had bidden him saw it, he 
spake within himself, saying. This 
man, if he were a prophet, would 
have known who and what manner 
of woman this is thattoucheth him ; 
for she is a sinner. 

40 And Jesus answering, said 
unto him, Simon, I have somewhat 
to say unto thee. And he saith, 
Master, say on. 

41 There was a certain creditor 
which had two debtors : the one 
owed five hundred pence, and the 
other fifty. 

42 And when they had nothing 
to pay, he frankly forgave them 
both. Tell me therefore which of 
them will love him most ? 

43 Simon answered and said, I 
I suppose that he to whom he for- 
gave most. And he said unto him, 
Thou hast rightly judged. 

44 And he turned to the woman, 
and said unto Simon, Seest thou 



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tliis woman ? I entered into thine ! 
house, tliou gayest me no water i 
for my feet ; but she hath washed , 
my feet with tears, and wiped them 
with the hairs of her head. 

45 Thou gavest me no kiss ; 
but this woman, since the time I 
came in, hath not ceased to kiss 
my feet. 

46 Mine head with oil thou didst 
not anoint ; but this woman hath 
anointed my feet with ointment. 

47 Wherefore, I say unto thee. 



Her sins, which are many, are for- 
given ; for she loved much; but to 
whom little is forgiven, the same 
loveth little. 

48 And he said unto her. Thy 
sins are forgiven. 

49 And they that sat and eat meat 
with him beo-an to say within them- 
selves, AVho is this' that forgiveth 
sins also ? 

50 And he said to the woman, 
Thy faith hath saved thee : go in 
peace. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



JEREMIAH XXXYI. 



AND it came to pass in the 
fourth year of Jehoiakim the son 
of Josiah king of Judah, that this 
word come unto Jeremiah from the 
Lord, saying, 

2 Take thee a roll of a book, 
and write therein all the words 
that I have spoken unto thee 
against Israel, and against Judah, 
and against all the nations, from the 
day I spake unto thee, from the 
days of Josiah, even unto this day. 

3 It may be that the house of 
Judah will hear all the evil Avhich 
I purpose to do unto them ; that 
they may return every man from 
his evil way, that I may forgive 
their iniquity and their sin. 

4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch 
the son of Neriah : and Baruch 
wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah 
all the words of the Lord, which 
he had spoken unto him, upon a 
roll of a book. 

5 And Jeremiah commanded 
Baruch, saying, I am shut up ; I 



cannot go into the house of the 
Lord : 

6 Therefore go thou, and read 
in the roll, which thou hast written 
from my mouth, the words of the 
Lord, in the ears of the people, in 
the Lord's house upon the fasting 
day : and also thou shalt read them 
in the ears of all Judah that come 
out of their cities. 

7 It may be they will present 
their supplication before the Lord, 
and will return every one from his 
evil way : for great is the anger and 
the fury that the Lord hath pro- 
nounced against this people. 

8 And Baruch the son of Neriah 
did according to all that Jeremiah 
the prophet commanded him, read- 
ing in the book the words of the 
Lord in the Lord's house. ^ 

9 And it came to pass, in the 
fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of 
Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth 
month, that they proclaimed a fast 
before the Lord to all the people 



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in Jerusalem, and to all the people 
that came from the cities of Judah 
unto Jerusalem, 
j 10 Then read Baruch in the 
book the words of Jeremiah in the 
! house of the Lord, in the chamber 
j of Gemariah the son of Shaphan 
the scribe, in the higher court, at 
the entry of the new gate of the 
Lord's house, in the ears of all the 
people. 

1 1 When Michiah the son of 
: Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had 
I heard out of the book all the words 
j of the Lord, 

i 12 Then he went down into the 
i king's house, into the scribe's cham- 
ber : and lo, all the princes sat 
I there, even Elishama the scribe, 
i and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, 
and Elnathan the son of Achbor, 
and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, 
and Zedekiah the sonof Hananiah, 
I and all the princes. 

13 Then Michaiah declared unto 
them all the words that he had 
heard, when Baruch read the book 
in the ears of the people. 

14 Therefore all the princes 
sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, 
the son of Shelemiah, the son of 
Cushi, unto Baruch, saying. Take 
in thine hand the roll wherein thou 
hast read in the ears of the people, 
and come. So Baruch the son of 
Neriah took the roll in his hand, 
and came unto them. 

15 And they said unto him. Sit 
down now, and read it in our ears. 
So Baruch read it in their ears. 

16 Now it came to pass, when 
they had heard all the words, they 

j were afraid, both one and other, 
I and said unto Baruch, We will 
i surely tell the king of all these 
j words. 

I 17 And they asked Baruch, say- 

I 
I 

i 



ing. Tell us now. How didst thou 
write all these words at his mouth? 

18 Then Baruch answered them. 
He pronounced all these words 
unto me with his mouth, and I wrote 
them with ink in the book. 

19 Then said the princes unto 
Baruch, Go hide thee, thou and 
Jeremiah, and let no man know 
where ye be. 

20 And they went in to the king 
into the court, but they laid up the 
roll in the chamber of Elishama 
the scribe, and told all the words in 
the ears of the king. 

21 So the king sent Jehudi to 
fetch the roll ; and he took it out 
of Elishama the scribe's chamber : 
and Jehudi read it in the ears of 
the king, and in the ears of all the 
princes which stood beside the 
king. 

22 Now the king sat in the 
winter^house, in the ninth month : 
and there was a fire on the hearth 
burning before him. 

23 And it came to pass, that 
when Jehudi had read three or four 
leaves, he cut it with the pen-knife, 
and cast it into the fire that was on 
the hearth, until all the roll was 
consumed in the fire that was on the 
hearth. 

24 Yet they were not afraid, nor 
rent their garments, neither the 
king, nor any of his servants that 
heard all these words. 

25 Nevertheless Elnathan, and 
Delaiah, and Gemariah, had made 
intercession to the king that he 
would not burn the roll ; but he 
would not hear them. 

26 But the king commanded 
Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, 
and Serai ah the son of Azriel, and 
Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to 
take Baruch the scribe, and Jere- 



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miahthe prophet : but the Lord hid | He shall have none to sit upon the j 
lYiexn. ' throne of David ; andhis deadbody ^ 

27* Then the Avord of the Lord I shall be cast out in the day to the 
came to Jeremiah, (after that the ' heat, and in the night to the frost 
king had burned the roll, and the | 31 And I will punish him, and 
words which Baruch wrote at the ' his seed, and his servants, for their ] 
mouth of Jeremiah.) sayins, iniquity: and I will bring upon 

28 Take thee again another roll, I them, and upon the inhabitants of 
and write in it all the former words ; Jerusalem, and upon the men of Ju- „ 
that where in the first roll, which'-' ' " "'^^ ' 
Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath 
burned. 

29 And thou shah say to Jehoi- 
akim king of Judah, Thus saiththe 
Lord, Thou hast burned this roll, 
saying, AVhy hast thou written 
therein, saying, The king of Baby- 
lon shall certainly come and des- 
troy this land, and shall cause to 
cease from thence man and beast? 

30 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah, ! 



, uaxi, ail Lii^ » xj. .xx^>. ^ 

^nounced against them; but they 
! hearkened not. 

j 32 Thentook Jeremiah another 
I roll, and gave it to Baruch the 
I scribe, the son of Neriah ; who 
; wrote therein, from the mouth of 
Jeremiah, all the words of the book 
which Jehoiakim king of Judah 
• had burned in the lire : and there 
iwere added besides unto them 
'many like words. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
EPHESIANS 11. 

AND you hath he quickened^ 5 Even when we were dead in 
who were dead in trespasses and sins, hath quickened us together 
gins • ^^^'i^^ Christ ; (by grace ye are 

2 ^Yherein in time past ye ; saved ;) 

walked according to the course of i 6 Andhath raised lis up together, 
this world, according to the prince ' and made us sit together m hea- 
of the power of the^air, the spirit venly places, in Christ Jesus , 
that now worketh in the children ' 7 That m the ages to come he 
of disobedience : niiaht shew the exceeding riches 

3 Amono- whom also we all had of his grace m Ins kindness to- 
our conversation in times past m ward us through Christ Jesus, 
the lusts of our flesh, fulfillmg the ! 8 For by grace are ye saved 
desires of the flesh and of the ' through faith ; and that not ot 
mind • and were bv nature the ' yourselves : it is the giit ot broa : 
children of wrath, even as others, i 9 Not of works, lest any man 



4 But God, who is rich in mer 
cy, for his great love wherewith 
he loved us. 



should boast. 

10 For we are his workman- 
ship, created in Christ Jesus unto 



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I good works, which God hath be- 
! fore ordained that we should walk 
! in them. 

j 11 Wherefore remember, that 
' ye being in time past Gentiles in 
the flesh, who are called Uncir- 
cumcision by that which is called 
the Circmricision in the flesh 
made by hands ; 

12 That at that time ye were 
without Christ, being aliens from 
the commonwealth of Israel, and 
strangers from the covenants of 
I promise, having no hope, and 
i without God in the world : 
i 13 But now, in Christ Jesus, 
j ye, who sometime were far off, 
: are made nigh by the blood of 
Christ. 

14 For he is our peace, who 
hath made both one, and hath 
broken down the middle wall of 
partition between us ; 

15 Having abolished in his 
flesh the enmity, even the law of 
commandments coiitained in ordi- 
nances ; for to make in himself 



of twain one new man, so making 
peace ; 

16 And that he might reconcile 
both unto God in one body by the 
cross, having slain the enmity 
thereby ; 

1 7 And came and preached peace 
to you which v/ ere afar off, and to 
them that were nigh. 

18 For through him we both 
have access by one Spirit unto tlis 
Father. 

19 Now therefore ye are no 
more strangers and foreigners, but 
fellow-citizens with the saints, and 
of the household of God ; 

20 And are built upon the foun« 
dation of the apostles and prophets, 
Jesus Christ himself being the 
chief coTneX' stone ; 

21 In whom all the building, 
fitly framed together, groweth unto 
an holy temple in the Lord : 

22 In whom ye also are build- 
ed together for an habitation of 
God through the Spirit. 



QUINQUAGESIMA SUNDAY. 

aninqiia-esima. so called from the number of Fifty, as being about fifty 
dav^before Eaner, shevrs us how we are to perform our duty : advising us o 
add faith ^xr charitv, and to continue incessant in our praveis and not to 
desDaTr of the acceptan e of them, because they are not immediately heard. It 
S.o ca leYs^ ; a name given ii from the Saxon words shnve, 

'hrlfr or <lirove which in that lan-aa-e signifies to contess. The observ^a- 
tion of this two preceding Svindays, is doubtless as ancient as the time 

of Gregory the great, who flourished about 590. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



LAMENTATIONS I. 



HOW doth the city sit solitary 
that was full of people ! hoic is she 
become as a widow I she that was 
great among the nations, ayul prin- 
cess among the provinces, how is 
sh€ become tributary ! 

2 She weepeth sore in the night, 
and her tears are on her cheeks ; 
among all her lovers she hath 
none to comfort her; all her friends 
have dealt treacherously with her ; 
they are become her enemies. 

3 Judah is gone into captivity 
because of affliction, and because 
of great servitude ; she dvrelleth 
among the heathen, she findeth no 
rest : all her persecutors overtook 
her between the straits. 

4 The ways of Zion do mourn, 
because none come to the solemn 
feasts : all her gates are desolate ; 
her priests sigh, her virgins are 
afflicted, and she is in bitterness. 

5 Her adversaries are the chief, 
her enemies prosper ; for the Lord 
hath afflicted her for the muhitude 
of her transgression : her children 
are gone into captivity before the 
enemy. 



6 And from the daughter of 
Zion all her beauty is departed : 
her princes are become like harts 
that find no pasture ; and they are 
gone without strength before the 
pursuer. 

7 Jerusalem remembered in the 
days of her affliction, and of her 
miseries, all her pleasant things 
, that she had in the days of old, 
when her people fell into the hand 
of the enemy, and none did help 
her : the adversaries saw \iex,and 
did mock at her sabbaths. 

8 Jerusalemhath grievously sin- 
ned ; therefore she is removed : all 
that honoured her despise her, be- 
cause thev have seen her naked- 
ness ; yea, the sigheth, and turneth 
backward. 

I 9 Her filthiness zHn her skirts ; 
I she remembereth not her last end ; 
' therefore she came down wonder- 
i fully : she had no comforter. O 
iLoRD, behold my affliction; for 
the enemy hath magnified himself. 

10 The adversary hath spread 
out his hand upon all her pleasant 
things : for she hath seen that the 



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IMA SUNDAY. 



heathen entered into her sanctuary, 
I whom thou didst command that 
I they should not enter into thy con- 
j gregation. 

I 11 A 11 her people sigh, they seek 
li bread ; they have given their pie a- 
j sant things for meat to relieve the 
soul : see, O Lord, and consider, 
for I am become vile. 

12 Is it nothing to you, all ye 
that pass by ? behold, and see if 
there be any sorrovi^ like unto my 
sorrow, which is done unto me, 
I wherewith the Lord hath afflicted 
i me in the day of his fierce anger. 
I 13 From above hath he sent 
I fire into my bones, and it prevail- 
: eth against them : he hath spread 
a net for my feet ; he hath turned 
me back ; he hath made me desolate 
OAid faint all the day. 

14 The yoke of my transgress- 
ions is bound by his hand ; they 

! are wreathed, and come up upon 
I my neck : he hath made my 
I strength to fall, the Lord hath de- 
livered me into their hands, from 
whom I am not able to rise up. 

15 The Lord hath trodden un- 
der foot all my mighty men in the 
midst of me : he hath called an 
assembly against me to crush my 
young men : the Lord hath trod- 
den the virgin, the daughter of 
Judah, as in a wine-press. 

16 For these things I weep ; 
mine eye, mine eye runneth down 
with water, because the comforter 
that should relieve my soul is far 



from me : my children are desolate, 
because the enemy prevailed. 

17 Zion spreadeth forth her 
hands, and there is none to com- 
fort her : the Lord hath command- 
ed concerning Jacob, that his ad- 
versaries should be round him : 
Jerusalem is as a menstruous wo- 
man among them. 

18 The Lord is righteous ; for 
I have rebelled against his com- 
mandment ; hear, I pray you, all 
people, and behold my sorrow ; my 
virgins and my young men are 
gone into captivity. 

19 1 called for my lovers, but 
they deceived me ; my priests and 
mine elders gave up the ghost in 
the city, while they sought their 
meat to relieve their souls. 

20 Behold, O Lord, for I am 
in distress, my bowels are troubled.: 
mine heart is turned within me ; 
for I have grievously rebelled: 
abroad the sv/ord bereaveth, at 
home there is as death. 

21 They have heard that I sigh ; 
there is none to comfort me : ail 
mine enemies have heard of 
my trouble ; they are glad that thou 
hast done it : thou wilt bring the 
day that thou hast called, and they 
shall be like unto me. 

22 Let all their wickedness 
come before thee ; and do unto 
them as thou hast done unto me 
for all my transgressions : for my 
sighs are many, and my heart is 
faint. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
MARK VI. to T. 30. 

A.^'D he went out from thence, i what place soever ye enter into an 
a- d came into his own comitry : .house, there abide till ye depart 
a^d his disciples follow him. ;from that place. 

"2 A.nd when the sabbath-dav ' 11 And whosoever shah not re- 
ivas come : he began to teach in ceive you, nor hear you, when ye 
the svnao-ogue : and many hearing depart thence, shake off the dust 
Ai^awere astonished, saying, From: under your feet for a testimony 
whencehsth this ffu-i?? these things; > against them. \ erily 1 say unto 
and what wisdom is this Avhich is 'you. It shall be more tolerable for 
given unto him, that even such ! Sodom and Gomorrha m the day 
mi'yhty works are wrought by his ' of judgment than for that city. 
jj,jj2^g"^ i 12 And they went out, and 

3 Is not this the carpenter, the ' preached that men should repent, 
son of ?,Iaiw, the brother of James ; 13 And they cast out many 
and Joses, andof Juda, and Simon ? ; devils, and anointed with oil many 
and are not his sisters here with that were sick, and healed them 
us? and they were offended at! 14 And king Herod heard of 
Y^;^ \himi (for his name was spread 

'4' But Jesus said unto them, A | abroad :) and he said, That John 
prophet is not without honour, but the Baptist was risen from the dead, 
m his own country, and among his ' and therefore mightyworks do shew 
own kin, and in his own house, i forth themselves m him. ^ 

5 And he could there do no i 15 Others said, That it is Elias. 
mit^hty work, save that he laid his ! And others said. That it is a pro- 
haSds upon a few sick folk, andlphet, or as one of the prophets, 
healed /lew. S 16 Butwhen Herodheard 

6 And he marvelled because of 0/. he said It is John whom I be- 
their unbelief. And he went round : headed ; he is risen from the dead 



about the villages, teaching. 
7 And he calleth unto him the 



17 For Herod himself had sent 
forth and laid hold upon John, 
twelve," and began to send them and bound him in prison for He- 
forthbytwoandtwoiandgavethem.rodias' sake, his brother i tulip s 
power over unclean spirits ; ! wife : for he had married her. 

8 And commanded them that : 18 For John had said unto He- 
they should take nothing for their ' rod, It is not not lawful for thee to 
iourney, save a staff only; no have thy brother's wile. 

scrip, no bread, no money in their 19 Therefore Herodias had a 
purse- quarrel against him, and would 

9 But he shod with sandals ; diave killed him; but she could 
and not put on two coats. ' not ; , r j t i, 

10 And he said unto them, In 1 20 For Herod feared Johii 



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knowing that he was a just man, 
and an holy, and observed him ; 
and when he heard him, he did 
many things, and heard him glad- 

^y- ■ , 

21 And when a convenient day 
was come, that Herod, on his birth 
day, made a supper to his lords, 
high captains, and chief estates of 
Galilee ; 

22 And when the daughter of 
the said Herodias came in, and 
danced and pleased Herod, and 
them that sat with him, the king 
said unto the damsel. Ask of me 
whatsoever thou wilt, and I will 
give it thee. 

23 And he sware unto her. 
Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, 
I will give it thee, unto the half of 
my kingdom. 

24 And she went forth, and said 
unto her mother, What shall I ask ? 



And she said. The head of John 
the Baptist. 

25 And she came in straight- 
way with haste unto the king, and 
asked saying, I will that thou give 
me, by and by in a charger, the 
head of John the Baptist. 

26 And the king was exceeding 
sorry : yet for his oath's sake, and 
for their sakes which sat with him 
he would not reject her. 

27 And immediately the king 
sent an executioner, and comman- 
ded his head to be brought ; and 
he went and beheaded him in the 
prison, 

28 And brought his head in a 
charger, and gave it to the damsel; 
and the damsel gave it to her mo- 
ther, 

29 And when his disciples 
heard of it, they came and took up 
his corpse, and laid it in a tomb. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



LAMENTATIONS III. 



1 A3I the man that hath seen 
affliction by the rod of his wrath. 

2 He hath led me, and brought 
me into darkness, but not into light. 

3 Surely against me is he turn- 
ed ; he turneth his hand against 
me all the day. 

4 My flesh and my skin hath 
he made old ; he hath broken my 
bones. 

5 He hathbuilded against me, and 
compassed me with gall and travail. 

6 He hath set me in dark places, 
as they that he dead of old. 

7 He hath hedged me about, 



that I cannot get out ; he hath made 
my chain heavy. 

8 Also when I cry and shout, he 
shutteth out my prayer. 

9 He hath inclosed my ways 
with hewn stone ; he hath made 
my paths crooked. 

10 He ID as unto me as a bear 
lying in v/ait, and as a lion in se- 
cret places. 

11 He hath turned aside my 
ways, and pulled me in pieces : 
he hath made me desolate. 

12 He hath bent his bow, and 
set me as a mark for the arrow. 



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13 He hatli caused the arrows! 
of his quiver to enter into my reins. 

14 1 was a derision to all my 
people, and tlieir song all the day. 

15 He hath filled me with bit- 
terness, he hath made me drunken 
with wormwood. 

16 He hath also broken my 
teeth with gi-avel-stones, he hath 
covered me with ashes. 

17 And thou hast removed my 
soul far off from peace : 1 forgat 
prosperity. 

18 And I said, my strength and 
my hope is perished from the 

Lord : . . 

19 Rememberingmine affliction 

and my misery, the wormwood and 
the gall. 

20 My soul hath them still m 
remembrance, and is humbled in 
me. 

21 This I recall to my mmd, 
therefore have I hope. 

22 It is of the Lord's mercies 
that we are not consumed, because 
his compassions fail not. 

23 TAe?/^i?'e new every morning: 
great is thy faithfulness. 

24 The' Lord is my portion, 
saith my soul ; therefore will I 
hope in him. 



25 The Lord 25 good unto them 
that wait for him, to the soul thai 
seeketh him. 

26 It is good that a moM should 
both hope and quietly wait for the 
salvation of the Lord. 

27 It is good for a man that he 
bear the yoke in his youth. 

28 He sitteth alone, and keep- 
eth silence, because he hath borne 
it upon him. 

29 He putteth his mouth in the 
dust, if so be there may be hope. 

30 He giveth his cheek to him 
that smiteth him : he is hUed full 
with reproach. 

31 For the Lord will not cast 
off for ever : 

32 But though he cause grief, 
yet will he have compassion ac- 
cording to the multitude of his 
mercies. 

33 For he doth not afflict wil- 
lingly, nor giieve the children of 
men. 

34 To crush under his feet all 
the prisoners of the earth, 

35 To turn aside the right of a 
man before the face of the most 
High, . 

, 36 To subvert a man m his 
i cause, the Lord approveth not. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
EPHESIANS III. 
FOR this cause, I Paul, the made kno^^m unto me the mystery ; 
prisoner of Jesus Christ for you as I wrote afore m few words, 
Gentiles' 1 4 Whereby, when ye read, ye 

2 (If ye have heard of the dis- may understand my knowledge in 
pensation of the grace of God the mystery of Christ, 

which is given me to you-ward : 5 Which in other ages was not 

3 How that by revelation be [ made known unto the sons ot 



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men, as it is now revealed unto 
i his holy apostles and prophets by 
i the Spirit ; 

I 6 That the Gentiles should be 
fellow-heirs, and of the same body, 
and partakers of his promise in 
Christ by the gospel : 

7 Whereof I was made a min- 
ister, according to the gift of the 
grace of God given unto me by the 
effectual working of his power. 

8 Unto me, who am less than 
I the least of all saints, is this grace 
1 given, that I should preach among 
I the Gentiles the unsearchable 

riches of Christ ; 

9 And to make all men see what 
is the fellowship of the mystery, 
which from the beginning of the 
world hath been hid in God, who 
created all things by Jesus Christ ; 

1 To the intent that now, unto 
the principalities and powers in 

I heavenly 'places, might be known 
by the church the manifold wis- 
dom of God, 

11 According to the eternal 
purpose which he purposed in 
Christ Jesus, our Lord : 

12 In whom we have boldness 
and access with confidence by the 
faith of him. 



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13 Wherefore I desire that ye 
faint not at my tribulations for you, 
which is your glory. 

14 For this cause I bow my 
knees unto the Father of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, 

15 Of whom the whole family 
in heaven and earth is named, 

16 That he would grant you, 
according to the riches of his 
glory, to be strengthened with 
might by his Spirit in the inner 
man ; _ 

17 That Christ may dwell in 
your hearts by faith ; that ye, being 
rooted and grounded in love, 

18 May be able to comprehend 
with all saints what is the breadth, 
and length, and depth, and height ; 

19 And to know the love of 
Christ, which passeth knowledge, 
that ye might be filled w4th all the 
fullness of God. 

20 Now, unto him that is able 
to do exceeding abundantly above 
all that we ask or think, accord- 
ing to the power that w^orketh in 
us, 

21 Unto him be glory in the 
church by Christ Jesus throughout 
all ages, world without end. Amen. 



LENT. 



Thi^ ^ea-Dn of L^nt. the pietv of the Cbrisrian Cliurcli lias from her earkest 
andpnre^t a^es. set apart and' consecrated to penitence and devotion. The 
ol)servance Jfthis ancient and pious institution, is wisely prescribed, m order 
to remi^wi u< ni cur reli-ious c^Dli-aiions : and that they whose disinclination 
to the -a=^k of reren tance will eve^ be urging some pretexts for deferring it 
upo-ht be mduced by the admonitions of the Church, andby the influence of 
example, to enter upon it at this season ; to apply, with a particular vigilanc^e, 
to th? revisal of their spiritual conduct; and, by a serious attention lo the 
law< o"f God. bv frequenr meditation and prayer, and, if these be not su&cient 
bvab<tinence'and fastin-. to endeavour to correct tlie wrong propensities ot 
their "nature, to reform the disorders of the soul, and to introQUce contrary 
habits of pietv and virtue : which ought not to expire with the season, but 
should be earned on, continued, and improved, as long as we continue m our 
present state of probation, j- ^rv 

Thnu-h the obligation to repentance is at all seasons eoual, yet expedient it 
istofiX some stated periods, wherein a more diligent scrutiny is to be made 
into the state and condition of the soul ; wherein we are to search with more 
than common vi-ilance into our imperfections and corruptions, and observe 
what error warns to be rectified, what passion to be subdued, what infirmity 
to be strengthened, and what virtue to be improved: wherein we are to caii 
ofi- the mind from other cares and pursuits, to the most important pursuit ot 
all. the care of the one thin- needful. This period the wisdom of the Church 
has thought fit to determine: lest her sons, undetermined, might be tempted 
to defer all attempts towards amendment, till the approach oi death should 
prevent it, or the growing power and influence of siniul habits might render 
it impracticable. 



A S H - AV E D N E S D AY. 

A^^'-Wedn-sdav is th^ fi'-st dav of Lent, so called from a custom of the 
ancient Church, of fasting in sackcloth, vs'ith ashes on their heads, m io^en 
of humiliation. 



^IRST LESSON FOR MORXIXG. 
ISAIAH LIX. 



BEHOLD, the Lord's hand is 
not shortened, that it cannot save : 
nehher liis ear heavy, that it can- 
not hear : 

2 But your iniquities have se- 
parated between you and your God, 
and your sins have hid his face 
from you, that he will not hear. 



3 For your hands are defiled 
with blood, and your fingers with 
mujuitv : your lips have spoken 
Ues. vour' tongue hath muttered 
perverseness. 

4 None caUeth for justice, nor 
CL'/iy pleadeth for truth : they trust 
in vanity and speak lies ; they con- 



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105 



i ceive mischief, and bring forth 
iniquity. 

I 5 They hatch cockatrice eggs, 
I and weave the spider's web : he 
I that eateth of their eggs dieth, and 

that which is crushed breakest 

out into a viper. 

6 Their webs shall not become 

garments, neither shall they cover 
i themselves with their works : their 

works are works of iniquity, and 

the act of violence is m their 

hands. 

I 7 Their feet run to evil, and 
they make haste to shed innocent 
I blood : their thoughts are thoughts 
j of iniquity ; wasting and destruc- 
I toin are in their paths. 

8 The way of peace they know 
not ; and there is no judgment in 
their goings : they have made them 
crooked paths ; whosoever goeth 
therein shall not know peace. 
I 9 Therefore is judgment far 
I from us, neither doth justice over- 
take us : we wait for light, but be- 
! hold obscurity ; for brightness, but 
we walk in darkness. 

10 We grope for the wall like 
the blind, and we grope as if we 
had no eyes : we stumble at noon- 
day as in the night ; we are in 
desolate places as dead men, 

11 We roar all like bears, and 
mourn sore like doves : we look 
for judgment, but there is none, for 
salvation, hut it is far off from 
us. 

12 For our transgressions are 
multiplied before thee, and our 

i sins testify against us : for our 
■ transgressions are with us ; and as 
ij for our iniquities, we know them : 
I 13 In transgressing and lying 
I against the Lord, and departing 
away from our God, speaking op- 
pression and revolt, conceiving and 



uttering from the heart words of 
falsehood. 

14 And judgment is turned away 
backward, and justice standeth 
afar off : for truth is fallen in the 
street, and equity cannot enter. 

15 Yea, truth faileth ; and he 
tha.t departeth from evil maketh 
himself a prey; and the Lord saw 
it, and it displeased him that there 
was no judgment. 

16 And he saw that there was 
no man, and wondered that there 
was no intercessor ; therefore his 
arm brought salvation unto him ; 
and his righteousness, it sustained 
him. 

17 For he put on righteousness 
as a breastplate, and an helmet of 
salvation upon his head ; and he 
put on the garments of vengeance 
for clothing, and was clad with 
zeal as a cloak. 

18 According to ^Aeir deeds, ac- 
cordingly he will repay, fury to 
his adversaries, recompence to his 
enemies ; to the islands he will re- 
pay recompence. 

19 So shall they fear the name 
of the Lord from the west, and his 
glory from the rising of the sun. 
When the enemy shall come in 
like a flood, the Spirit of the Lord 
shall lift up a standard against him. 

20 And the Redeemer shall 
come to Zion and unto them that 
turn from transgression in Jacob, 
saith the Lord. 

21 As for me, this is my coven- 
ant with them, saith the Lord ; 
My Spirit that is upon thee, and 
my Avords which I have put in thy 
mouth, shall not depart out of thy 
mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy 
seed, nor out of the mouth of thy 
seed's seed, saith the Lord, from 
henceforth and for ever. 



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LENT. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



LUKE VI. V. 20. 



20 And. lie lifted up his eyes on 
his disciples, and said, Blessed be 
ye poor : for vours is the kingdom 
of God. 

21 Blessed are ye that hunger 
now : for ye shallbe filled. Blessed 
are ye that weep now : for ye shall 
laugh. 

22 Blessed are ye when men 
shall hate you. and when they 
shall separate \o\\ frora their corn- 
fany. and shall reproach you, and 
cast out your name as evil, for the 
Son of man's sake. 

23 Rejoice ye m that day. and 
leap for joy ; for behold, your re- 
ward is great in heaven : lor mtiie 
like mamier did their fathers unto 
the prophets. 

24 But woe unto you that are 
rich 1 for ye have received your 
consolation. i 

25 Woe unto you that are full ! 
for ye shall hunger. Woe unto : 
you that laugh now ! for ye shall 
mourn and weep. \ 

26 TVoe unto you when all men | 
shall speak weU of you 1 for so did , 
their fathers to the false prophets, i 

27 But I say unto you which 
hear. Love your enemies, do good 
to them which hate you ; 

28 Bless them that curse you, 
and pray for them which desphe- 
fuUy use you. 

29 And unto him that smiteth 
thee on the one cheek, offer also 
the other ; and him that taketh 
away thy cloak, forbid not io take 
thy coat also. 

30 Give to every man that 



asketh of thee ; and of him that 
' taketh away thy goods ask theni 
not again. 

31 And as ye would that men 
should do to you, do ye also to them 
likewise. 

, 32 For if ye love them wliich 
I love vou, what thank have ye ? for 
sinners also love those that love 
' them. 

33 And if ye do good to them 
vrhich do good to you, what thank 
have ve ? for sinners also do even 
; the same. 

34 And if ye lend to them of 
vrhom ve hope to receive, what 
rhank have^ ye ? for sinners also 
lend to sinners, to receive as much 
lao;ain. - 

': ^35 But love ye ycur enemies, 
\ and do good, and lend, hoping for 
i nothino:^crain : and your reward 
^ shall be gi'eat.'and ye shall be the 
; children of the Highest : for he is 
kind unto the unthankful and to 
;the evil. 

^ 36 Be ve therefore merciful, as 
:vour Father also is merciful. 
!* 37 Judo-e not, and ye shaU not 
be judged : condemn not, and ye 
shall not be condemned : forgive, 
and ve shall be forgiven : 

38 Give, and it ^shall be given 
unto vou : good measure, pressed 
down, and "shaken together, and 
running over, shah men give into 
your bosom. For with the same 
measure that ye mete withal it 
shall be measured to you again. 

39 And he spake a parable unto 
them, Can the blindlead the blind 1 



LE 

shall they not both fall into the 
ditch ? 

40 The disciple is not above 
I his master ; but every one that is 
I perfect shall be as his master. 

41 And v^hy beholdest thoii the 
mote that is in thy brother's eye, 
but perceivest not the beam that is 
in thine own eye ? 

42 Either how canst thou say 
to thy brother, Brother, let me pull 
out the mote that is in thine eye, 
when thou thyself beholdest not 

1 the beam that is in thine own eye ? 
j Thou hypocrite, cast out first the 
I beam out of thine own eye, and 
i then shalt thou see clearly to pull 
j out the mote that is in thy brother's 
eye, 

43 For a good tree bringethnot 
forth corrupt fruit ; neither doth a 
corrupt tree bring forth good fruit. 

44 For every tree is known by 
his own fruit : for of thorns men 
do not gather figs, nor of a bramble- 
bush gather they grapes. 

45 A good man out of the good 



xiND the word of the Lord 
came unto Jonah the second time, 
saying, 

2 Arise, go unto Nineveh, that 
great city, and preach unto it the 
preaching that I bid thee. 

3 So Jonah arose, and went un- 
to Nineveh, according to the word 

I of the Lord. (Now Nineveh, was 
an exceeding great cityof three days 
journey.) 



NT. 107 

treasure of his heart, bring eth forth 
that which is good ; an evil man, 
out of the evil treasure of his heart, 
bringeth forth that which is evil : 
for of the abundance of the heart 
his mouth speaketh. 

46 And why call ye me, Lord, 
I^ord, and do not the things which 
I say ? 

47 "Whosoever cometh to me, 
and hearethmy sayings, and doeth 
them, I will shew you to whom 
he is like. 

48 He is like a man which 
built an house, and digged deep, 
and laid the foundation on a rock ; 
and when the flood arose, the stream 
beat vehemently upon that house, 
and could not shake it ; for it was 
founded upon a rock. 

49 Buthe that he are th, and doeth 
not, is like a man that, without a 
foundation, built an house upon the 
earth ; against which the stream 
did beat vehemently, and immedi- 
ately it fell ; and the ruin of that 
house was great. 



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4 And Jonah began to enter in- 
to the city a day's journey, and he 
cried and said, Yet forty days, and 
Nineveh shall be overthrown. 

5 So the people of Nineveh be- 
lieved God, and proclaimed a fast, 
and put on sack-cloth, from the 
greatest of them even to the least 
of them. 

6 For word came unto the king 
of Nineveh ; and he arose from 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING, 
JONAH III. 



LENT. 



108 

his throne, and he laid his robe 
from him, and covered him with 
sackcloth, and sat in ashes. 

7 And he caused it to be pro- 
claimed and pubhshed through 
Nineveh (by the decree of the kmg 
and his nobles,} saying, Let nei- 
ther man nor beast, herdncrfiock, 
taste any thing : let them not feed 
nor drtnk water. 

8 But let man and beast be 
coverec' 
mi 



vrith sackcloth, and cry 
ahtilv unto God ; yea, let them 



turn every one from liis exil way, 
and from the violence that is in 
their hands. 

9 Who can telH/God will turn 
and repent, and turn away from 
his fierce anger, that we perish 
not ? 

I 10 And God saw their worKs, 
I that they turned from their evil 
' way : and God repented of the evil 
that he had said that he would do 
unto them ? and he did it not. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



II PETER III. 



THIS second epistle, beloved, 
I now write unto you ; in both 
which I stir up yom pm^e minds 
by way of remembrance ; 

2 That ye may be mindful of 
the words which 'were spoken be- 
fore by the holy prophets, and of 
the commandment of us the apos- 
tles of the Lord and Saviour ; 

3 KnoAving this first, that there 
shall come in the last days scofi- 
ers, walking after their own lusts, 

4 And saying, Where is the 
promise of his coming ^ for since 
the fathers fell asleep, all things 
continue as thei/ were from the be- 
ginning of the creation. 

5 For this they willingly are 
ignorant of, that by the word of 
God the heavens were of old, and 
the earth standing out of the water 
and in the Avater : 

6 Whereby the world that then 
Avas, being overflowed with water, 
perished : 

7 But the heavens and the earth 



which are now, by the same word 
are kept in store, reserved unto 
fire against the day of judgment 
and perdition of ungodly men. 

8 But, beloved, be not ignorant 
of this one thing, that one day is 
with the Lord as a thousand years, 
and a thousand years as one 



9 The Lord is not slack con- 
ceming his promise, as some men 
count slackness ; but is long-suf- 
fering to US-ward, not willing that 
any should perish, but that all 
should come to repentance. 

10 But the day of the Loid 
Avill come as a thief in the night ; 
in the Avhich the heavens shall 
' pass away with a great noise, and 

the elements shall meh with fer- 
vent heat, the earth also, and ^ the 
Avorks that are therein, shall be 
burned up. 

1 1 Seeing then that all these 
things shall be dissolved, Avhat 
maimer of persons ought ye to be 



in all holy conversation and godli- 
ness ; 

\ 12 Looking for and hasting 
! unto the coming of the day of 
God, wherein the heavens being 
on fire shall be dissolved, and the 
elements shall melt with fervent 
heat ? 

13 Nevertheless we, according 
to his promise, look for new hea- 
vens and a new earthy wherein 
dwelleth righteousness, 
j 14 Wherefore, belovied, seeing 
j that ye look for such things, be 
j diligent that ye may b^ found of 
, him in peace, without spot, and 
blameless : 

15 And account that the long- 
suffering of our Lord is salvation ; 
even as our beloved brother Paul 



NT. vm 

also, according to the wisdom 
given unto him, hath written unto 
you; 

16 As also in all his epistleSj 
speaking in them of these things ; 
in which are some things hard to 
be understood, which they that 
are unlearned and unstable wrest, 
as they do also the other sCriptureSj 
unto their own destruction. 

17 Ye therefore j beloved, see- 
ing ye know these things before^ 
beware lest ye also^ being led 
away with the error of the wicked, 
fall from your own steadfastness : 

18 But gTow in grace, and in 
the knowledge of our Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ. To him 
be glory both now and for ever. 
Amen. 



Tttfi MRST SUNDAY IN LENT. 



1!'1RST LESSON FOR MORNINGi 
JEREMIAH VIL 



THE word that came to Jere- 
miah from the Lord, sayings 

|! 2 Stand inthe gate of the Lord's 

j house, and proclaim there this word, 

j and say, Hear the word of the 

\ Lord, all ye of Judah, that enter 

I in at these gates to worship the 

I Lord : 

I 3 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 

I I the God of Israel, Amend your 
ji ways and your doings, and I will 
1 1 cause you to dwell in this place. 

Ij 4 Trust ye not in lying words, 

I saying, The temple of the Lord, 



The temple of the LoRi),The tern- 
pie of the LoRD^ are these. 

5 For if ye thoi'oughly amend 
your ways and your doings : if ye 
thoroughly execute judgment be- 
tween a man and his neigh- 
bour ; 

6 If ye oppress not the stranger, 
the fatherless, and the widow, and 
shed not innocent blood in this 
place, neither walk after other gods 
to your hurt : 

7 Then will I cause you to 
dwell in this place, inthe land that 

10 



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I gave to your fathers, for ever and 

ever. , ^ . 

8 Behold, ye trust m lying 
words, that cannot profit. 

9 Will ye steal, murder, and 
commit aduhery, and swear falsely, 
and burn incense unto Baal, and 



the women knead iheir dough, t6 
make cakes tt) the queen of heaven, 
and to pour out drink offerings unto 
other gods, that they may provoke 
me to anger. 

1 9 D they provoke me to anger ? 
saiththe Lord : do they not^^rofoke 



n\m faces : 



know not , i , r 

10 And come and stand betore 
me in this house, which called 
by my name, and say, W e are de- 
liveredt-o do all these abominations ? 

Ills this house, which is called 
by mv name, become a den of rob- 
bers in vour ey-rs ? Behold, even I 
have seen it, saiththe Lord. 

12 But go ye now unto my 
place which was in Shiloh, where 
I set my names at the first, and see 
what I did to it for the wickedness 
of my people Israel. 

13 And now, because ye have 
done all these works, saith the 
Lord, and I spake unto you, ri- 
sing up early and speaking, but ye 
heard not : and I called you, but ye 
answered not ; 

14 Therefore will I d.o\mto this 
house, which is caUedby my name, 
wherein ve trust, and unto the 
place which I gave to you and to 
fathers, a5 I have done to Shiloii 

15 And I will cast you out ot 
my sight, as I have cast out all 
your bretheren, evenX^iQ whole seed 
of Ephraim. 

16 Theiefore pray not thou lor 
this people, neither lift up ciy nor 
praver for them, neither make in- 
tercession to me : for I will not 
hear thee. 

17 Seest thou not what they do 
in the cities of Judah, and in the 
streets of Jerusalem ? 

18 The children gather wood^ 
and the fathers kindle the fire, and 



own faces ; ■ t i 

20 Therefore thus saith tlie 
Lord God Behold, mine anger 
and my fury shall be poured out 
upon this place, upon man, and 
upon beast, and upon the trees ot 
the field, and upon the fruit of the 
ground ; and it shall burn, and shall 
not be quenched. 

21 Thus saiththe Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel ; Put your burnt- 
offerings unto your sacrifices, and 
eat flesh. 

22 For I spake not unto your 
fathers, nor commanded them in 
the day that I brought them out of 
Eg^-pt', concernmg bumt-offermgs 
or sacrifices : jit 

23 But this thing commanded i 
them, saving, Obey my voice, and 
I will be your God, and ye shaii 
be mv people ; and walk ye m all 
the wavs that I have commanded 
vou, that it may be well unto you. 
' 24 But they hearkened not, nor 
inclined their ear, but walked in 
the counsels and in the imagination 
of their evil heart, and went back- 
ward, and not forward. 

25 Since the day that your 
fathers came forth out of the land 
of Eg\'pt™to this day, I have even 
sent unto you all my servants the 
prophets, daily rising up early, and 

sending them : 

26 Yet they hearkenednot unto 

me nor inclined their ear, but hard- 
ened their neck ; they did worse 
, than their fathers. 



LENT. 



Ill 



27 Therefore thou shalt speak 
all these words unto them ; but 
they will not hearken to thee : thou 
shalt also call unto them ; but they 
will not answer thee. 

28 But thou shalt say unto them, 
This is a nation that obeyeth not 
the voice of the Lord their God, nor 
receiveth correction: truth is perish- 
ed, and is cut off from their mouth. 

29 Cut off thine hair, O Jerusa- 
lem, and cast it away, and take up 
a lamentation on high places ; for 
the Lord hath rejected and for- 
saken the generation of his wrath. 

30 For the children of Judah 
have done evil in my sight, saith 
the Lord : they have set their 
abominations in the house which is 
called by my name, to pollute it. 

3 1 And they have built the high 
places of Tophet, which is in the 



valley of the son of Hinnom, to 
burn their sons and their daughtefs 
in the fire ; which I commanded^AgT?^ 
not, neither came it into my heart. 

32 Therefore, behold, the days 
come, saith the Lord, that it shall 
no more be called Tophet, nor The 
valley of the son of Hinnom, but. 
The valley of slaughter : for they 
shall bury in Tophet, till there be 
no place. 

33 And the carcases of this peo- 
ple shall be meat for the fowls of 
the heaven, and for the beasts of the 
earth; and noneshall fray ^Aemaway. 

34 Then will I cause to cease 
from the cities of Judah, and from 
the streets of Jerusalem, the voice 
of mirth, and thevoice of gladness, 
the voice of the bridegroom, and the 
voice of the bride ; for the land shall 
be desolate. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
MATTHEW X. 



AND when he had called unto 
him his twelve disciples, he gave 
them power against unclean spi- 
rits, to cast them out, and to heal 
all manner ofsickness, and all man- 
ner of disease. 

2 Now the names of the twelve 
apostles are these; Thefirst,Simon, 
who is called Peter,and Andrew his 
brother ; James the sonoi Zebedee, 
and John his brother : 

3 Philip, and Bartholomew ; 
Thomas, andMatthe w the publican, 
James the son of Alpheus and Leb- 
beus,whosesurnamewasThaddeus; 

4 Simon the Canaanite, and Ju- 
das Iscariotjwho also betrayed him. 

5 These twelve Jesus sent forth, 
and commanded them, saying, Go 
not into the way of the Gentiles, 



and into any city of the Samaritans 
enter ye not : 

6 But go rather to the lost sheep 
of the house of Isreal. 

7 And as ye go, preach, saying, 
The kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

8 Heal the sick, cleanse the 
lepers, raise the dead, cast out 
devils ; freely ye have received, 
freely give. 

9 Provide neither gold nor sil-* 
ver, nor brass in your purses ; 

10 Nor scrip for ycz^r journey, 
neither two coats, neither shoes, 
nor yet staves; for the workman 
is worthy of his meat. 

1 1 And into whatsoever city or 
town ye shall enter, enquire who 
in it is worthy : and there abide 
till ye go thence. 



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112 

12 And when ye come into an | 
house salute it. 

13 And if the house be woithy ; 
let your peace come upon it ; but 
if it be not worthy, let your peace 
return to you, 

14 And whosoever shall not re- 
ceive you, nor hear yom* words, 
when ye depart out of that house 
or chy, shake off the dust of your 
feet. ' 

15 Yerily I say unto you, It 
shallbe more tolerable for the land 
of Sodom and Gomorrah in the day 
of judgment, than for that city. 

16 Behold, I send you forth as 
sheep in the midst of wolves ; 
be ye therefore wise as serpents 
and harmless as doves. 

17 But beware of men; for they 
will deliver you up to the coun- 
cils, and they will scourge you in 
their s^magogues ; 

18 And ve shall be brought be- 
fore governors and kings for my 
sake, for a testimony against them 
and the Gentiles. 

19 But when they dehver you j 
up, take no thought how or what | 
ye shall speak ^for it shall be | 
'given you in that same hour what | 
ye shall speak. 

20 For it is not ye that speak, 
but the Spirit of your Father 
which speaketh in you. 

21 And the brother shall de- 
liver up the brother to death, and 
the father the child ; and the chil- 
dren shall rise up against their 
parents, and cause them to be put 
to death. 

22 x\nd ye shall be hated of all 
men for my name's sake ; but he 
that endureth to the end shall be 
saved. 

23 But when they persecute 
you in this city flee ye into ano- 



ther ; for verily I say unto you, 
Ye shaU not have gone over the 
cities of Israel, till the Son of man 
be come, 

24 The disciple is not above 
his master, nor the sen^ant above 
his lord. 

25 It is enough for the disciple 
that he be as his master, and the 
servant as his lord. If they have 
called the master of the house 
Beelzebub, how much more shall 
they call them of his household? 

26 Fear them not therefore ; for 
there is nothing covered, that shall 
not be revealed ; and hid, that 
shall not be known, 

27 \Yhat I tell you in darlmess, 
that speak ye in light : and what ye 
hear in the ear, that preach ye 
upon the house-tops. 

28 And fear not them which 
kill the body, but are not able to 
kill the soul ; but rather fear him 
which is able to destroy both soul 
and body in heU. 

29 Are not two sparrows sold for 
a farthing ? and one of them shall 
not fall onthegTOund without your 
Father. 

I 30 But the very hairs of your 
head are all numbered. 

31 Fear ye not therefore, ye are 
of more value than many sparrows. 

32 Whosoever therefore shall 
confess me before men, him will 
I confess also before my Father 
which is in heaven. 

33 But whosoever shall deny 
me before men, him vdll I also 
deny before my Father which is 
in heaven. 

34 Think not that I am come to 
send peace on earth ; I came not 
to send peace but a sword. 

35 For I am come to set a man 
at variance against his father and 



113 



LENT. 



the daughter against her mother, 
and the daughter-in-law against 
her mother-in-law. 

36 And a man's foes shall he 
they of his own household. 

37 He that loveth father or mo- 
ther more than me, is it not worthy 
of me; and he that loveth son or 
daughter more than me, is not 
worthy of me. 

38 And he that taketh not his 
cross, and folio weth after me, is 
not worthy of me. 

39 He that findeth his life 
shall lose it ; and he that loseth 
his life for my sake shall find it. 



40 He that receiveth you, re- 
cieveth me ; and he that receiveth 
me, receiveth him that sent me. 

41 He that receiveth a prophet, 
in the name of a prophet, shall re- 
ceive a prophet's reward ; and he 
that receiveth a righteous man, 
in the name of a righteous man, 
shall receive a righteous man's 
reward. 

42 And whosoever shall give 
to drink unto one of these little ones 
a cup of cold water only, in the 
name of a disciple, verily I say 
unto you. He shall in no wise lose 
his reward. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
JEREMIAH IX. 



OH that my head were waters, 
and mine eyes a fountain of tears, 
that I might weep day and night 
for the slain of the daughter of my 
people! 

2 Oh that I had in the wilder- 
mess a lodging-place of wayfaring 
men ; that I might leave my peo- 
ple, and go from them ! for they 
be all adulterers, an assembly of 
treacherous men. 

3 And they bend their tongues 
like their bow for lies ; but they 
are not valiant for the truth upon 
the earth : for they proceed from 
evil to evil, and they know notme, 
saith the Lord, 

4 Take ye heed every one of 
his neighbour, and trust ye not in 
any brother : for every brother will 
utterly supplant, and every neigh- 
bour will walk with slanders. 

5 And they will deceive every 



one his neighbour, and will not 
speak the truth : they have taught 
their tongue to speak lies, and 
weary themselves to commit ini« 
quity. 

6 Thine habitation is in the 
midst of deceit ; through deceit 
they refuse to know me, saith the 
Lord. 

7 Therefore thus saith the Lord 
of hosts. Behold, I will melt them, 
and try them ; for how shall I do 
for the daughter of my people ? 

8 Their tongue is as an arrow 
shot out ; it speaketh deceit : one 
speaketh peaceably to his neigh- 
bour with his mouth, but in heart 
he layeth his wait. 

9 Shall I not visit them for 
these things ? saith the Lord : 
shall not my soul be avenged on 
such a nation as this ? 

10 For the mountains will I 



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take up a weeping and wailing, 
and for the habitations of the wilder- 
ness a lamentation, because they 
are burned up, so that none can 
pass through them ; neither can 
me/i hear the voice of the cattle : 
both the fowl of the heavens and 
the bea.sts are fled ; they are gone. 

11 And I will make Jerusalem 
heaps, and a den of dragons ; and 
I will make the cities of Judah 
desolate, without an inhabitant. 

12- Who is the wise man, that 
may miderstand this ? and tvho is 
he to v^hom the mouth of the Lord 
hath spoken, that he may declare 
it, for what the land perisheth and 
is burned up like a wilderness, that 
none passeth through ? 

13 And the Lord saith, Because 
they have forsaken my law which 
I set before them, and have not 
obeyed my voice, neither walked 
therein ; 

14 But have walked after the 
imagination of their o^vn heart, 
and after Baalim, which their fathers 
taught them : 

15 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; 
Behold, I will feed them, ere?ithis 
people, with wormwood, and give 
them water of gall to drink. 

16 I will scatter them also 
among the heathen, whom neither 
they nor their fathers have known 
and I will send a sword after them, 
till I have consumed them. 

17 Thus saith the Lord of 
hosts. Consider ye, and call for 
the mourning women, that they 
may come ; and send for cunning 
*women, that they may come : 

18 And let them make haste, 
and take up a wailing for us, that 
our eyes may run down with tears, 
and our eyelids gush out ^ ith 
waters. 



19 For a voice of wailing is 
heard out of Zion, How are we 
spoiled ! we are greatly confound- 
ed, because we have forsaken the 
land, because our dwellings have 
cast us out. 

20 Yet hear the word of the 
Lord, O ye women, and let your 
ear receive the word of his mouth, 
and teach your daughters wailing, 
and every one her neighbour la- 
mentation : 

21 For death is come up into 
our windows, aiid is entered into 
our palaces, to cut off the children 
from without, and the yomig men 
from the streets. 

22 Speak, Thus saith the Lord, 
Even the carcases of men shall 
fall as dung upon the open field, 
and as the handful after the har- 
vest-man, and none shall gather 
them. 

23 Thus saith the Lord, Let 
not the wise man gloiy in his 
wisdomx, neither let the mi^ty man 
glory in his might, let not the rich 
man glor>' in his riches : 

24 But let him that glorieth, 
glory in tliis,that he understandeth 
and knoweth me, that I am the 
Lord which exercise loving-kind- 
ness, judgment, and righteousness, 
in the earth : for in these things I 
delight, saith the Lord. 

25 Behold, the days come saith 
the Lord that I will punish all 
them which are circumcised with 
the uncircumcised. 

26 E gypt, and Judah, and Edom, 
and the children of Ammon, and 
Moab, and all that are in the ut- 
most corners, that dwell in the 
wilderness; for all these nations 
are uncircumcised, and all the 
house of Israel are uncircumcised 
in the heart. 



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115 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
EPHESIANS IV. 



1 THEREFORE, (the prisoner 
of the Lord,) beseech you, that ye 
walk worthy of the vocation where- 
with ye are called, 

2 With all lowliness and meek- 
ness, with long-suffering, forbear- 
ing one another in love ; 

3 Endeavouring to keep the 
unity of the Spirit in the bond of 
peace. 

4 There is one body, and one 
Spirit, even as ye are called in one 

j hope of your calling ; 

5 One Lord, one faith, one bap- 
tism, 

6 One God and Father of all, 
who is above all, and through all, 
and in you all. 

I 7 But unto every one of us is 
given grace according to the mea- 
sure of the gift of Christ. 

8 Wherefore he saith, When he 
ascended up on high, he led cap- 
tivity captive, and gave gifts unto 
men. 

9 (Now that he ascended, what 
is it but that he also descended 
first into the lower parts of the 
earth ? 

10 He that descended is the 
same also that ascended up far 
above all heavens, that he might 
fill all things.) 

11 And he gave some, apostles ; 
and some, prophets ; and some, 
evangelists ; and some, pastors 

I and teachers ; 

I 12 For the perfecting of the 
I saints, for the work of the minis- 
j try, for the edifying of the body of 
i Christ : 



1 3 Till we all come in the unity 
of the faith, and of the knowledge 
of the Son of God, unto a perfect 
man, imto the measure of the sta- 
ture of the fulness of Christ : 

14 That we henceforth be no 
more children tossed to and fro, 
and carried about with every wind 
of doctrine, by the sleight of men, 
and cunning craftiness, whereby 
they lie in wait to deceive ; 

15 But speaking the truth in 
love, may grow up into him in aU 
things, which is the head, even 
Christ : 

1 6 From whom the whole body 
fitly joined together and compacted 
by that which every joint supplieth, 
according to the effectual working 
in the measure of every part, ma- 
keth increase of the body, unto the 
edifying of itself in love. 

17 This I say therefore, and 
testify in the Lord, that ye hence- 
forth walk not as other Gentiles 
walk, in the vanity of their mind ; 

18 Having the understanding 
darkened, being alienated from the 
life of God through the ignorance 
that is in them, because of the 
blindness of their heart : 

19 Who, being past feeling,, 
have given themselves over imto 
lasciviousness, to work allunclean- 
ness with greediness. 

20 But ye have not so learned 
Christ ; 

21 If so be that ye have heard 
him, and have been taught by him,, 
as the truth is in Jesus : 

22 That ye put off, concerning 



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the former conversation, the old 
man, which is corrupt according 
to the deceitful lusts ; 

23 x\nd be renewed in the spirit 
of your mind ; 

24 And that ye put on the new 
man, which after God is created 
in righteousness and true holiness. 

25 Wherefore, putting away 
lying, speak every man truth with 
his neighbour : for we are mem- 
bers one of another. 

26 Be ye angry, and sin not ; 
Jet not the sun go down upon your 
wrath ; 

27 Neither give place to the 
devil. 

28 Let him that stole steal no 
more ; but rather let him labour, 



working with his hands the thing 
which is good, that he may have 
to give to Mm that needeth. 

29 Let no corrupt communica- 
tion proceed out of your mouth, 
but that which is good to the use 
of edifying, that it may minister 
grace imto the hearers. 

30 And gi'ieve not the Holy 
Spirit of God, whereby ye are 
sealed unto the day of redemption. 

31 Let all bitterness, and\vrath, 
and anger, and clamour, and evil- 
speakmg, be put away from you, 
with all malice : 

32 And be ye kind to one ano- 
ther, tender-hearted, forgiving one 
another, even as God for Cluist's 
iSake hath forgiven you. 



THE SECOND SUNDAY IN LENT. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



EZEKIEL XIV. 



THEN came certain of the 
elders of Israel unto me, and sat 
before me. 

2 And the word of the Lord 
came unto me, saying, 

3 Son of man, these men have 
set up their idols in their heart, 
and put the stumbling block of 
their iniquity before their face : 
should I be enquired of at all by 
them ? 

4 Therefore speak unto them, 
and say unto them, Thus saith the 
Lord God, Every man of the 



house of Israel that setteth up his 
idols in his heart, and putteth the 
stumbling block of his iniquity be- 
fore his face, and cometh to the 
prophet, I the Lord will answer 
him that cometh according to the 
multitude of his idols: 

5 That I may take the house 
of Israel in their own heart, be- 
cause they are all estranged from 
me through their idols. 

6 Therefore say imto the house 
of Israel, Thus saith the Lord God, 
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your idols ; and turn away your 
faces from all your abominations. 

7 For every one of the house of 
Israel, or of the stranger that so- 
journeth in Israel, which separat- 
I eth himself from me, and setteth 
up his idols in his heart, and put- 
teth the stumbiingblock of his ini- 
quity before his face, and cometh 
to a prophet to enquire of him con- 
cerning me : I the Lord will an- 
swer him by myself: 
I 8 And I will set my face against 
I that man, and will make him a sign 
' and a proverb, and I will cut him 
i off from the midst of my people ; 
i and ye shall know that I am the 
Lord. 

9 And if the prophet be deceiv- 
i ed when he hath spoken a thing, I 

the Lord have deceived that pro- 
I phet : and I will stretch out my 
hand upon him, and will destroy 
him from the midst of my people 
Israel. 

10 And they shall bear the pun* 
ishment of their iniquity ; the pun- 
ishment of the prophet shall be 
even as the punishment of him that 
seeketh unto him ; 

11 That the house of Israel may 
go no more astray from me, nei- 
ther be polluted any more with all 
their transgressions ; but that they 
may be my people, and I may be 
their God, saith the Lord God. 

12 The word of the Lord came 
again to me, saying, 

13 Son of man, when the land 
sinneth against me by trespassing 
grievously, then will I stretch out 

I mine hand upon it, and will break 
; the staff of the bread thereof, and 
I will send famine upon it, and will 
j cut off man and beast from it ; 
I 14 Though these three men, 
I Noahj Daniel J and Job, were in it 



they should deliver hut their own 
souls by their righteousness, saith 
the Lord God. 

15 If I cause noisome beasts to 
pass through the land, and they 
spoil it, so that it be desolate, that 
no man may pass through because 
of the beasts : 

16 Though these three men 
were in it, as I live, saith the Lord 
God, they shall deliver neither 
sons nor daughters ; they only 
shall be delivered, but the land 
shall be desolate, 

17 Or z/I bring a sword upon 
that land, and say, Sword, go 
through the land : so that I cut off 
man and beast from it ; 

18 Though these three men 
ivere in it, as I live, saith the Lord 
God, they shall deliver neither 
sons nor daughters, but they only 
shall be delivered themselves. 

19 Oxifl send a pestilence in- 
to that land, and pour out my fury 
upon it in blood, to cut off from it 
man and beast ; 

20 Though Noah, Daniel, and 
Job, loere in it, as I live, saith the 
Lord God, they shall deliver nei- 
ther son nor daughter ; they shall 
but deliver their own souls by their 
righteousness. 

21 For thus saith the Lord 
God, How much more when I 
send my four sore judgments upon 
Jerusalem, the sword, and the fa- 
mine, and the noisome beast, and 
the pestilence, to cut off from it man 
and beast : 

22 Yet, behold, therein shall be 
left a remnant that shall be brought 
forth, both sons and daughters ; 
behold, they shall come forth unto 
you, and ye shall see their way 
and their doings ; and ye shall be 
comforted concerningthe evil that 



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I have brought upon Jerusalem, 
even concerning all that I have 
brought upon it. 

23 And they shall comfort you, 
when ye see their ways and their 



doings ; and ye shall know that I 
have not done without cause all 
that I have done in it, saith the 
Lord God. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



LUKE X. to V. 23. 



AFTER these things the Lord 
appointed other seventy also, and 
sent them two and two before his 
face, into everv^ city and place 
w^hither he himself would come. 

2 Therefore said he unto them. 
The harvest truly is great, but the 
labourers are few : pray ye there- 
fore the Lord of the harvest, that 
he would send forth labourers into 
his harvest. 

3 Go your ways : behold, I send 
you forth as lambs among w^olves. 

4 Carry neither purse, norscrip, 
nor shoes"; and salute no man by 
the w^ay. 

5 And into whatsoever house 
ye enter, first say, Peace be to this 
house. 

6 And ifthe son ofpeace be there, 
yourpeace shall rest upon it : if not, 
it shall turn to you again. 

7 And in the same house remain, 
eating and drinking such things as 
they give : for the labourer is 
worthy of his hire. Go not from 
house to house. 

8 And into whatsoever city ye 
enter, and they receive you, eat 
such things as are set before you ; 

9 And heal the sick that are 
therein ; and say unto them. The 
kingdom of God is come nigh unto 
yoih 



10 But into whatsoever city ye 
enter, and they receive you not, go 
your ways out into the streets of the 
same, and say, 

11 Even the very dust of your 
city, which cleaveth on us, we do 
wipe olTagainst you : notwithstand- 
ing, be ye sure of this, that the 
kingdom of God is come nigh imto 
you. 

12 But I say unto you, That it 
shall be more tolerable in that day 
.for Sodom, than for that city. 

13 Woe unto thee, Chorazin ! 
woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! for if 

i the mightv works had been done 
in Tyre and Sidon which have been 
done in you, they had a great while 
ago repented, shting in sackcloth 
and ashes. 

14 Butit shall be more tolerable 
for Tyre and Sidon at the judg- 
men, than for you. 

15 Andthou, Capernaum, which 
art exahed to heaven, shalt be 
thrust down to hell. 

1 6 He that heareth you, heareth 
me ; and he that despiseth you, 
despisethme ; and he that despiseth 
me, despiseth him that sent me. 

17 And the seventy returned 
again with joy, saying. Lord even 
the devils are subject unto us 
through thy name, 



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IB And he said unto them, I 
beheld Satan as lightning fall from 
heaven. 

19 Behold, I give mito you 
i power to tread on serpents and 
i scorpions, and over all the power 
I of the enemy ; and nothing shall 
I by any means hurt you. 
j 20 Notwithstanding, in this re- 
joice not that the spirits are subject 
unto you ; but rather rejoice, be- 
cause your names are written in 
heaven. 

21 In that hour Jesus rejoi<ied 
in spirit, and said, I thank thee, 
Father, Lord of heaven and 
earth, that thou hast hid these 
things from the wise and prudent, 
and hast revealed them unto babes : 



even so. Father ; for so it seemed 
good in thy sight. 

22 All things are delivered to 
me of my Father : and no man 
knoweth who the Son is, but the 
Father ; and who the Father is, but 
the Son, and he to whom the Son 
will reveal hiirt. 

23 And be turned him unto his 
disciples, and said privately. Bles- 
sed are the eyes which see the 
things that ye see : 

24 For I tell you, that many 
prophets and kings have desired to 
see those things which ye see, and 
have not seen them ; and to hear 
those things which ye hear, and 
have not heard them. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
EZEKIEL XVm. 



THE word of the Lord came 
unto me again, saying, 

2 What mean ye, that ye use 
this proverb, concerning the land 
of Israel, saying, The fathers have 
eaten sour grapes, and the children's 
teeth are set on edge ? 

^ Asl live, saith the Lord God, 
ye shall not have occasion any 
more to use this proverb in Israel. 

4 Behold, all souls, are mine : 
as the soul of the father, so also 
the soul of the son is mine : the 
soul that sinneth, it shall die. 

5 But if a man be just, and do 
that which is lawful and right, 

6 And hath not eaten upon the 
mountains, neither hath lifted up 
his eyes to the idols of the house 
of Israel, neither hath defiled his 



neighbour's wife, neither hath come 
near to a menstruous woman, 

7 And hath not oppressed any, 
but hath restored to the debtor his 
pledge, hath spoiled none by vio- 
lence, hath given his bread to the 
hugry, and hath covered the naked 
with a garment : 

8 He that hath not given forth 
upon usury, neither hath taken any 
increase, that hath withdrawn his 
hand from iniquity, hath executed 
true judgment between man and 
man, 

9 Hath walked in my statutes, 
and hath kept my judgments to 
deal truly ; he is just, he shall 
surely live, saith the Lord God, 

10 If he beget a son that is a 
robber, a shedder of blood, and 



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that doeth the like to any one of 
these things^ 

11 And that doeth not any of 
those duties, but even hath eaten 
upon the mountains, and defiled his 
neighbours wife, 

12 Hath oppressed the poor and 
needy, hath spoiled by violence, 
hath not restored the pledge, and 
hath lifted up his eyes to the idols, 
hath committed abomination, 

1 3 Hath given forth upon usury, 
and hath taken increase ; shall he 
then live ? he shall not live ; he 
hath done all these abominations : 
he shall surely die ; his blood 
shall be upon him. 

14 Now, lo, if he beget a son, 
that seeth all his father's sins 
which he hath done, and consi- 
dereth, and doeth not such like, 

15 That hath not eaten upon ^ 
the mountains, neither hath Ufted 
up his eyes to the idols of the 
house of Israel, hath not defiled 
his neighbour's wife: 

16 Neither hath oppressed any, 
hath not witholden the pledge, 
neither hath spoiled by violence, 
hut hath given his bread to the 
hungry, and hath covered the 
naked with a garment. 

1 7 That hath taken off his hand 
from the poor, that \l2X]i not re- 
ceived usury nor increase, hath 
executed my judgments, hath 
walked in my statutes : he shall 
not die for the iniquity of his fa- 
ther, he shall surely live. 

IS As for his father, because he 
cruelly oppressed, spoiled his bro- 
ther by violence, and did that 
which is not good among his peo- 
ple, lo, even he shall die in his 
iniquity. 

19 Yet say ye. Why ? doth not 
the son bear the iniquity of the fa- 



ther ? when the son hath done tliat 
which is lawful and right, andha^h 
kept all my statutes, and hath done 
them, he shall surely live. ; 

20 The sold that sinneth, it 
shall die. The son shall not bear 1 
the iniquity of the father, neither j 
shall the father bear the iniquity of I 
the son ; the righteousness of the | 
righteous shall be upon him, and , 
the wickedness of the wicked shall | 
be upon him. | 

21 But if the wicked will turn 
from all his sins that he hath 
committed, and keep all my stat- 
utes, and do that which is lawful 
and right, he shall surely live, he 
shall not die. 

32 All his transgressions that 
he hath committed, they shall not 
be mentioned unto him ; in 'his 
righteousness that he hath done he 
shall live. 

23 Have I any pleasure at all 
that the wdcked should die ? saith 
the Lord God, and not that he 
should return from his ways and 
live? 

24 But when the righteous 
turneth away from his righteous- 
ness, and committeth iniquity, and 
doeth according to all the abomi- 
nations that the wicked doeth, 
shall he live ? All his righteous- 
ness that he hath done shall not 
be mentioned : in his trespass that 
he hath trespassed, and in his 
sin that he hath sinned, in them 
shall he die. 

25 Yet ye say. The way of the 
Lord is not equal. Hear now O 
house of Israel, is not my way 
equal ? are not your ways une- 
qual ? 

26 When a righteous w<z7i turn- 
eth away from his righteousness, 
and committeth iniquity, and dieth 



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in tliern : for Ms iniquity that he 
hath done shall he die. 

27 Again, when the wicked 
man turneth away from his wick- 
edness that he hath committed, 
and doeth that which is lawful and 
right, he shall save his soul alive. 

28 Because he considereth, and 
turneth away from all his transgres- 
sions that he hath committed, he 
shall surely live, he shall not die. 

29 Yet saith the house of Israel, 
The way of the Lord is not equal. 
O house of Israel, are not my ways 
equal ? are not your ways un- 
equal ? 



30 Therefore I will judge you, 
O house of Israel, every one ac« 
cording to his ways saith the Lord 
God. Repent and turn yourselves 
from all your transgressions ; so 
iniquity shall not be your ruin. 

31 Cast away from you all your 
transgressions, whereby ye have 
transgressed ! and make you a new 
heart and a new spirit ; for why 
will ye die, O house of Israel ? 

32 For I have no pleasure in 
the death of him that dieth, saith 
the Lord God ; wherefore turn 
yourselves, and live ye. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



EPHESIANS V. 



BE ye therefore followers of 
God, as dear children ; 

2 And walk in love, as Christ 
also hath loved us, and hath given 
himself for us an offering and a 
sacrifice to God for a sweet-smell- 
ing savour. 

3 But fornication, and all un- 
cleanness, or covetousness. let it 
not be once named among you, as 
becometh saints ; 

4 Neither filthiness, nor foolish 
talking, nor jesting, which are not 
convenient ; but rather giving of 
thanks. 

5 For this ye know, that no 
whoremonger, nor unclean person, 
nor covetous man, who is an idol- 
ater, hath any inheritance in the 
kingdom of Christ and of God. 

6 Let no man deceive you with 
vain words : for because of these 
things cometh the wrath of God 
upon the children of disobedience. 



7 Be not ye therefore partakers 
with them. 

8 For ye were sometimes dark- 
ness, but now are ye light in the 
Lord : walk as children of light ; 

9 (For the fruit of the Spirit is 
in all goodness, and righteousness, 
and truth ; 

10 Proving what is acceptable 
unto the Lord. 

1 1 And have no fellowship with 
the unfruitful works of darkness, 
but rather reprove them. 

12 For it is a shame even to 
speak of those things which are 
done of them in secret. 

13 But all things that are re- 
proved are made manifest by the 
light : for whatsoever doth make 
manifest is light. 

14 Wherefore he saith. Awake 
thou that sleepest, and arise from 
the dead, and Christ shall give 
thee light. 

11 



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122 

15 See then that ye walk cir- 
cumspectly, not as fools, but as 
wise, 

IG Redeeming the time, be- 
cause the days are evil. 

17 Wherefore be ye not un- 
wise, but imderstanding what the 
will of the Lord is. 

18 And be not drunk with wine, 
wherein is excess ; but be filled 
with the Spirit ; . _ 

19 Speaking to yourselves in 
psalms, and h^nrms, and spiritual 
songs, singing and making melody 
in your heart to the Lord ; 

to Giving thanks always for all 
things unto God and the Father in 
the ^name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ ; 

21 Submitting yourselves one 
to another in the fear of God. 

22 "Wives, submit yourselves 
unto your own husbands, as unto 
the Lord. 

23 For the husband is the head 
of the wife, even as Christ is the 
head of the church ; and he is the 
Saviour of the body. 

24 Therefore, as the church is 
subject unto Chi'ist, so let the 
wives be io their own husbands in 
ever}^ thing. 

25 Husbands, love your wives. 



even as Christ also loved the 
church, and gave himself for it ; 

26 That he might sanctify and 
cleanse it with the washing of 
water by the word ; 

27 That he might present .it to 
him.self a glorious church, not 
havingr spot, or ^viinlde, or any 
such thing ; but that it should be 
holy and without blemish. 

28 So ought men to love their 
wives as their own bodies : he 
that loveth his wife loveth him- 
self. 

29 For no man ever yet hated 
his ovrn flesh ; but nourisheth and 
cherisheth it, even as the Lord the 
church : 

30 For vre are members of his 
bodv,of his flesh, and of his bones. 

31 For this cause shall a man 
^ leave his father and mother, and 

shall be joined unto his Avife, and 
\ thev two shall be one flesh. 

32 This is a great mysterv : 
but I speak concerning Christ and 
the church, 

33 Nevertheless, let ever}' one 
of you in particidar so love his 
wife even as himself ; and the 
wife see that she reverence her 
husband. 



LENT, 



123 



THE THIRD SUNDAY IN LENT. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
EZEKIEL XX. to v. 27. 



AND it came to pass, in tlie 
seventh year, in the fifth month,tb.e 
tenth dai/ of the month, that cer- 
tain of the elders of Israel came to 
enquire of the Lord, and sat before 
me. 

2 Then came the word of the 
Lord unto me, saying, 

3 Son of man, speak unto the 
elders of Israel, and say unto them, 
Thus saith the Lord God, Are ye 
come to enquire of me ? As I live, 
saith the Lord God, I will not be 
enquired of by you. 

4 Wilt thou judge them, son of 
man ? wilt thou judge them ? cause 
them to know the abominations of 
itheir fathers ; 

5 And say unto them, Thus 
saith the Lord God, In the day 
when I chose Israel, and lifted up 
mine hand unto the seed of the 
house of Jacob, and made myself 
known unto them in the land of 
Egypt, when I lifted up mine hand 
unto them^ sayings I am the Lord 
your God ; 

6 In the day that I lifted up 
mine hand unto them, to bring them 
forth of the land of Egypt, into a 
land that I had espied for them, 
flowing with milk and honey, which 
is the glory of all lands ; 

7 Then said I unto them, Cast 
ye a,way every m.an the abomina- 



tions of his eyes, and defile not 
yourselves with the idols of Egypt : 
I am the Lord your God. 

8 But they rebelled against me, 
and would not hearken unto me : 
they did not every man cast away 
the abominations of their eyes, 
neither did they for^ke the idols 
of Egypt; then I said, I will pour 
out my fury upon them, to accom- 
plish my anger against them in the 
midst of the land of Egypt. 

9 Bat I wrought for my name's 
sake, that it should not be polluted 
before the heathen, among whom 
they ivere, in whose sight I made 
myself known imto them, in bring- 
ing them forth out of the land of 
Egypt. 

10 Wherefore I caused them to 
go forth out of the land of E gypt, and 
brought them into the wilderness ; 

1 1 And I gave them my statutes, 
and shewed them my judgments, 
which if a man do, he shall even 
live in them. 

12 Moreover also, I gave them 
my sabbaths, to be a sign between 
me and them, that they might Imow 
that I am the Lord, that sanctify 
them. 

13 But the house of Israel re- 
belled against me in the wilder- 
ness : theywalkednotinmystatutes, 
and they despised my judgments, 



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LENT. 



which 2/ a man do, he shall even 21 Xotwithstandmgthe childi^n 
live in them : and my sabbaths rebelled against me ; they walked 
they ffi-eatly poUuted: then I said, not m my statutes, neither kept my 
I would pour out my fmy upon them judgments to do ihevu which i/a 
inthe wilderness, to consume them, man do, he shall even live in them; 

14 But I wrought for my names" they poUuted my sabbaths ; then I 
sake, that it should not be^polluted said, I Avouid poru' out my fury up- 
before the heathen, ni whose sight on them, to accomphsh my anger 
I brouoht them out. ^ against them in the wilderness. 

15 Yet also I lifted up my hand ^22 Nevertheless I withdrev/ 
unto them in the wilderness, that mine hand, and wrought for my 
I would not bring them into the name's sake, that it should not be 
land which I had given thinu, doAv- polluted in the sight of the heathen, 
ins Avith milk and honev, Avhich is m whose sight I brought them forth, 
the gloiw of all lands ; ' 23 1 lifted up mine hand unto 

16 Because thev despised my them also in the wilderness, that 
judgments, and walked not in my I would scatter them among the 
statutes, but polluted my sabbaths : heathen, and disperse themthi'ough 
for their he art went after their idols, the coimtries ; 

17 Xevertheless mine eye 2-i Because they had not ex- 
spared them from destroyincr them, ecuted my judgments, but had des- 
neither did I make an end of them pisedmy statutes, and had polluted 
in the wilderness. my sabbaths, and their eyes were 

18 But I said unto their children after their fathers'* idols. 

in the wilderness. Walk ye not in 25 "Wherefore I gave them also 
the statutes of voiK fathers, neither statutes that were not good, and 
observe their judgments, nor defile judgments whereby they shoidd 
yourselves vrith their idols : not live : 

19 I am the Lord youj* God:' 26 And I polluted them in their 
walk in my statutes, and keep my OAvn gifts, in that they caused to 
judoinents'. and do them ; ' pass through the fire all that open- 

20 And hallow mv sabbaths : and eth the womb, that I might make 
they shall be a sign between me ' them desolate, to the end that they 
and you, that ye may know that I niight know that I avi the Lord. 
4a7;ithe Lord yoiir God. 



SECOND LESSON FOR 3I0RXING. 
MARK IX. to V. 30. 

AND he said unto them, Verily ' they have seen the kingdom of 
I say unto you. That there be God come with power, 
some*^ of them that stand here,; 2 And after six days Jesus taketh 
which shall not taste of death, till , iri^A him Peter, and James, and 



NT. 



12. 



John, and leadeth them up into an 
I high mountain apart by themselves : 
i and he was tr ansfigur ed b efor ethem . 
1 3 And his raiment became 
I shining, exceeding white as snow ; 
1 so as no fuller on earth can white 
them. 

4 And there appeared unto them 
Elias with Moses : and they were 
talking with Jesus. 

5 And Peter answered and said 
! to Jesus, Master it is good for us 

to be here : and let us make three 
i tabernacles ; one for thee, and one 

for Moses, and one for Elias. 
i 6 For he wist not what to say ; 
j for they were sore afraid. 

7 And there v/as a cloud that 
overshadowed them : and a voice 
came out of the cloud, saying, This 
is my beloved Son ; hear him. 
, 8 And suddenly, when they had 
: looked round about, they saw no 
\ man any more, save Jesus only 
with themselves. 

9 And as they came down from 
the mountain, he charged them 
that they should tell no man what 
things they had seen, till the Son 
of man were risen from the dead. 

10 And they kept that saying 
with themselves, questioning one 
with another, what the rising from 
the dead should mean. 

11 And they asked him saying, 
Why say the scribes that Elias 
must first come ? 

12 And he answered and told 
them, Elias verily cometh first, and 
restoreth all things ; and how it is 
written of the Son of man, that he 

i must suffer many things, and be 
' set at nought. 

i 13 But I say unto you. That 
I Elias is indeed come, and they have 
I done unto him whatsoever they 
I listed, as it is written of him. 



14 And when he came to his 
disciples, he saw a great multitude 
about them, and the scribes ques- 
tioning with them. 

1 5 And straightway all the peo- 
ple, when they beheld him, were 
greatly amazed, and, running to 
him, saluted him. 

16 And he asked the scribes, 
What question ye with them. 

1 7 And one of the multitude ans- 
wered and said. Master, I have 
brought unto thee my son, which 
hath a dumb spirit : 

18 And wheresoever he taketh 
him, he teareth him ; and he foam- 
eth, and gnasheth with his teeth, 
and pineth away : and I spake to 
thy disciples that they should cast 
him out ; and they could not. 

1 9 He answerethhim, and saith, 
O faithless generation ! how long 
shall I be with you.? how long 
shall I suffer you ? Bring him unto 
me. 

20 And they brought him unto 
him : and when he saw him straight- 
way the spirit tare him ; and he 
fell on the ground, and wallowed, 
foaming. 

21 And he asked his father, 
How long is it ago since this came 
unto him ? And he said, Of a child. 

22 And oft-times it hath cast him 
into the fire, and into the waters, 
to destroy him : but if thou canst 
do any thing, have compassion on 
us, and help us. 

23 Jesus said unto him. If thou 
canst believe, all things ^j^rc possible 
to him that belie veth. 

24 And straightway the father 
of the child cried out, and said 
with tears. Lord I believe ; help 
thou mine unbelief. 

25 When Jesus saw that the 
people came rimning together, he 



LENT. 



12- 

Tebuked tlie foiil spirit, saying unto 
liim, Thou dumb and deaf spirit, 1 
charge thee, come out of him, and 
enter no more into him. 

26 And the spirit cried, and rent 
him sore, and came out of him : and 
he was as one dead ; insomuch that 
manv said, He is dead. 

27 But Jesus took him by the 



hand, and lifted him up ; and he 
arose. 

28 And when he was come into 
the house, his disciples asked him 
privately. Why could not we cast 
him out ? 

29 And he said unto them, This 
kind can come forth by nothing, but. 
I by prayer and fasting. 



FIRST LESSON 
EZEKIEL 

27 Therefore, son of man, speak 
tmto the house of Israel, and say 
imto them. Thus saith the Lord 
God ; Yet in this your fathers have 
blasphemed me, in that they have 
committed a trespass against me. 

28 For Vv-hen I had brought 
them into the land, /or the which I 
lifted up mine hand to give it to them, 
thenthev saw every high hill, and 
all the thick trees, and they offered j 
there their sacrifices, and there thev \ 
presented the provocation of their 
ofFerins : there also they made 
their sweet savour, and poured out 
there their drink offerings. 

29 Then I said unto them. 
What is the high place whereunto 
ye go ? And the name thereof is 
called Bamah unto this day. 

30 Wherefore say unto the 
house of Israel, Thus saith the 
Lord God : Are ye polluted after 
the manner of your fathers ? and 
commit ye whoredom after their 
abominations 1 

3 1 For vv'hen ye offer your gifts, 
when ye make your sons to pass 
through the fire, ye pollute your- 
selves with all your idols, even unto 



FOR EVENING. 
XX. V. 27. 

this day : and shall I be inquired 
of by vou, house of Israel \ As' 
I live,' saith the Lord God, I will 
not be inquired of by you. 

32 And that vv^hich cometh into 
your mind shall not be at all, that 
ye say, We will be as the heathen, 
'as the famiUes of the comitries, to 
serve wood and stone. 

33 As I live, saith the Lord God,- 
surelv with a mighty hand, and 
with a stretched-out arm, and with 
furv poured out, will I rule over you : • 

34 And I will bring you out 
from the people, and wilL gather 
you out of the countries wherein 
ye are scattered, with a mighty- 
hand, and with a stretched-out 
arm, and with fury poured out. 

35 x\nd I will bring you into 
the wilderness of the people, and 
there will I plead with you face to 

' 36 Like as I pleaded with your 
fathers in the wilderness of the 
land of Eg}-pt, so will I plead with 
vou, saith the Lord God. 
" 37 And I will cause you to pass 
under the rod, and I will brmgyou 
into the bond of the covenant : 



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38 And I will purge out from 
among you the rebels, and tliem 
that transgress against me : I will 
bring them forth out of the coun- 
try where they sojourn, and they 
shall not enter into the lartd of 
Israel ; and ye shall know that I 
am the Lord. 

39 As for you, O house of Israel,, 
thus saith the Lord God, Go ye, 
sen-e ye everyone his idols, and 
hereafter also, if ye will not heark- 
en unto me : but pollute ye my holy 
name no mor€ with your gifts, and 
with your idols. 

40 For in mine holy mountain, 
in the mountain in the height of 
Israel, saith the Lord God, there 
shall all the house of Israel, all of 
them in the land, serve me : there 
will I accept them, and there will 
I reqv-ire your offerings, and' the 
iirst-fruits of your oblations^ with 
all your holy things. 

41 I will accept you with your 
sweet savour, when I bring you 
out from the people, and gather 
you out of the countries wherein 
ye have been scattered ; and I will 
be sanctified in you before the 
heathen. 

42 And ye shall know that I 
am the Lord, when I shall bring 
you into the land of Israel, into the 
country /or the which I lifted up 
mine hand to give it to your fathers. 



43 And there shall ye remem- 
ber your ways, and all your doings, 
wherein ye have been defiled ; and 
ye shall loathe yourselves in your 
own sight for all your evils that ye 
have committed; 

44 And ye shall know that 1 am 
the Lord, v/hen I have wrought 
with you for my name's sake, not 
according to your wicked ways, 
nor according to your corrupt 
doings, O ye house of Israel, saith 
the Lord God;. 

45 Moreover, the word of the 
Lord came unto me, saying, 

46 Son of man, set thy face 
toward the south, and drop thij 
loord toward the south, and pro- 
phesy against the forest of the 
south field ; 

47 And say to the forest of the 
south. Hear the word of the Lord ; 
■ Thus saith the Lord GoD,Beholdj 
I will kindle a fire in thee, and it 
shall devour every green tree in 
thee, and every dry tree : the flaming 
flame shall not be quenched, and 
all faces from the south to the- 
north shall be burned therein. 

48 And all flesh shall see that I 
the Lord have kindled it : it shall 
not be quenched. 

49 Then said I, Ah Lord God !" 
they say of me. Doth he not speak 
parables .? 



SECOND LESSON FOR. EVENING. 
EPHESIANS VI. 



CHI LDREN, obey your parents 
in the Lord : for this is right. 
2 Honour thy father and mother 



(which is the first commandment 
with promise,) 

3 That it may be well with 



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thee, and thou mayest live long on ; 
the earth. ! 

4 And ye fathers proroke not i 
your children to wrath : but bring ' 
them up in the nurture and admo- 
nition of the Lord. 

5 Servants be obedient to them 
that are your masters, according 
to the flesh, with fear and trem- 
bling, in singleness of your heart, 
as unto Christ : 

6 Xot with eye service, as men 
pleasers ; but as the servants of 
Christ doing the will of God from 
the heart ; 

7 With good-will doing service, 
as to the Lord and not to men ; 

8 Knowingthat whatsoever good 
thing any man doeth. the same 
shall he receive of the Lord, wheth- 
er lie he bond or free. 

9 And ye masters, do the same 
things unto them, forbearing threat- 
ening : knowing that your ^Master 
also IS in heaven ; neither is there 
respect of persons with him. 

10 Finally, my brethren, be 
strong in the Lord, and in the pow- 
er of his might. 

11 Put on the whole armour of 
God, that ye may be able to stand 
ao-ainst the wiles of the devil. 

°12 For we wrestle not against 
flesh and blood, but against princi- 
palities, against powers, against 
the rulers of the darkness of this 
world, against spiritual wickedness 
in high -places. 

13 Wherefore take unto you 
the whole armour of God, that ye 
may be able to withstand in the 



evil day , and having done ail to stand , 
14 Stand therefore, having your 
lions girt about with truth, and 
having on the breast-plate of righ 

teousness ; 

\ 15 And your feet shod with the 
preparation of the gospel of peace ; 
i 16 Above all, taking the shield 
of faith, wherewith ye shall be 
able to quench all the fiery darts 
; of the wicked. 

i 17 And take the helmet of sal 
' vation, and the sword of the Spirit, 
I which is the word of God ; 

18 Praving always with all 
prayer and supplication in the 
Spirit, and watching thereunto with 
all perserverance and supplication 
' for all saints : 

I 19 And for me that utterance 
I mav be given unto me, that I may 
I open my mouth boldly to make 
I knovrn the mystery of the gospel, 
I 20 For which I am an ambassa- 
j dor in bonds ; that therein I may 
i speak boldly, as I ought to speak; 
I 21 But tiiat ye also may know 
: mv affairs, and how I do, Tychicus 
' a beloved brother and faithful min- 
i ister in the Lord, shall make knOAvn 
to vou all things : 

22 Whom I have sent unto you 
for the same purpose, that ye might 
know our affairs, and that he might 
comfort your hearts. 

23 Peace he to the brethren, 
and love with faith, from God the 
Father, and the Lord Jesus Clirist. 

24 Grace he with all them that 
love our Lord Jesus Christ in sin- 
cerity. Amen. 



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THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
MICAH VL 



HEAR ye now what the Lord 
saith? Arise, contend thou before 
the mountains, and let the hills hear 
thy voice. 

2 Hear ye, mountains, the 
Lorb' controversy, and ye strong 
foundations of the earth ; for the 
Lord hath a controversy with his 
people, and he will plead with Is- 
rael. 

3 O my people, what have I 
done unto thee ? and wherein have 
I wearied thee? testify against 
me. 

4 For I brought thee up out of 
the land of Egypt, and redeemed 
thee out of the house of servants ; 
andl sentbeforethee Moses, Aaron 
and Miriam. 

5 O my people, remember now 
what Balak king of Moab consult- 
ed, and what Balaam the son of 
Beor answered him from Shittim 
unto Gilgal ; that ye may know the 
righteousness of the Lord. 

6 Wherewith shall I come be- 
fore the Lord, and bow myself 
before the high God ? shall I come 
before him with burnt-offerings, 
with calves of a year old ? 

7 Will the Lord be pleased 
with thousands of rams, or with 
ten thousands of rivers of oil? shall 
I give my first-born for my trans- 
gression, the fruit of my body /or 
the sin of my soul ? 



8 He hath shewed thee, man 
what is good : and what doth the 
Lord require ofthee,butto do justly, 
and to love mercy, and to walk hum- 
bly with thy God ? 

9 The Lord's voice crieth unto 
the city, and the man of wisdom 
shall see thy name ; hear ye the 
rod, and who hath appointed it. 

10 Are there yet the treasures of 
wickedness in the house of the 
wicked, and the scant measure 
that is abominable ? 

1 1 Shall I count them pure with 
wicked balances, and with the bag 
of deceitful weights ? 

i 2 For the rich men thereof are 
full of violence, and the inhabitants 
thereof have spoken lies, and their 
tongue is deceitful in their mouth. 

13 Therefore also will I make 
thee sick in smiting thee, in mak- 
ing thee desolate because of thy 
sins. 

14 Thou shalt eat, but not be 
satisfied ; and thy casting down 
shall be in the midst of thee ; and 
thou shalt take hold, but shalt not 
deliver ; and that which thou deli- 
verest will I give up to the sword. 

15 Thou shalt sow, but thou 
shalt not reap : thou shall tread the 
olives, but thou shalt not anoint 
thee with oil? and sweet wine but 
shalt not drink wine. 

16 For the statutes of Omri are 



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kept, and all the works of the thereof an hissing ; therefoie ye 
house of Ahab,and ye walkm their shah bear the reproach of my peo- 
counsels ; that I should make thee pie. 
a desolation, and the inhabitants^ 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



LUKE XIX. V. 28. 



28 And Yvhen he had thus spo- 
ken, he ^vent before, ascending up 
to Jerusalem. 

29 And it came to pass, when 
he was come nigh to Bethphage 
and Bethany, at Ihe mount caUed 
the mount of OUves, he sent two 
of his disciples. 

30 Savinor, Go ye into the vil- 
lage over against ijou ; in the Avhich, 
at your entering, ye shah hnd a 
colt tied, whereon yet never man 
sat; loose him, and biing him 
hither, 

31 And if any man ask you, 
Why do ye loose hi?/i! thus shall 
ye say unto him, Because the 
Lord hath need of hinn 

32 And they that were sent 
went their way, and found even as 
he had said unto them. 

3 3 And as they were loosing the 
colt, the owner thereof said unto 
them, Why loose ye the colt ? 

34 And they said, The Lord 
hath need of him. 

35 And they brought him to 
Jesus ; and they cast their gar- 
ment upon the colt, and they set 
Jesus thereon. 

36 And as he went, they spread 
their clothes in the way. 

31 And whenhe Avas come nigh, 
even now at the descent of the 
mount of Olives, the whole mmlti- 



I tude of the disciples began to re- 
i joice, and praise God with a loud 
I Voice, for ah the mighty works 
\ that thev had seen. 
I 38 Saving, Blessed the King 
' that cometh in the name of the 
' Lord : peace in heaven, and glory 
in the hiohest. 

i 39 And some of the Pharisees 
j from among the multitude, said imto 
ihim, :Master, rebuke thy disciples, 

40 And he answered and said 
unto them, I teU you that, if these 
should hold their peace, the stones 
would immediately cry out. 

41 x\nd whenhe Avas come near 
he beheld the city, and wept over 
it. 

, 42 Saying, if thou hadst known, 
' even thou, at least in this thy 
i day, the things tchich belong unto 
Ithv peace ! but now they are hid 
j from thine eyes. 

43 For the days shaU come up- 
on thee, that thine enemies shall 
cast a trench about thee, and com- 
pass thee round, and keep thee in 
i on every side. 

i 44 AndshaUlay thee even with 
! the ground, and thy children with- 
' in thee ; and they shaU not leave 
Un thee one stoiie upon another; 
'because thou knewest not the time 
' of thy visitation. 

45 And he went into the temple, 



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and began to cast out them that 
sold therein, and them that bought ; 

4 6 S ay ing unto them , 1 1 i s wr itt en , 
My house is the house of prayer ; 
but ye have made it a den of thieves. 

47 And he taught daily in the 



temple. But the chief priests, and 
the scribes, and the chief of the 
people, sought to destroy him ; 

46 And could not find what they 
might do ; for all the people were 
very attentive to hear him. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
HABAKKUK HI. 



A PRAYER of Habakkuk the 
prophet upon Shigionoth. 

2 O Lord, I have heard thy 
speech, and was afraid ; O Lord 
revive thy w^ork in the midst of the 
years, in the midst of the years 
make known ; in v/rath remember 
mercy. 

3 God cam.e from Teman, and 
the Holy One from mount Paran. 
Selah. His glory covered the 
heavens, and the earth was full of 
his praise. 

4 And his brightness was as the 
light : he had horns coming out 
of his hand and there loas the 
hiding of his power. 

5 Before him w^ent the pesti- 
lence and burning coals went forth 
at his feet. 

6 He stood and measured the 
earth : he beheld, and drove asun- 
der the nations: and the everlasting 
mountains were scattered, the per- 
petual hills did bov/ : his ways are 
everlasting. 

7 I saw the tents of Cushan in 
affliction ; and the curtains of the 
land of Midian did tremble. 

8 Was the Lord displeased 
against the rivers ? was thine anger 
against the rivers ? was thy wrath 
against the sea, that thou didst 



ride upon thine horses, a7id thy 
chariots of salvation 1- 

9 Thy bow was made quite na- 
ked, according to the oaths of the 
tribes, z'A^/wwd. Selah. Thou 
didst cleave the earth with rivers » 

10 The mountains saw thee, 
a,nd they trembled : the overflow- 
ing of the water passed by; the 
deep uttered his voice, and lifted 
up his hands on high. 

11 The sun and moon stood 
still in their habitation ; at the light 
of thine arrows they went and at 
the shining of thy glittering spear. 

12 Thou didst march through 
the land in indignation, thou didst 
thrash the heathen in anger. 

13 Thou VvT-ent est forth for the 
salvation of thy people, even for 
salvation with thine anointed ; thou 
woundest the head out of the house 
of the wicked, by discovering the 
foundation unto the neck. Selah.. 

14 Thou didst strike through 
with his staves the head of his vil- 
lages; they came out as a whirlwind 
to scatter me ; their rejoicing teas 
as to devour the poor secretly. 

1 5 Thou didst walk through the 
sea with thine horses, through the 
heap of great waters. 

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trembled : my lips quivered at the 
voice ; rottenness entered into my 
bones,' and I trembled in myself, 
that I mi^ht rest in the day of trou- 
ble ; when he cometh up unto the 
people, he vriil invade them vnth 
his troops. 

17 Although the hg-tree shall 
not blossom, neither shall fnut he 
in the vines : the labour, of the 
olive shall fail, and the helds shah 
vield no meat : the iiock shall be 



cut off from the fold, and there shall 
he no herd in the stalls ; 

18 Yet I will rejoice in the 
Lord, I will joy in the God of my 

salvation. 

! 19 The Lord God is my 
i strength, and he will make my feet 

like hinds* fed, and he will make 

me to Avalkupon mine high places. 

To the chief singer on my stringed 

instruments. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



PHTLIPPIANS 1. 



PALL and Timotheus. the 
servants of Jesus Christ, to all the 
saints m Christ Jesus which are 
at Philippi, vrith the bishops and 

deacons : 

2 Grace unto you, andpeace, 

from God our Father, and/Vo/// the 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

3 I thank my God upon every 
remembrance of you, 

4 Alwavs in 'every prayer of 
mine for you all making request 
with jov, 

5 jpor your fellowship in the 
gospel, from the first day until 
now : 

6 Being confident of this very 
thing, that he who hath begun a 
good work in you, will perform it 
until the day of Jesus Christ : 

7 Even as it is meet for me to 
think this of you all, because I 
have you in my heart ; inasmuch 
as both in my bonds, and in the 
defence and confirmation of the 
gospel, ye all are partakers of my 



8 For God is my record, how 
greatly I long after you all in the 
bowels of Jesus Christ. 

9 And this I pray, that your love 
may abound yet more and more 
in knowledge and in all judgment ; 

10 That ye may approve things 
■that are excehent ; that ye maybe 
1 sincere, and without oHence, till 
; the day of Christ ; 
; 1 1 Being illled whh the fruits of 
jriohteousness, which are by Jesus 
^ Christ, unto the gloiy and praise 
' of God. 

12 But I would ye should un- 
' derstand, brethren, that the things 
which happe?ied imto me have fallen 
iout rather unto the furtherance of 
the gospel ; 

, 13 So that my bonds in Christ 
are manifest in all the palace, and 
in all other places ; 
\ 14 And many of the brethren m 
the Lord, Avaxing confident by my 
bonds, are much more bold to speak 
the word without fear. 

15 Some indeed preach Christ 



even of envy and strife, and some 
also of good will : 

16 The one preach Christ of 
contention,not sincerely, supposing 
to add affliction to my bonds : 

17 But the other of love, know- 
ing that I am set for the defence 
of the gospel» 

1 8 What then ? notwithstanding, 
every way, whether in pretence, 
or in truth, Christ is preached; 
and I therein do rejoice, yea, and 
will rejoice. 

19 For I know that this shall 
turn to my salvation through your 
prayer^ and the supply of the Spirit 
of Jesus Christ, 

20 According to my earnest ex- 
pectation and mi/ hope, that in 
nothing I shall be ashamed, but 
that with all boldness, as always, 
so now also Christ shall be magni- 
fied in my body, whether it be by 
life, or by death. 

21 For to me to live is Christ, 
and to die is gain. 

22 But if I live in the flesh, this 
is the fruit of my labour : yet what 
I shall choose I wot not. 

23 For I am in a strait betwixt 
two, having a desire to depart, and 



to be with Christ ; which is far 
better : 

24 Nevertheless to abide in the 
flesh is more needful for you. 

25 And having this confidence, 
I kiiow that I shall abide and con- 
tinue with you all, for your further- 
ance and joy of faith ; 

26 That your rejoicing may be 
more abundant in Jesus Christ for 
me, by my coming to you again. 

27 Only let your conversation 
be as it becometh the gospel of 
Christ ; that whether I come and 
see you, or else be absent, I may 
hear ofl" your afi'airs, that ye stand 
fast in one spirit, with one mind 
striving together for the faith of the 
gospel; 

28 And in nothing terrified by 
your adversaries : which is to them 
an evident token of perdition, but 
to you of salvation, and that of 
God. 

29 For unto you it is given, in 
the behalf of Christ, not only to 
believe on him, but also to sufler 
for his sake ; 

30 Having the same conflict 
which ye saw in me, and now 
hear to be in me. 



LENT. 



THE FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
HAGGAI II. to V. 10. 



I covenanted with you when ye 
came out of Eg^-pt, so mv Spirit 
remaineth among you ; fear ye 
not. 

6 For thus saith the Lord of 
hosts, Yet once, it is a little while, 



IN the seventh month, in the 
one and twentieth day of the month, 
came the word of the Lord by the 
prophet Haggai, saying, 

2 Speak now to Zerubbabel the 

son of Shealtiel, governor of Judah, , . , - ^- . _ 

and to Joshua the son of Josedech, \ and I will shake the heavens and 
the high priest, and to the residue ; the earth and the sea, and the dry 
of the people, saying, I lavid ; .„ , , 

3 Who is left among you that ! 7 And I will shake all nations, 
saw this house in her first glory ? : and the Desire of aU nations, snail 
and how do ye see it now ? is it \ come : and I will fill this house 
not in your eves in comparison of i with glory, saith the Lord ofhosts. 
it as nothing ? j 8 The silver is mme, and the 

4 Yet now be strong, O Zerub- |gold is mine, saith the Lord of 
babel, saith the Lord; and be! hosts. 

strono", O Joshua, son of Josedech, | 9 The glory of this latter house 
the high priest ; and be strong, all | shall be gi^eaterthan ofthe former, 
ye people of the land, saith the ! saith the Lord of hosts ; and m this 
Lord, and work : for I am with j place will I give peace, saith the 
you, saith the Lord of hosts. jLord ofhosts. 

5 According to the word that 1 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
LUKE XXI. 



AND he looked up, and saw 
the rich men casting their gifts into 
the treasur}'. 

2 And he saw also a certain 
poor widow casting in thither two 
mites. 



3 And he said. Of a truth I say 
unto you, that this poor widow hath 
cast in more than they all. 

4 For all these have of their 
abundance cast in unto the offer- 
ings of God : but she of her penury 



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liatli cast in all the living that she 
had. 

5 And as some spake of the 
temple, how it was adorned with 
goodly stones and gifts, he said, 

6 As for these things which ye 
behold, the days will come, in the 
which there shall not be left one 
stone upon another, that shall not 
be thrown down. 

7 And they asked him, saying. 
Master, but when shall these things 
be ? and what sign will there he 
when these things shall come to 
pass ? 

8 And he said. Take heed that 
ye be not deceived : for many shall 
come in my name, saying, I am 
Christ ; and the time draweth 
near: go ye not therefore after 
them. 

9 But when ye shall hear of 
wars and commotions, be not 
terrified : for these things must first 
come to pass ; but the end is not 
by and by. 

10 Then said he unto them, 
Nation shall rise against nation, 
•and kingdom against kingdom ; 

11 And great earthquakes shall 
be in divers places, and famines, 
and pestilences ; and fearful sights 
and great signs shall there be from 
heaven. 

12 But before all these, they 
shall lay their hands on you, and 
persecute you, delivering you up 
to the synagogues, and into prisons, 
being brought before kings and 
rulers for my name's sake. 

13 And it shall turn to you for 
a testimony. 

14 Settle it therefore in your 
hearts, not to meditate before what 
ye shall answer. 

15 For I will give you a mouth 
^nd wisdom, which all your adver- 



saries shall not be able to gainsay 
nor resist. 

16 And ye shall be betrayed 
both by parents, and brethren, and 
kinsfolks, and friends ; and some 
of you shall they cause to be put 
to death. 

17 And ye shall be hated of all 
men for my name's sake. 

18 But there shall not an hair 
of your head perish. 

19 In your patience possess ye 
your souls. 

20 And when ye shall see 
Jerusalem compassed with armies, 
then know that the desolation 
thereof is nigh. 

21 Then let them which are in 
Judea flee to the mountains ; and 
let them which are in the midst of 
it depart out ; and let not them 
that are in the countries enter 
thereinto. 

22 For these be the days of 
vengeance, that all things which 
are written may be fulfilled. 

23 But woe unto them that are 
with child, and to them that give 
suck, m those days ! for there shall 
be great distress in the land, and 
wrath upon this people. 

24 And they shall fall by the 
edge of the sword, and shall be 
led away captive into all nations : 
and Jerusalem shall be trodden 
down of the Gentiles, until the times 
of the Gentiles be fulfilled. 

25 And there shall be signs in 
the sun, and in the moon, and in 
the stars ; and upon the earth dis- 
tress of nations, with perplexity ; 
the sea and the waves roaring ; 

26 Men's hearts failing them 
for fear, and for looking after those 
things which are coming on the 
earth : for the powers of heavea 
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27 And then shall they see the 
Son of man coming in a cloud, 
with power and great glory. 

28 And when these things begm 
to come to pass, then look up, and 
lift up your heads ; for your re- 
demption draweth nigh. 

29 iVnd he spake to them a 
parable ; Behold the hg-tree, and 
all the trees ; 

30 When they now shoot torih, 
ye see and know of your own 
selves that sunmier is now nigh at 
hand. 

31 So likewise ye, when ye see 
these things come to pass, know 
ye that the kingdom of God is nigh 
at hand. 

32 Yerily I say unto you, 1 nis 
generation shall not pass away till 
all be fulfilled. 

33 Heaven and earth shall pass 
away ; butmy words shall notpass 
aw^av, 



34 And take heed to yourselves-, 
lest at any time your hearts be 
overcharged with 'surfeiting, and 
drunkenness, and cares of thishfe, 
and so that day come upon you un- 
awares. 

35 For as a snare shall it come 
on all them that dwell on the face 
of the whole earth. 

36 Watch ye therefore, and 
pray always that ye may be ac- 
counted worthy to escape all these 
things that shall come to pass,^ 
and to stand before the Son of 
man. 

37 And in the day-time he was 

[teaching in the temple; and at 
night he went out, and abode in the 
mount that is called the mount 
Olives. 

38 And all the people came 
' earlv in the morning to him in the 
[temple, for to hear him. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING- 
ZECHARIAH XIII. 



IN that day there shall be a 
fountain opened to the house of 
David, and to the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, for sin and for unclean- 
ness . 

2 And it shall come to pass | 
in that day,saith the Lord of hosts, . 
that I will cut off the names of the \ 
idols out of the land, and they shall 
no more be remembered : and al- 
so I will cause the prophets and 
the unclean spirit to pass out 
of the land. 

3 And it shall come to pass, 
that when any shall yet prophesy 



then his father and his mother that 
beo-at him shall say unto him, 
Thou shaU not live; for thou 
speakest Ues in the name of the 
LoRO : and his father and hismft- 
! ther that begat liim shall thrust hun 
! through when he prophesieth. ^ 
I 4 And it shall come to pass in 
I that day, that the prophets shall be 
'ashamed every one of his ^1Slon, 
when he hath prophesied : neither 
shall they wear a rough garment to 
, deceive : 

I 5 But he shall say, I am no pro- 
Iphet, I avi an husbandman; for 



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man taught me to keep cattle from 
my youth. 

6 And one shall say unto him, 
What are these wounds in thine 
hands? Then he shall answer, 
Those with which I was wounded 
in the house of my friends. 

7 Awake, sword, against my 
Shepherd, and against the man 
that is my fellow, saith the Lord 
of hosts : smite the Shepherd, and 
the sheep shall be scattered ; and 
I will turn mine hand upon the 
little ones. 



8 And it shall come to pass^ 
that in all the land, saith the Lord, 
two parts therein shall be cut off 
and die ; but the third shall be left 
therein. 

9 And I will bring the third 
part through the fire, and will re- 
fine them as silver is refined, and 
will try them as gold is tried; they 
shall call on my name, and I will 
hear them ; I will say, it is my 
people ; and they shall say, The 
Lord is my God. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
PHILIPPIANS III. 



FINALLY, my brethren,rejoice 
in the Lord. To write the same 
things to you, to me indeed is not 
grievous, but for you it is safe. 

2 Beware of dogs, beware of 
evil workers, beware of the conci- 
sion. 

3 For we are the circumcision, 
which worship God in the Spirit, 
and rejoice in Christ Jesus, and 
have no confidence in the flesh. 

4 Though I might also have con- 
fidence in the flesh. If any other 
man thinketh that he hath whereof 
he might trust in the flesh, I more ; 

5 Circumcised the eighth day, 
of the stock of Israel, of the tribe 
of Benjamin, an Hebrew of the He- 
brews ; as touching the law, a 
Pharisee ; 

6 Concerning zeal, persecuting 
the church; touching the righteous- 
ness which is in the law, blame- 
less. 

7 But what things were gain to 
me. those I counted loss for Christ, i 



8 Yea doubtless, and I count all' 
things but loss for the excellency 
of the knowledge of Christ Jesus 
my Lord : for whom I have sufler- 
ed the loss of all things, and do 
count them but dung, that I may 
win Christ, 

9 And be found in him, not hav- 
ing mine own righteousness, which 
is of the law, but that which is 
through the faith of Christ, the 
righteousness which is of God by 
faith ; 

10 That I may know him, and 
the power of his resurrection, and 
the fellowship of his sufl'erings, 
being made conformable unto his 
death ; 

11 If by any m.eans I might 
attain unto the resurrection of the 
dead, 

1 2 Not as though I had allready 
attained, either were already per- 
fect ; but I follow after, if that I 
may apprehend that for which also 
I am apprehended of Christ Jesus, . 

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1 3 Brethren, I count not myself 
to have apprehended but this one 
thing / do, forgetting those things 
which are behind, and reaching 
forth unto those things which are 

before, , 

14 I press toward the mark, lor | 
the prize of the high calling of God 
in Christ Jesus. 

15 Let us therefore, as many as 
be perfect, be thus minded : and if 
hi any thing ye be otherwise mind- 
ed, God shall reveal even this unto 
you. 

16 Nevertheless, whereto we 
have already attained, let us walk 
by the same rule, let us mmd the 
same thing. 

17 Bretliren, be followers to- 
gether of me and mark them which 



walk so, as ye have us for an en^ 
sample. 

18 (For many walk, of whom! 
have told you often, and now tell 
you even weeping, they arethe 
enemies of the cross of Christ : 

19 Whose end is destruction, 
whose god is their belly, and whose 
glory is in their shame, who mind 
earthly things.) _ ^ 

20 For om conversation is m 
heaven ; fromwhencealsowe look 
for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus 
Christ ; 

21 Who shall change our vile 
body, that it maybe fashioned Uke 
unto liis glorious body, according 
to the working whereby he is able 
even to subdue all things imto him- 
self. 



LENT, 



13^ 



THE SUNDAY NEXT BEFORE EASTER. 

This Sunday was formerly called Palm-sunday, because on this day Christ 
rode into Jerusalem, and the people cut down palm branches, and strewed 
them m the way. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNINGa. 
DANIEL IX. 



IN the first year of Darius the 
son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of 
the Medes, which was made king 
over the realm of the Chaldeans ; 

2 In the first year of his reign , 
I Daniel understood by books the 
number of the years, whereof the 
word of the Lord came to Jeremiah 

I the prophet, that he would accom- 
I plish seventy years in the desola- 
! tions of Jerusalem. 

3 And I set my face unto the 
Lord God, to seek by prayer and 
supplications, with fasting, and 
sackcloth, and ashes : 

4 And I prayed unto the Lord 
my God, and made my confession, 
and said, O Lord, the great and 
dreadful God, keeping the covenant 
and mercy to them that love him, 
and to them that keep his com- 
mandments ; 

5 We have sinned, and have 
committed iniquity, and have done 
wickedly, and have rebelled, even 
by departing from thy precepts, and 
from thy judgments : 

6 Neither have we hearkened 
unto thy servants the prophets, 
which spake in thy name to our 
kings, our princes, and our fathers, 
9,nd to all the people of the land. 

7 O Lord> righteousness belong- 



eth unto thee ; but unto us confusion 
of faces, as at this day ; to the men 
of Judah, and to the inhabitants of 
Jerusalem, and unto all Israel, 
that are near, and that are far off, 
through all the countries whither 
thou hast driven them, because of 
their trespass that they have tres- 
passed against thee. 

8 Lord,, to us belongeth con- 
fusion of face, to our kings, to our 
princes, and to our fathers, because 
we have sinned against thee. 

9 To the Lord our God belong 
mercies and forgivenesses, though 
we have rebelled against him : 

10 Neither have we obeyed the 
voice of the Lord our God, to walk 
in his laws, which he set before 
us by his servants the prophets. 

11 Yea, all Israel have trans- 
gressed thylaw, even by departing J 
that they might not obey thy voice ; 
therefore the curse is poured upon 
us, and the oath that is written in 
the law of Moses the servant of 
God, because we have sinned a- 
gainst him. 

12 And he hath confirmed his 
words, which he spake against us, 
and against our judges that judged 
us, by bringing upon us a great 
evil : for under the whole heaveit 



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hath not been done as hath been 
done upon Jerusalem. 

13 As it is written in the law 
of Moses, all this evil is come 
upon us : yet made we not our 
praver before the Lord our Crod, 
that we misht turn from our ini- 
quities, and^mderstand thy truth. 

14 Therefore hath the Lord 
watched upon the eviL and brought 
it upon us : for the Lord our Crod 
is righteous in all his works which 
he doeth ; for we obeyed not his 

'Ts'And now, Lord our God 
that hast brought thy people forth 
out of the land of Egypt with a 
miaht%- hand, and hast gotten thee 
renown, as at this day : we have 
sinned, we have done ^^ickedly 

16 Lord, according to alt tm 
righteousness, I beseech^ thee, 
lei thme anger and thy turv be 
turned away from thy city Jeru- 
salem, thvh6ly motmtain : because 
for our sins, and for the imqiuties 
of our fathers, Jerusalem and thy 
people are become a reproach to 
all that are about us. 

n Now therefore, our God, 
hear the praver of thy servant, and 
his suppUcations. and cause thy 
face to shine upon thy sanctuarv- 
ihat is desolate,fortheLordssake. 

18 mv God, incline thme ear, 
and hear open thine eyes and 
behold our desolations and the 
city ^vhich is called by thy name : 
for we do not present our supplica- 
tions before thee for our righteous- , 
nesses, but for thy great mercies. 

19 O Lord, hear ; O Lord, for- 
give ; Lord, hearken and do . 
defer not. for thine own sake, U 
my God: for thy city and thy peo- 
ple are called by thy name. 

10 And whiles I was speaking, 



and praving, and confessing my 
sin, and' the sin of my people Is- 
rael, and presenting my supplica- 
tion before the Lord my God tor 
the holv mountain of my God ; 

21 Yea, whiles I icas speakmg 
in praver. even the man Gabriel, 
whom' I had seen in the vision at 
the becrmnins, being caused to tly 
s^yim\ touched me about the time 
of the evening oblation. 

22 \nd he informed me, and 
talked .vith me, and said, Daniel, 
I am now come forth to give thee 
skill and understanding. 

23 \t the beginning of thy sup 
plications the cwiunandment came 
forth, and I am come to shew rtee ; 
for thou arfsreatly beloved ; there- 
fore understand the matter, ana 
consider the vision. 

94 Seventv weeks are deter- 
mined upon thy people, and upon 
thv holv city, to finish the trans- 
aression, and to make an end of 
«in<= and to make reconciliation 
for iniqmty, and to bring m ever- 
la-tino- riffhteousness, and to seal: 
up the vision and prophecy, and to 
anoint the most Holy. 

25 Know therefore and under- 
stand, that from the going forth ot 
the commandment to restore and 
to build Jerusalem, unto the -Mes- 
siah the Prince, shall be seven 
weeks, and threescore and two 
weeks : the street shall be bmlt 
again, and the wall, even m 
troublous times. 

26 \nd after threescore and t%^o 
' weeks shall ^lessiah be cut ott, 
but not for himself: and people of 
the prince that shall come shall 
destroythecity,and the sanctuary, 
and the end thereof 5A.// *e wUh 
a flood, and unto the end of the 
war desolations are detemmed.. 



LENT. 



27 And he shall confirm the 
covenant with many for one week : 
and in the midst of the week he 
shall cause the sacrifice and the 
oblation to cease, and for the over- 



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spreading of abominations he shall 
make it desolate, even until the 
consummation, and that determined 
shall be poured upon the deso- 
late. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



MATTHEW XXVL 



AND it came to pass, when Je- 
sus had finished all these sayings, 
he said unto his disciples, 

2 Ye know that after two days 
is the feast of the passover, and 
the Son of man is betrayed to be 
crucified. 

3 Then assembled together the 
chief priests, and the scribes, and 
the elders of the people, unto the 
palace of the high priest, who was 
called Caiaphas, 

4 And consulted that they might 
take Jesus by subtilty, and kill 
him, 

5 But they said, Not onthefeast- 
day, lest there be an uproar among 
the people. 

6 Now, when Jesus was in 
Bethany, in the house of Simon 
the leper, 

7 There came unto him a wo- 
man having an alabaster-box of 
very precious ointment, and pour- 
ed it on his head, as he sat at 
meat, 

8 But when his disciples saw 
it, they had indignation, saying, 
To what purpose is this waste ? 

9 For this ointment might have 
been sold for much, and given to i 
the poor. | 

10 When Jesus understood it,\ 
he said ynto them, Why trouble ye [ 



the w^oman ? for she hath y/rought 
a good work upon me. 

1 1 For ye have the poor always 
with you ; but me ye have not 
always. 

12 For in that she hath poured 
this ointment on my body, she did 
it for my burial. 

13 Verily I say unto you. Where- 
soever this gospel shall be preach- 
ed in the whole world, there shall 
also this, that this woman hath 
done, be told for a memorial ofhei\ 

14 Then one of the twelve, call- 
ed Judas Iscariot, went unto the 
chief priests, 

15 And said unto them, What 
will ye give me, and I will deliv- 
er him unto you ? And they co- 
venanted with him for thirty pieces 
of silver, 

1 6 iVnd from that time he sought 
opportunity to betray him. 

17 Now, the first day of the 
feast of unleavened bread,the disci- 
ples came to Jesus, saying unto 
him, Where wilt thou that we pre- 
pare for thee to eat the passover ? 

18 And he said. Go into the 
city to such a man, and say unto 
him, The Master saith, My time 
is at hand ; I will keep the pass- 
over at thv house with my disci- 
ples. 



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LENT. 



19 x^nd the disciples did as Je- 
sus had appointed them ; andthey 
made ready the passover. 

20 Now, when the even was 
come, he sat down with the twelve. 

21 And as they did eat, he said. 
Verily I say mito you, That one 
of ye shall betray me. 

22 And they were exceeding 
sorrowful, and began every one of 
them to say unto him. Lord, is 
it I? 

23 And he answered and said, 
He that dippeth his hand with me 
in the dish, the same shall betray 
me. 

24 The Son of man goeth as it 
is written of him : but woe unto 
that man bv whom the Son of man 
is betrayed ! it had been good for 
that man if he had not been born. 

25 Then Judas whichbetrayed 
him, answered and said. Master, 
is it I? He said imto him, Thouhast 
said. 

26 And as they were eating, Je- 
sus took bread, and blessed i^, and 
brake it, and gave it to the disci- 
ples, and said^Take, eat: this is 
my body. 

'27 And he took the cup and gave 
thanks, and gave it to them,saying, 
Drink ye all of it. 

28 For this is my blood of the 
new testament, which is shed for 
many for the remission of sins. 

29 But I say unto you, I will 
not drink henceforth of this fruit 
of the vine, until that day when I 
drink itnew withyou in my Fathers 
kindom. 

30 And when they had sung an 
hymn, they went out into the mount 
of Olives. 

31 Then saith Jesus unto them, 
All ye shall be offended because 
of me this night, for it is written, 



I will smite the Shepherd, and the 
sheep of the flock shall be scat- 
tered abroad. 

32 But after I am risen again, I 
will go before you into Galilee. 

33 Peter answered and said un- 
to him, Though all m.en shaU be 
offended because of thee, yet will 
I never be offended. 

34 Jesus said unto him. Verily 
I say unto thee, That this night, 
before the cock crow, thou shalt 
deny me thrice. 

35 Peter said unto him. Though 
I should die with thee, yet will I 
not deny thee. Likewise also said 
all the disciples. 

36 Then cometh Jesus with them 
unto a place called Gethsemane, 
and saith unto the disciples, Sit 
ye here, while I go and pray yon- 
der. 

37 And he took with him Peter 
and the two sons of Zebedee, and 
beo-an to be sorrowful and very 
hea\y. 

38 Then saith he unto them, 
:\Iy soul is exceeding sorrowful, 
even unto death: tarry ye here, 
and watch with me. 

39 And he went a little further, 
and fell on his face, and prayed, 
saving, my Father, if it be pos- 
sible, let this cup pass from me : 
nevetheless, not as I will, but as 
thou wilt. 

40 And he cometh unto the dis- 
ciples, and findeth them asleep, and 
saith unto Peter, What ! could ye 
I not watch with me one hour ? 

41 Watch and pray, that ye en- 
ter not into temptation : the spirit 
indeed is willing, but the flesh is 
weak. 

42 He went away again the se- 
cond time, and prayed, saying, 
my Father, if this cup may not 



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143 



pass away from me, except I drink 
it, thy will be done. 

43 And he came and found them 
asleep again : for their eyes were 
heavy. 

44 And he left them, and went 
away again, and prayed the third 
time, saying the same words. 

45 Then cometh he to his dis- 
ciples, and saith unto them. Sleep 
on now^ and take your rest ; be- 
hold, the hour is at hand, and the 
Son of man is betrayed into the 
hands of sinners. 

46 Rise, let us be going ; be- 
hold, he is at hand that doth betray 
me. 

47 And while he yet spake, lo, 
Judas, one of the twelve, came, 
and with him a great multitude 
with swords and staves, from the 
chief priests and elders of the peo- 
ple. 

48 Now, he that betrayed him 
gave them their sign, saying. 
Whomsoever I shall kiss, that 
same is he ; hold him fast. 

49 And forthwith he came to 
Jesus, and said, Hail, Master ; and 
kissed him. 

50 And Jesus said unto him, 
Friend, wherefore art thou come. 
Then came they and laid hands on 
Jesus, and took him. 

51 And behold, one of them 
which were with Jesus stretched 
out his hand, and drew his sword, 
and struck a servant of the high 
priest, and smote off his ear. 

52 Then said Jesus unto him, 
Put, up again thy sword into his 
place : for all they that take the 
sword shall perish with the sword. 

53 Thinkest thou that I cannot 
now pray to my Father, and he 
shall presently give me more than 
twelve legions of angels % 



54 But how then shall the scrip- 
tures be fulfilled, that thus it must 
be ? 

55 In that same hour said Jesus 
to the multitudes. Are ye come out 
as against a thief, with swords and 
staves for to take me ? I sat daily 
with you teaching in the temple, 
and ye laid no hold on me, 

56 But all this was done, that 
the scriptures of the prophets might 
be fulfilled. Then all the disci- 
ples forsook him, and fied. 

57 And they that had laid hold 
on Jesus led him away to Caiaphas 
the high priest, where the scribes 
and the elders were assembled. 

58 But Peter followed him afar 
off unto the high priest's palace, 
and went in, and sat with the ser- 
vants, to see the end. 

59 Now the chief priests, and 
elders, and all the council, sought 
false witness against Jesus, to put 
him to death : 

60 But found none : yea, though 
many false witnesses came, yet 
found they none. At the last came 
two false witnesses, 

61 And said. This /eZ/c'z^; said, 
I am able to destroy the temple of 
God, and to build it in three 
days. 

62 And the high priest arose and 
said unto him, Answerest thou no- 
thing ? what is it which these wit- 
ness against thee ? 

63 But Jesus held his peace. 
And the high priest answered and 
said unto him, I adjure thee by the 
living God, that thou tell us wheth- 
er thou be the Christj the Son of 
God. 

64 Jesus saith unto him, Thou 
hast said : nevertheless, I say un* 
to you, Hereafter shall ye see th& 
Son of man sitting on the right 



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144 

hand of power, and coming in the 
clouds of heaven. 

65 Then the high priest rent l:;is > 
clothes, savins-, He hath spoken 
blasphemv'; what further need 
have we of witnesses? behold, now 
ve have heard his blasphemy. 
" 66 What think ye? They an- 
swered and said, He is guilty of 
death. . . 

67 Then did they spit m his 
face, and buffeted him : and others 
smote him with the palms of their 
hands. 

68 Saving. Prophesy unto us, 
thou Christ, Who is he that smote 

thee ? . ^ . 

69 Now Peter sat without m 
the palace : and a damsel came 
unto him, saying, Thou also wast 
with Jesus of Galilee. 

70 But he denied before the??i 



all, saying, I know not what tnou 
sayest. 

71 And Avhen he was gone out 
into the porch, another maid saw 
him, and said unto them that were 
there, This /^^//oK' w^as also with 
Jesus of Nazareth. 

72 And againhe denied with an 
' oath, I do not know the man. 

73 And after a while came un- 
to h im they that stood by, and said 
■to Peter, Surelv thou also art one 

of them; for thy speech bewray- 
eththee. 

74 Then began he to curse and to 
svrear, saying, I kno\v not the man. 
And imniediately the cock crew 

75 And Peter remembered the 
word of Jesus ^\:hich said unto him. 
Before the cock crow, thou shalt 
deny me thrice. And he went out, 
and' wept bitterly. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
MALACHI III. and IV. 



BEHOLD, I will send my mes- 1 
senger, and he shall prepare the | 
wav before me: and the Lord i 
whom ve seek, shall suddenly come 
to his temple, even the messenger 
of the covenant, whom ye delight , 
in : behold, he shall come, saith 
the Lord of hosts. I 

2 But who may abide the day 
of his coming ? and who shall stand 
when he appeareth ? for he is like 
a refiner's fire, and like fuller^s soap : 

3 And he shall sit as a refiner 
and purifier of silver ; and he shall 
purify the sons of Levi, and purge 
them as gold and silver, that they 
may offer unto the Lord an offer- 
ing in righteousness. 



4 Then shall the offering of Ju- 
dah and Jerusalem be pleasant un- 
to the Lord, as in the days of old, 
and as in former years. 

5 And I will come near to you 
to judgment ; and I will be a swift 
witness against the sorcerers, and 
against the adulterers, and against 
i false swearers, and against those 
'that oppress the hireling in his 
jwa^es, the widow, and the father- 
less, and that tmm aside the stran- 
' ger from his right, and fear not me, 
i saith the Lord of hosts. 

6 For I am the Lord, I change 
not ; therefore ye sons of Jacob are 
not consumed. 

7 Even from the days of your 



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145 



fathers ye are gone away from mine 
ordinances, and have not kept them. 
I Return unto me, and I will return 
i unto you, saith the Lord of hosts. 
I But ye said, Wherein shall we re- 
I turn ? 

8 Will a man rob God ? yet ye 
have robbed me. But ye say. 
Wherein have we robbed thee ? In 
tithes and offerings. 

9 Ye are cursed with a curse : 
j for ye have robbed me, even this 
1 whole nation, 

ij 10 Bring ye all the tithes into 
' the storehouse, that there may be 
I meat in mine house, and prove me 
; now herewith, saith the Lord of 
hosts, if I will not open you the 
windows of heaven, and pour you 
out a blessing, that there shall not 
he room enough to receive it. 
I 11 And I will rebuke the de- 
1 vourer for your sake s, and he shall 
\ not destroy the fruits of your ground; 
neither shall your vine cast her 
fruit before the time in the field, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

12 And all nations shall call you 
blessed : for ye shall be a delight- 
some land, saith the Lord of hosts. 

13 Your words have been stout 
against me, saith the Lord : yet 

: ye say. What have we spoken so 
much against thee 1 

14 Ye have said. It is vain to 
serve God ; and what profit is it 
that we have kept his ordinance, 
and that we have walked mourn- 
fully before the Lord of hosts ? 

15 And now we call the proud 
happy : yea, they that work wick- 

I edness, are set up ; yea, they that 
I tempt God are even delivered. 
I 16 Then they that feared the 
I Lord spake often one to another ; 
I andthe Lord hearkened and heard 



it : and a book of remembrance was 
written before him for them that 
feared the Lord, and that thought 
upon his name. . 

17 And they shall be mine, saith 
the Lord of hosts, in that day when 
I make up my jewels ; and I will 
spare them, as a man spareth his 
own son that serveth him, 

18 Then shall ye return, and 
discern between the righteous and 
the wicked; between him that 
serveth God, and him that serveth 
him not. 

FOR behold, the day cometh 
that shall burn as an oven ; and all 
the proud, yea, and all that do wick- 
edly, shall be stubble ; and the day 
that cometh shall burn them up, 
saith the Lord of hosts, that it 
shall leave them neither root nor 
branch. 

2 But unto you that fear my 
name shall the Sun of righteous- 
ness arise with healing in his wings ; 
and ye shall go forth, and grow up 
as calves of the stall. 

3 And ye shall tread down the 
wicked ; for they shall be ashes 
under the soles of your feet, in.the 
day that I shall do this, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

4 Remember ye the law of 
Moses my servant, which I com^- 
manded unto him in Horeb for all 
Israel, with the statutes and judg- 
ments. 

5 Behold, I will send you Elijah 
the prophet before the coming of 
the great and dreadful day of the 
Lord : 

6 And he shall turn the heart of 
the fathers to the children, andl the 
heart of the children to their fathers, 
lest I come and smite the earth 
with a curse. 

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LENT. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



HEBREWS V. to v. 11. 



FOR every high priest, taken 
from among men, is ordained for 
men in things pertaining to God, 
that he may offer both gifts and 
sacrifices for sins : 

2 Who can have compassion on 
the ignorant, and on them that are 
out of the way ; for that he him- 
self also is compassed with infir- 
mity. 

3 And byreasonhereof he ought, 
as for the people, so also for him- 
self, to offer for sins. 

4 And no man taketh this hon- 
our imto himself, but he that is 
called of God, as icas Aaron. 

5 So also Christ glorified not 
himself to be made an high priest : 
but he that said imto him, Thou 



art my Son, to day have I begotten 
thee. 

6 As he saith also in another 
place, Thou art a priest for ever, 
after the order of Melchisedec. 

7 Who in the days of his flesh, 
when he had offered up prayers 
and suppHcations, with strong cry- 
ing and tears, unto him that was 
able to save him from death, and 
was heard in that he feared : 

8 Though he were a Son, yet 
learned he obedience by the things 
which he suffered ; 

9 And being made perfect, he 
became the author of eternal sal- 
vation unto all them that obey him ; 
I 10 Called of God an high priest, 

after the order of Melchisedec. 



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147 



MONDAY BEFORE EASTER. 



This week has been called Passion Week, because it is particularly devoted 
to the commemoration of the passion and death of Christ. It is also called the 
Great Week, on account of the important transactions which it witnessed, 
and the exalted blessings derived to us from them. And it is likewise called 
the Holy Week, from the extraordinary and solemn exercises of devotion, 
which the charch prescribes in it for our edification and comfort. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING, 
DANIEL X. 



IN the third year of Cyrus, king 
of Persia, a thing was revealed unto 
Daniel, whose name w^as called 
Belteshazzar ; aixd the thing loas 
true, but the time appointed wo.s 
long : and he understood the thing, 
and had understanding of the vision. 

2 In those days i Daniel was 
mourning three full weeks. 

3 I ate no pleasant bread, nei- 
ther came flesh nor wine in my 
mouth, neither did I anoint my- 
self at all, till tlnree whole weeks 
were fulfilled. 

4 And in the four and twentieth 
day of the first month, as I was by 
the side of the great river, which 
is Hiddekel ; 

5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, 
and looked, and behold a certain 
man clothed in linen, whose loins 
were girded with fine goldof Uphas: 

6 His body also was like the 
beryl, and his face as the appear- 
ance of lightning, and his eyes as 
lamps of fire, and his arms and 
his feet like in colour to polished 
brass, and the voice of his words 
like the voice of a multitude. 

7 And I Daniel alone saw the, 
vision : for the men that were with 



me saw not the vision ; but a great 
quaking fell upon them, so that 
they fled to hide themselves. 

8 Therefore I was left alone, 
and saw this great vision, and there 
remained no strength in m^e : for 
my comeliness was turned in me 
into corruption, and I retained no 
strength. 

9 Yet heard I the voice of his 
words : and when I heard the 
voice of his words, then was I in 
a deep sleep on my face, and my 
face toward the ground. 

10 And behold, an hand touched 
me, which set me upon my knees 
and upon the palms of my hands ; 

11 And he said unto me, O 
Daniel, a man greatly beloved, un- 
derstand the words that I speak 
unto thee, and stand upright : for 
unto thee am I now sent. And 
when he had spoken this word 
unto me, I stood trembling. 

12 Then said he unto me. Fear 
not, Daniel ; for from the first day 
that thou didst set thine heart to 
understand, and to chasten thyself 
before thy God, thy words were 
heard, and I am come for thy words. 

13 But the prince of the king- 



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dom of Persia withstood me one 
and twenty days : but lo, Michael, 
one of the chief princes, came to 
help me ; and I remained there 
with the kings of Persia. 

14 Now I am come to make 
thee understand what shall befall 
thy people in the latter days : for 
yet the vision is for days. 

15 And when he had spoken 
such words unto me, I set my face 
toward the ground, and I became 
dumb. 

16 And behold, one like the 
similitude of the sons of men touch- 
ed my lips: then I opened my 
mouth, and spake, and said unto 
him that stood before me, O my 
lord, by the vision my sorrows are 
turned upon me, and I have re- 
tained no strength. 

17 For how can the servant of 
this my lord talk with this my 
lord 1 for, as for me, straightway 



there remained no strength in me-, 
neither is there breath left in me. 

18 Then there came again and 
touched me onelike the appearance 
of a man, and he strengthened me, 

19 And said, O man greatly be- 
loved,fear not ; peace be unto thee ; 
be strong, yea, be strong. And 
when he had spoken unto me, I 
was strengthened, and said. Let 
my lord speak ; for thou hast 
strengthened me. 

20 Then said he, Knowest thou 
wherefore I come unto thee ? and 
now will I return to fight with the 
prince of Persia : and when I am 
gone forth, lo, the prince of Grecia 
shall come. 

21 But I will shew thee that 
which is noted in the scripture of 
truth : and there is none that hold- 
eth with me in these things, but 
Michael your prince » 



SECOND LESSON 
JOHN 

LETnotyour heart be troubled : 
ye believe in God, believe also in 
me. 

2 In my Father's house are 
many mansions : if it toere not so, 
I would have told you. I go to 
prepare a place for you. 

3 And if I go and prepare a 
place for you, I will come again, 
and receive you unto myself; that 
where I am, there ye may be 
also. 

4 And whither I go ye know, 
and the way ye know. 

5 Thomas saith unto liim, Lord, 



FOR MORNING* 
XIV. 

we know not whither thou goest ; 
and how can we know the way 1 

6 Jesus saith unto him, I am 
the way, and the truth, and the 
life : no man cometh unto the Fa- 
ther, but by me. 

7 Ifye had known me, ye should 
have known my Father also : and 
from henceforth ye know him, and 
have seen him. 

8 Philip saith unto him, Lord, 
shew us the Father, and it sufficeth 
us. 

9 Jesus saith unto him, Have 
I been so long time with you, and 



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149 



yet hast thou not known me, Philip ? 
he that hath seen me hath seen the 
Father ; and how say est thou then, 
Shew us the Father? 

10 Believest thou not that I am 
in the Father, and the Father in 
me ? the words that I speak unto 
you, I speak not of myself : but 
the Father, that dwelleth in me, 
he doeth the works. 

1 1 Believe me that I am in the 
Father, and the Father in me ; or 
else believe me for the very works' 
sake. 

12 Verily, verily, I say unto 
you. He that believeth on me, the 
works that I do shall he do 
also ; and greater works than these 
shall he do ; because I go unto 
my Father. 

13 And whatsoever ye shall ask 
in my name, that will I do, that the 
Father may be glorified in the 
Son. 

14 If ye shall ask any thing in 
my name, I will do it, 

15 If ye love me, keep my 
commandments : 

16 And I will pray the Father, 
and he shall give you another 
Comforter, that he may abide with 
you for ever ; 

17 Even the Spirit of truth ; 
whom the world cannot receive, 
because it seeth him not, neither 
knoweth him : but ye know him ; 
for he dwelleth v/ith you, and shall 
be in you. 

18 1 will not leave you comfort- 
less ; I will come to you. 

19 Yet a little while, and the 
world seeth me no more ; but ye 
see me : because I live, ye shall 
live also. 

20 At that day ye shall know 
that I am in my Father, and ye in 
me, and I in you. 



21 He that hath my command- 
ments, and keepeth them, he it is 
that loveth me ; and he that loveth 
m.e shall be loved of my Father, 
and I will love him, and will ma- 
nifest myself to him. 

22 .Tudas saith unto him, (not 
Iscariot,) Lord, how is it that thou 
wilt manifest thyself unto us, and 
not unto the world ? 

23 Jesus answered and said 
unto him, If a man love me, he 
will keep my words : and my Fa- 
ther will love him, and we will 
come unto him, and make our 
abode with him. 

24 He that loveth me not keep- 
eth not my sayings : and the word 
which ye hear is not mine, but the 
Father's which sent me. 

25 These things have I spoken 
unto you, being yet present with 
you. 

26 But the Comforter, whuh is 
the Holy Ghost, -whom the Father 
will send in my name, he shall 
teach you all: things, and bring all 
things to your remambrance, what^* 
soever I have said unto you. 

27 Peace I leave with you, my ■ 
peace I give unto you : not as the 
v/orld giveth, give I unto you. Let 
not your heart be troubled, neither 
let it be afraid. 

28 Ye have heard how I said 
unto you, I go away, and come 
again unto you. If ye loved me, 
ye would rejoice, becraise I said, 
I go unto the Father : for my 
Father is greater than I. 

29 And now I have told you be- 
fore it come to pass, that, when it 
is come to pass, ye might be- 
lieve. 

30 Hereafter I will not talk 
much with you : for the prince of 

IB* 



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LENT. 



tliis world cometli, and hatli noth- 
ing in me. 

31 But that the world may know 



that I love the Father ; and as the 
Father gave me commandment^ 
evensoldo. Arise, let us go hence. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



HOSEA XL 



WHE-N Israel was a child, then] 
I loved him, and called my son out ; 
of Eg}-pt. 

2 As they called them, so they 
went from them : they sacrificed 
unto Baalim, and burned incense to 
graven images. 

3 I taught Ephraim also to go, 
takingthemby their arms ; but they 
knew not that I healed them. 

4- I drew them with cords of a 
man, vnth bands of love ; and! was 
to them as they that take off ihe 
yoke on their jaws, and I laid meat 
unto them. 

5 He ^hall not return into the 
land of Eg\-pt, but the Assyrian 
shall be his'king, because they re- 
fused to return. 

6 "-d the sword shall abide on 
his ciii-^-, and shall consume his 
branches, and devour //?e//z, because 
of their own counsels. 

7 " And my people are bent to 
backsliding from me : though they 
called them to the most High, none 
at all would exalt him. 



8 HoAV shall I give thee up, 
Ephraim ? hoic shs-W I deliver thee, 
Israel ? how shall I make thee as 
Admah 1 how shall I set thee as 
Zeboim? :Mine heart is turned 
within me, my repentings are kind- 
led together. 

9 I will not execute the fierce- 
ness of mine anger, I will not re- 
turn to destroy Ephraim : for I a7n 
God, and not man ; the Holy One 
in the midst of thee ; and I Avill not 
enter into the city. 

10 They shall walk after the 
Lord ; he shaU roar hke a lion : 
when he shall roar, then the chil- 
dren shall tremble from the west, 

1 1 Thev shall tremble as a bird 
out of E-ypt, and as a dove out of 
The land^of Assyria: and I w411 
place them in their houses, saith 
the Lord. 

-12 Ephraim compasseth me 
about with hes, and the house of 
; Israel v^-ith deceit : but Judah yet 
jruleth. with God, and is faitMul 
with the saints. 



N B There is no Second' Lesson appointed f^r evening npon this, and the 
three followixig davs, otherwise than as they stand hi the calendar lor the day 
of the month on which they may happen to fall. 



LENT. 



151 



TUESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING, 



DANIEL 

ALSO I, in the first year of 
Darius the Mede, even I, stood' to 
confirm and to strengthen him. 

2 And now will I shew thee 
the truth. Behold, there shall stand 
up yet three kings in Persia ; and 
the fourth shall be far richer than 
they all ; and by his strength through 
his riches he shall stirup all against 
the realm of Grecia. 

3 And a mighty king shall stand 
up, that shall rule with great do- 
minion, and do according to his 
will. 

4 And when he shall stand up, 
his kii.gdom shall be broken, 
and shall be divided toward the 
four winds of heaven ; and not 
to his posterity, nor according 
to his dominion which he ruled : 
for his kingdom shall be pluck- 
ed up, even for others besides 
those. 

5 And the king of the south 
shall be strong, and one of his 
princes ; and he shall be strong 
above him, and have dominion ; 
his dominion shall be a great do- 
minion. 

6 And in the end of years they 
shall join themselves together ; for 
the king's daughter of the south 
shall come to the king of the north 
to make an agreement : but she 
shall not retain the power of the 
arm : neither shall he stand, nor 
his arm \ but she shall be given up, 



XI. to V. 3a 

and they that brought her, and he 
that begat her, and he that 
strengthened her in these times. 

7 But out of a branch of her roots 
shall 07ie stand up in his estate, 
which shall come with an army, 
and shall enter into the fortress of 
the king of the north, and shall 
deal against them, and shall pre- 
vail ; 

8 And shall also carry captives 
into Egypt their gods, with their 
princes, and with their precious^^ 
vessels of silver and of gold ; and 
he shall continue more years than 
the king of the north. 

9 So the king of the south shall 
come into his kingdom, and shall 
return into his own land. 

10 But his sons shall be stirred 
up, and shall assemble a m.ultitude 
of great forces : and one shall cer- 
tainly come and overflow, and pass 
through : then shall he return, and 
be stirred up, even to his fortress. 

1 1 And the king of the south 
shall be moved with choler, and 
shall come forth and fight with 
him, even with the king of the 
north, and he shall set forth a great 
multitude ; but the multitude shall 
be given into his hand. 

12 And when he hath taken 
away the multitude, his heart 
shall be hfted up : and he shall 
cast down mayiy ten thousands 
but he shall not be strengthenedZ>y i^^ 



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LENT. 



13 For tlie king of the north 
shall return, and shall set forth a 
multitude greater than the former, 
and shall certainly come after cer- 
tain years with a great army, and 
with much riches. 

14 And in those times there 
shall many stand up against the 
king of the south ; also the robbers 
of thy people shall exah themselves 
to establish the vision : but they 
shall fall. 

15 So the king of the north shall 
come, and cast up a mount, and 
take the most fenced cities ; and 
the arms of the south shall not 
withstand, neither his chosen peo- 
ple, neither shall there be any 
strength to withstand. 

16 But he that cometh against 
him shall do according to his own 
will, and none shall stand before 
him : and he shall stand in the 
glorious land which by his hand 
shall be consumed. 

17 He shall also set his face to 
enter v:iththe strength of his whole 
kingdom, and upright ones with 
him : thus shall he do ; and he 
shall give him the daughter of wo- 
men, corrupting her ; but she shall 
not stand on his side, neither be for 
him. 

18 After this shall he turn his 
face unto the isles, aud shall take 
manv ; but a prince for his own be- 
half ^shall cause the reproach offer- 
ed by him to cease : v>-ithout his 
ov/n*reproach he shall cause it to 
turn upon him. 

19 Then he shall turn his face 
tovv-ard the fort of his own land ; 
blithe shall stumblo and fall, and 
not be found. 

20 Then shall stand up in his es- 
tate a raiser of taxes in the glory of 
the kingdom; but v/ithin few days 



he shall be destroyed, neither m 
anger, nor in battle. 

21 And in his estate shall stand 
up a vile person, to whom they shall 
not give the honour ol the kingdom ; 
but \e shall come m peaceably, 
and obtain the kingdom by flatter- 



ies. 

22 And with the arms of a flood 
shall they be overflown frombefore 
him, and shall be broken ; yea, al- 
so the prince of the covenant. 

23 And after the league made 
with him he shall work deceitful- 
ly ; for he shall come up, and shall 
become strong with a small peo- 
ple. 

! 24 He shall enter peaceably 
even upon the fattest places of the 
province : and he shall not do that 
which his fathers have not done,nor 
his fathers' fathers : he shall scat- 
ter among them the prey, and spoils 
and riches ; yea, and h-e shall fore- 
cast his devices against the strong 
holds, even for a time. 

25 And he shaU stir up his pow- 
er and his courage against the king 
of the south with a great army : 
and the king of the south shall be 
stirred up to battle with a very great 
and inightv army : but he shall not 
stand ; "for they' shall forecast de- 
vices against him. 

26 Yea. ihev that feed of the 
portion c^^ his meat shall destroy 
him, and his army shall overflow^ : 
and miuv sh;ill fall down slain. 

27 And both these kings' hep.rts 
shall hr to do mischief, and they 
shall speak lies at one table : but 
It shall not prosper ; for yet 
the end shall he at the time ap- 
pointed. 

28 Then shall he return mto his 
land With great rxhes : and his 
heart shall he against the holy co- 



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153 



venant ; and he shall do exploits, 
and return to his own land. 

29 At the time appointed he 



shall return, and come toward the 
south but it shall not be as the 
foTEiier, of as the latter. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



JOHN XV. 



1 AM the true vine, and my 
Father is the husbandman. 

2 Every branch in me that 
beareth not fruit he taketh away, 
and every branch that beareth fruit 
hepurgeth it, that it may bring forth 
more fruit. 

3 Now ye are clean through 
the word which I have spoken 
unto you. 

4 Abide in me, and I in you. 
As the branch cannot bear fruit of 
itself, except it abide in the vine ; 
no more can ye, except ye abide 
in me. 

5 I am the vine, ye are the 
branches : he that abideth in me, 
and I in him, the same bringeth 
forth much fruit ; for without me 
ye can do nothing. 

6 If a man abide not in me, he 
is cast forth, as a branch, and is 
withered ; and men gather them, 
and cast them into the fire, and 
they are burned. 

7 If ye abide in me, and my 
words abide in you, ye shall ask 
what ye will, and it shall be done 
unto you. 

8 Herein is my Father glorified, 
that ye bear much fruit ; so shall 
ye be my disciples. 

9 As the Father hath loved me, 
so have I loved you : continue ye 
in my love. 

10 If ye keep my command- 



ments, ye shall abide in my love ; 
even as I have kept my Father's 
commandments, and abide in his 
love. 

11 These things have I spoken 
unto you, that my joy might remain 
in you, and that your joy might be 
full. 

12 This is my commandment, 
That ye love one another, as I 
have loved you. 

■ 13 Greater love hath no man 
than this, that a man lay down his 
life for his friends. 

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do 
whatsoever I command you. 

15 Henceforth I call you not 
servants ; for the servant knoweth 
not what his lord doeth : but I have 
called you friends ; for all things 
that I have heard of my Father I 
have made known unto you. 

16 Ye have not chosen me, but 
I have chosen you, and ordained 
you, that ye should go and bring 
forth fruit, and that your fruit 
should remain ; that whatsoever ye 
shall ask of the Father in my name, 
be may give it you. 

17 These things I command 
you, that ye love one another. 

18 If the world hate you, ye 
know that it hated me before it 
hated you. 

19 If ye were of the world, the 
world would love his own: but 



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LENT. 



because ye are not of the world, ' 
but I have chosen you out of the 
world, therefore the world hateth 
vou. 

20 Remember the word that 1 
said unto vou. The servant is not 
greater than his lord. If they have 
persecuted me, they will also 
persecute you ; if they have kept 
my saving, they will keep yours 
also. 

21 But all these things AviU 
thev do unto you for my name's 
sake, because'they know not him 
that sent me. 

22 If I had not come and spoken 
unto them, they had not had sin : 
but now they have no cloak for 
their sin. 



23 He that hateth me, hateth 
mv Father also. 

*24 If I had not done among 
them the works which none other 
man did. they had not had sin : 
but now have\hey both seen and 
hated both me and my Father. 

•25 But this co-;ieth to pas.% that 
the word might be fultined that is 
wrhten in their law, they hated 
me without a cause. 

26 Bnt when the Comforter is 
come, whom I will send unto you 
from the Father, even the Spirit of 
truth, which proceedeth from the 
Father, he shall testify of me ; 

27 And ve also shall bear witness, 
because ye have been with me 
from the iDegimiing. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



HOSEA XII. 



EPHRADI feedeth on wind,' 
and followeth after the east wind : 
he daily increaseth hes and de- i 
solation ; and they do make a 
covenant with the Assyrians, and 
oil is carried into Egypt. 

2 The Lord hath also a con- 
troversy whh Judah, and will 
punish' Jacob according^ to his 
ways ; according to his doings will 
he recompense him. 

3 He took his brother by the 
heel in the womb, and by his 
strength he had power with God : 

4 Yea, he had power over the 
angel, and prevailed ; he wept, and 
made supplication unto him : he 
found him in Beth-el, and there 
he spake with us ; 



5 Even the Lord God of hosts ; 
The Lord is his memorial. 

6 Therefore turn thou to thy 
God : keep mercy and judgment, 
and wait on thv God continually. 

7 He is a merchant, the balances 
of deceh are in his hand: he 
loveth to oppress. 

8 And Ephraim said, Yet I am 
become rich, I have found me out 
substance : m all my labours they 

: shall fmd none iniquhy m me that 
1 were sin. 

1 9 And I, thai am the Lord thy 
; God from the land of Egypt, will 
' yet make thee to dwell in taberna- 
: des, as in the days of the solemn 
I feasts. 

I 10 1 have also spoken by the 



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155 



prophets, and I have multiplied 
visions, and used similitudes, by 
the ministry of the prophets. 

11/5 there iniquity in Gilead ? 
surely they are vanity : they sacri- 
fice bullocks in Gilgal ; yea, their 
altars are as heaps in the furrows 
of the fields. 

12 And Jacob fled into the coun- 
try of Syria ; and Israel served for 



a vv^ife,and for a wife he kept sheep, 

13 And by a prophet the Lord 
brought Israel out of Egypt, and 
by a prophet was he preserved. 

14 Ephraim provoked him to 
anger most bitterly : therefore shall 
he leave his blood upon him, and 
his reproach shall his Lord return 
unto him. 



N. B. For the second evening lesson, turn to the day of the month in the 
calendar. 



WEDNESDAY BEFORE EASTER. 



FIRST LESSON 
DANIEL 

30 For the ships of Chittim shall 
come against him : therefore he 
shall be grieved, and return, and 
have indignation against the holy 
covenant : so shall he do ; he shall 
even return, and have intelligence 
with them that forsake the holy 
covenant. 

31 And arms shall stand on his 
part, and they shall pollute the 
sanctuary of strength, and shall 
take away the daily sacrifice^ and 
they shall plice the abomination 
that maketh desolate. 

32 And such as do wickedly 
against the covenant shall be cor- 
rupt by flatteries ; but the people 
that do know their God shall be 
strong, and do exploits. 



FOR MORNING. 

XL V. 30. 

33 And they that understand 
among the people shall instruct 
many ; yet they shall fall by the 
sword, and by flame, by captivity, 
and by spoil, m.any days. 

34 Now, when they shall fall, 
they shall be holpen with a little 
help : but many shall cleave to 
them with flatteries, 

35 And some of them of under- 
standing shall fall, to try them, and 
to purge, and to make them white, 
even to the time of the end : be- 
cause it is yet for a time appointed. 

36 And the king shall do accord- 
ing to his will ; and he shall exalt 
himself, and magnify himself above 
every god, and shall speak mar- 
vellous things against the God of 



156 LENT. 

gods, and shall prosper till the in- 
dignation be accomplished : for that 
that is determined shall be done. 

37 Neither shall he regard the 
God of his fathers, nor the desire 
of women, nor regard any god : for ' 
he shall magnify himself above all. 

38 But in his estate shall he 
honour the God of forces : and a 
god whom his fathers knew not 
shall he honour with gold, and 
silver, and with precious stones, 
and pleasant things. 

39 Thus shall he do in the most 
strong holds with a strange god, 
whom he shall acknowledge a/id 
increase with glory : and he shall 
cause them to rule over many, and 
shall divide the land for gain. 

40 And at the time of the end 
shall the king of the south push at 
him : and the king of the north shall 
come against him like a whirlwind, 
with chariots, and with horsemen, 
and with many ships ; and he shall 
enter into the countries, and he 
shall overflow and pass over. 



41 He shall enter also into the 
glorious land, and many countries 
shall be overthrown ; but these 
shall escape out of his hand, even 
Edom, and Moab, and the chief of 
the children of Ammon. 

42 He shall stretch forth his 
hand also upon the countries ; and 
the land of Egypt shall not es- 
cape. 

43 But he shall have power 
over the treasures of gold and of 
silver, and over all the precious 
things of Egy^t : and the Libyans 
and the Ethiopians shall be at his 

' steps. 

! 44 But tidings out of the east 
' and out of the north shall trouble 
I him : therefore he shall go forth 
Iwith g^reat fury to destroy, and 
• utterly to make away many. 
I 45 \\nd he shall plant the taber- 
' nacles of his palaces between the 
I seas in the glorious holy mountain : 
yet he shall come to his end, and 
none shall help him. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JOHN XL V. 45. 



45 Then many of the Jews 
which came to Mary, and had seen 
the things which Jesus did , believed 
on him. 

46 But some of them went their 
ways to the Pharisees, and told 
them what things Jesus had done. 

47 Then gathered the chief 
priests and the Pharisees a council, 
and said, What do we ? for this 
raan doeth many miracles. 

48 If we let him thus alone, all 



men will believe on him ; and the 
Romans shall come and take away 
both our place and nation. 

49 And one of them, named 
Caiaphas, being the high priest 
that same year, said unto them, 
Ye know nothing at all, ^ 

50 Nor consider that it is ex- 
pedient for us, that one man should 
die for the people, and that the 
whole nation perish not. 

51 And this spake he not of 



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157 



himself ; but being high priest that 
year, he prophesied that Jesus 
j should die for that nation ; 
I 52 And not for that nation only, 
I but that also he should gather to- 
j gether in one the children of God 
that were scattered abroad. 

53 Then, from that day forth, 
they took counsel together for to 
put him to death. 

54 Jesus therefore walked no 
more openly among the Jews : but 
went thence unto a country near 
to the wilderness, into a city called 
Ephraim, and there continued with 

I his disciples. 



55 And the Jew's passover was 
nigh at hand : and many went out 
of the country up to Jerusalem be- 
fore the passover, to purify them- 
selves. 

56 Then sought they for Jesus, 
and spake among themselves, as 
they stood in the temple. What 
think ye 1 that he will not come to 
the feast ? 

57 Now both the chief priests 
and the Pharisees had given a 
commandment, that, if any man 
knew where he were, he should 
shew it, that they might take him. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING, 



WHEN Ephraim spake trem- 
bling, he exalted himself in Israel ; 
but when he offended in Baal, he 
died. 

2 And now they sin more and 
more, and have made them molten 
images of their silver, and idols 
according to their own understand- 
ing, all of it the work of the crafts- 
men : they say of them. Let the 
men that sacrifice kiss the calves. 

3 Therefore they shall be as 
the morning cloud, and as the 
early dew that passeth away, as 
the chaff that is driven with the 
whirlwind out of the floor, and as 
the smoke out of the chimney. 

4 Yet I a??i the Lord thy God 
from the land of Egypt, and thou 

I shalt know no god but me : for 
i there is no saviour beside me. 
! 5 I did know thee in the wil- 
j derness, in the land of great 
drought. 



XIIL 

6 According to their pasture, so 
were they filled, they were filled^ 
and their heart was exalted ; there- 
fore have they forgotten me. 

7 Therefore I will be unto them 
as a lion ; as a leopard by the way 
will I observe thein. 

8 I will meet them as a bear 
that is bereaved of her whelps, and 
will rend the caul of their heart, 
and there will I devour them like a 
lion ; the wild beast shall tear them. 

9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed 
thyself ; but in me is thine help. 

10 1 will be thy king : where 
is any other that may save thee in 
all thy cities ? and thy judges, of 
whom thou saidst. Give me a king 
and princes ? 

11 I gave thee a king in mine 
anger, and took him away in my 
wrath. 

12 The iniquity of Ephraim i$ 
bound up ; his sin is hid. 

14 



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LENT. 



13 Tne sorrows of a travailing j 
woman shall come upon him : he ^ 
is an unwise son ; for he should : 
not stay long in the place of the j 
breaking forth of children. ! 

14 1 will ransom them from the ; 
power of the grave ; I will redeem 
them from death : O death, I will 
be thy plagues ; O grave, I will 
be thy destruction : repentance 
shall be hid from mine eyes. 

15 Though he be fruitful among 
his brethren, an east wind shall 



come, the wind of the Lord shall 
come up from the wilderness, and 
his spring shall become dry, and his 
fountain shall be dried up : he shall 
spoil the treasiu-e of all pleasant 
vessels. 

16 Samaria shall become deso- 
late, for she hath rebelled against 
her God: they shall fall by the 
sword ; their infants shall be 
dashed in pieces, and their women 
with child shall be ripped up. 



N. B. For the second evening lesson, turn to the day of the month in the 
calendar. 



THURSDAY BEFORE EASTER. 

Thi^ day is called (Dies Mandati) Mandate, or Maunday Thursday ; 
because our Saviour commanded his apostles to commemorate the holy sa- 
crament of the Lord's Supper, which he this day instituted, immediately alter 
the celebration of the paschal supper. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



DANIEL XII. 



AND at that time shall Michael 
stand up, the great prince which 
standeth for the childrenof thy peo- 
ple ; and there shall be a time of 
trouble, such as never was since 
there was anation eve7i to that same 
time : and at that time thy people 
shall be delivered, every one that 
shall be found written in the book. 

2 And many of them that sleep 
in the dust of the earth shall awake, 
some to everlasting life, and some 
to shame and everlasting contempt. 



3 And they that be wise shall 
shine as the brightness of the 
firmament; andthey that turn many 
to righteousness as the stars for 
ever and ever. 

4 But thou, Daniel, shut up 
the words, and seal the book, even 
to the time of the end : many shall 
run to and fro, and knowledge shall 
be increased. 

5 Then I Daniel looked, and be- 
hold, there stood other two, the one 
on this side of the bank of the river, 



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and the other on that side of the 
bank of the river. 

6 And one said to the man 
clothed in linen, which was upon 
the waters of the river, How long 
shall it he to the end of these 
wonders : 

7 And I heard the man clothed 
in linen, which id as upon the waters 
of the river, when he held up his 
right hand and his left hand unto 
heaven, and sware by him that 
liveth for ever, that it shall he for 
a time , time s , and an half ; and when 
he shall have accomplished to 
scatter the power of the holy peo- 
ple, all these things shall be finish- 
ed. 

8 And I heard, but I understood 
not : then said I, O my Lord, what 
shall he the end of these things 1 

9 And he said, Go thy way, 



Daniel ; for the words are closed 
up and sealed till the time of the 
end. 

10 Many shall be purified, and 
made white, and tried ; but the wick- 
ed shall do wickedly : and none of 
the wicked shall understand ; but 
the wise shall understand. 

11 And from the time that the 
daily sacrifice shall be taken away, 
and the abomination that maketh 
desolate set up, there shall he a 
thousand two hundred and ninety 
days. 

12 Blessed is he that waiteth, 
and cometh to the thousand three 
hundred and five and thirty days. 

1 3 But go thou thy way till the 
end he : for thou shalt rest, and 
stand in thy lot at the end of the 
days. 



SECOND T.RSSON FOR MORNING. 



JOHN XII. 



THEN Jesus, six days before 
the passover, came to Bethany, 
where Lazarus was which had 
been dead, whom he raised from 
the dead. 

2 There they made him a supper ; 
and Martha served : but Lazarus 
was one of them that sat at the 
table with him. 

3 Then took Mary a pound of 
ointment of spikenard, very costly, 
and anointed the feet of Jesus, and 

I wiped his feet with her hair ; and 
j the house was filled with the odour 
; of the ointment, 
j 4 Then saith one of. his disci- 
I pies, Judas Iscariot, Simon's son 
I which should betray him, 



5 Why was not this ointment 
sold for three hundred pence, and 
given to the poor ? 

6 This he said, not that he cared 
for the poor ; but because he was 
a thief, and had the bag, and bare 
what was put therein. 

7 Then -said Jesus, Let her 
alone : against the day of my bury- 
ing hath she kept this. 

8 For the poor always ye have 
with you ; but me ye have not 
always. 

9 Much people of the Jews 
therefore knew that he was there ; 
and they came not for Jesus' sake 
only, but that they might see Laza- 



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Tus also, whom lie had raised from 
the dead. 

: 10 But the chief priests con- 
sulted that they might put Laza- 
rus also to death ; 

11 Because that by reason of 
him many of the Jews vrent.away, 
and believed on Jesus. 

12 On the next day much peo- 
ple that were come to the feast. 
Avhen they heard that Jesus was 
coming to Jerusalem.. 

1 3 T ok br anche s of palm-tr e es . 
and went forth to meet him, and 
cried, Hosanna : Blessed is the 
King of Israel that cometh in the 
name of the Lord. 

14 And Jesus, when he had 
foimd a young ass, sat thereon ; 
as it is written, 

15 Fear not, daughter of Sion : 
behold, thy King cometh, sitting 
on an ass's colt. 

16 These things understood not 
his disciples at the first : but when 
Jesus was glorified, then remem- 
bered thev that these things were 
written of him, and that the j had 
done these thincrs unto him. 

17 The people therefore that 
was with him when he called 
Lazarus out of his grave, and rais- 
ed him from the dead, bare record. 

18 For this cause the people 
also met him, for that they heard 
that he had done this miracle. 

19 The Pharisees therefore 
said among themselves. Perceive 
ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, 
the world is gone after him. 

29 And there were certain Greeks 
among them that came up to wor- 
ship at the feast : 

21 The same came therefore to 
Philip, which was of Bethsaida of 
Gahlee, and desired him, saying, 
Sir, we would see Jesus. 



22 Philip cometh and telieth 
Andrew : and again Andrew and 
Philip tell Jesus. 

23 And Jesus answered them^ 
saving. The hour is come, that 
:he son of man should be glorified. 

21 Yerilv, verily. I say unto 
vou, Except a corn of wheat fall 
into the gTOund and die, it abideth 
alone : hat if it die, it bringeth 
forth much fruit. 

25 He hath loveth his Hfe shall 
loose it ; and he that hateth his 
hfe in this world shah keep it unto 
life eternal. 

26 If any man serve me, let 
him fohow me ; and where I am, 
there shall also my servant be : if 
any man seiTO me, him will my 
Father honour. 

27 Now is my soul troubled ; 
and what shah I say ? Father, save 
me from this hour : but for this 
cause came I unto this hour. 

28 Father, glorify thy name. 
Then came there a voice from 
heaven, saying, I have both glori- 
fied it, and vdll glorify it again. 

29 The people therefore that 
stood bv, and heard it, said that it 
thundered : others said, An angel 
spake to him. 

30 Jesus answered and said, 
This voice came not because of 
me, but for your sakes. 

31 Now IS the judgment of this 
world : now shah the prince of this 
world be cast out. 

32 And I, if I be lifted up from 
the earth, will draw all men unto 
me. 

33 (This he said, signifying 
what death he should die.) 

34 The people answered him, 
We have heard out of the law that 
Christ abideth for ever : and how 
sayest thou, The Son of manroust 



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be lifted up ? who is this Son of 
man ? 

35 Then Jesus said unto them, 
Yet a little while is the light with 
you : walk while ye have the light, 
lest darkness come upon you : for 
he that walketh in darkness know- 
eth not whither he goeth. 

36 While ye have light, believe 
in the light, that ye may be the 
children of light. These things 
spake Jesus, and departed, and did 
hide himself from them. 

37 But though he had done so 
many miracles before them, yet 
they believed not on him : 

38 That the saying of Esaias 
the prophet might be fulfilled, 
which he spake, Lord, who hath 
believed our report ? and to whom 
hath the arm of the Lord been 
revealed ? 

39 Therefore they could not 
believe, because that Esaias said 
again, 

40 He hath blinded their eyes, 
and hardened their heart ; that they 
should not see with their eyes, nor 
understand with i^Aeir heart, and be 
converted, and I should heal them. 

41 These things said Esaias, 
when he saw his glory, and spake 
of him. 

42 Nevertheless among the chief 



rulers also many believed on him ; 
but because of the Pharisees they 
did not confess him, lest they should 
be put out of the synagogue : 

43 For they loved the praise of 
men more than the praise of God. 

44 Jesus cried, and said. He 
that believeth on me, believeth not 
on me, but on him that sent me. 

45 And he that seeth me, seeth 
him that sent me. 

46 I am come a light into the 
world, that whosoever believeth 
on me should not abide in darkness. 

47 And if any man hear my 
words, and believe not, I judge 
him not : for I came not to judge 
the world, but to save the world. 

48 He that rejecteth me, and 
receiveth not my words, hath one 
that judgeth him : the word that T 
have spoken, the same shall judge 
him in the last day. 

49 For I have not spoken of 
myself ; but the Father which sent 
me, he gave me a commandment, 
what I should say, and what I 
should speak. 

50 And I know that this com-, 
mandments is life everlasting : 
whatsoever I speak therefore, even 
as the Father said unto me, so I 
speak. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
JEREMIAH XXXL 



AT the same time saith the 
Lord, will I be the God of all the 
families of Israel, and they shall 
be my people. 

2 Thus saith the Lord, the peo- 



ple which were left of the sword 
found grace in the wilderness : 
even Israel, when I went to cause 
him to rest. 

3 The Lord hath appeared of 
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162 

old unto me saying, Yea, I have 
loved thee Avith an everlasting love ; 
therefore withlovingkindness have 
I drawn thee. 

4 Again I will build thee, and 
thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel ; 
thou shalt again be adorned with 
thy tabrets,and shalt go forth in the 
dances of them that make merry. 

4 Thou shah yet plant vines 
upon the mountains of Samaria : 
the planters ^hall plant, and shall 
eat them as common things. 

6 For there shall be a day, that 
the watchmen upon the mount 
Ephraim shall cry, Arise ye, and 
let us go up to Zion unto the Lord 
our God. 

7 For thus saith the Lord, 
Sing vrith gladness for Jacob, and 
shout among the chief of the na- 
tions ; publish ye, praise ye, and 
say, Lord, save thy people, the 
remnant of Israel. 

8 Behold, I will bring them 
from the north countr)^ and gather 
them from the coasts of the earth, i 
and with them the blind and the 
lame, the woman wdth child and 
her that travaileth with child to- 
gether : a great company shall 
return thither. 

9 They shall come with weep- 
ing, and With supplications will I 
lead them ; I will cause them to 
walk by the rivers of waters in a 
straigl t way, wherein they shall 
not stumble ; for I am a father to 
Israel, and Ephraim is my first- 
born. 

10 Hear the word of the Lord, 
O ve nations, and declare it in the 
isles afar off, and say. He that 
scattered Israel will gather him, 
and keep him, as a shepherd doth 
his tlock. 

11 For the Lord hath redeem- 



ed Jacob, and ransomed him from 
the hand of hivi thai was stronger 
than he. 

12 Therefore they shall come 
and sing in the height of Zion, and 
shall flow together to the goodness 
of the Lord, for wheat, and for 
wine, and for oil, andfor the young 
of the flock, and of the herd ; and 
their soul shall be as a w^atered 
garden ; and they shall not sorrow 
any more at all. 

1 3 Then shall the virgin rejoice 
in the dance, both young men and 
old together ; for I will tmm their 
mourning into joy, and w^iil comfort 
them, and make them rejoice from 
their sorrow. 

14 And I will satiate the soul 
of the priests with fatness, and my 
people shall be satisfied w^th my 
goodness, saith the Lord. 

15 Thus saith the Lord, A 
voice was v/as heard in Ramah, 
lamentation and bitter weeping; 
Rachel weeping for her children, 
refused to be comforted for her 
children, because they ivere not. 

16 Thus saiththe Lord, refrain 
thy voice from weeping, and thine 
eyes from tears : for thy work shall 
he rewarded, saith the Lord, and 
they shall come again from the 
land of the enemy. 

17 And there is hope in thine end, 
saith the Lord, that thy children 
shaU come again to their own bor- 
der. 

18 I have surely heard Ephraim 
bemoaning himself thus, Thou hast 
chastised me, and I was chastised 
as a bullock unaccu-tomed to the 
yoke : turn thou me, and I shall 
be turned : for thou art the Lord 
my God. 

19 Surely after that I w^as turn- 
ed, I repented; and after that I 



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was instructed, I smote upon my 
tliigh : I was ashamed, yea, even 
confounded, because I did bear the 
reproach of my youth. 

20 Is Ephraim my dear son ? 
is he a pleasant child ? for since 
I spake against him, I do earnestly 
remember him still ; therefore my 
bowels are troubled for him : I 
will surely have mercy upon him, 
saith the Lord: 

21 Set thee up way-marks, 
make thee high heaps : set thine 
heart toward the highway, even 
the way which thou weatest : turn 
again, O virgin of Israel, turn again 
to these thy cities. 

22 How long wilt thou go about, 
O thou backsliding daughter ? for 
the Lord hath created a new thing 
in the earth, A woman shall com- 
pass a man. 

23 Thus saiththe Lord of hosts, 
the God of Israel, As yet they 
shall use this speech in the land 
of Judah, and in the cities there- 
of, when I shall bring again their 
captivity, The Lord bless thee, 
O habitation of justice, andmoxm' 
tian of holiness, 

24 And there shall dwell in Ju- 
dah itself, and in all the cities there- 
of together, the husbandmen, and 
they that go forth with flocks. 

25 For I have satiated the 
weary soul, and I have replenish- 
ed every sorrowful soul. 

26 Upon this I awaked, and be- 
held ; and my sleep was sweet 
unto me, 

27 Behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that I will sow the 
house of Israel, and the house of 
Judah, with the seed of man, and 
with, the seed of beast. 

28 And it shall come to pass, 
that like as I have watched over 



them, to pluck up, and to break 
down, and to throw down, and to 
destroy, and to afflict ; so will I 
watch over them, to build, and to 
plant, saith the Lord, 

29 In those days they shall say 
no more. The fathers have eaten 
a sour grape, and the children's 
teeth are set on edge, 

30 But every one shall die for 
his own iniquity ; every man that 
eateth the sour grape, his teeth 
shall be set on edge, 

31 Behold, the days come, saith 
the Lord, that I will make a new 
covenant with the house of Israel, 
and with the house of Judah : 

32 Not according- to the covenant 
that I made with their fathers, in 
the day that I took them by the 
hand, to bring them out of the land 
of E gypt ; which my covenant they 
brake, although I was an husband 
unto them, saith the Lord :) 

33 But this shall be the cove- 
nant that I will make with the 
house of Israel : After those days, 
saith the Lord, I will put my law 
in their inward parts, and write it 
in their hearts ; and will be their 
God, and they shall be my people. 

34 And they shall teach no 
more every man his neighbour, and 
every man his brother, saying, 
Know the Lord ; for they shall all 
know me, from the least of them 
unto the greatest of them, saith the 
Lord ; for I will forgive their ini- 
quity, and I will remember their 
sin no more. 

35 Thus saith the Lord, which 
giveth the sun for a light by day, 
and the ordinances of the moon and 
of the stars for a ligh^ by night, 
which divideth the sea when the 
waves thereof roar ; The Lord o£ 
hosts is his name ; 



164 LENT. 



36 If those ordinances depart | of Hananeel unto the gate of the 
from before me, saith the Lord, j corner. 



then the seed of Israel also shall 



39 And the measuring-line shall 



cease from being a nation before yet go forth over agamst it upon 
me for ever. jt^e ^i^l G^r^h, and shall compass 

37 Thus saiththe Lord, If hea- about to Goath. 

above can be measured, and the] 40 And the whole valley of the 
foundations of the earth searched ! dead bodies, and of the ashes, and 
out beneath, I will also cast off, all ^ all the fields mito the brook of Kid- 
the seed of Israel, for all that they I ron, unto the corner of the horse- 
have done, saith the Lord. ' i gate toward the east, shall he holy 

38 Behold,thedayscome, saith: unto the Lord; it shall not be 
the Lord, that the city shall be i plucked up, nor thrown down any 
built to the Lord, from the tower I more for ever. 



N. B. For the second lessoti, turn to the day of the month in the calendar, 
on which they happen to fall that year. 



GOOD FRIDAY. 



This dav receivesitsnamefromthehappyeffectsofourSaviom s snfferings 
which are the ground of all our jov ; and from those unspeakable good things 
he hath pur^^^^ for us by his^ death, the shedding ol his blood having 
expia ed^he sin of the whole'world, and obtained eternal redemption for us 
aff Yet this joyous dav has always been kept the most solemn of all fasts : 
adav of he stric est humiliation, to express a true sense of the^gnilt of tho e 
sin? which drew upon our blessed Saviour that painful and shameful death 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
GENESIS XXIL to v. 20. 



AND it came to pass after these 
things, that God did tempt Abra- 
ham, and said unto him, Abraham : 
And he said. Behold, here I am. 

2 And he said, Take now thy 
son, thine only son Isaac, whom 
thou love St, and get thee into the 



land of Moriah ; and offer him there 
for a burnt offering upon one of 
the mountains which I will tell thee 
of. 

3 And Abraham rose up early 
in the morning, and saddled his ass, 
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165 



with him, and Isaac his son, and 
clave the wood for the burnt-offer- 
ing, and rose up, and went unto 
the place of which God had told 
him. 

4 Then on the third day Abra- 
ham lifted up his eyes, and saw^ 
the place afar off. 

5 And Abraham said unto his 
young men, Abide ye here wdth 
the ass, and I and the lad will go 
yonder and w^orship, and come 
again to you. 

6 And Abraham took the w^ood 
of the burnt-offering, and laid it up- 
on Isaac his son ; and he took the 
fire in his hand, and a knife : and 
they went both of them together. 

7 And Isaac spake unto Abra- 
ham his father, and said. My father : 
and he said, Here am I, my son. 
And he said. Behold the fire and 
the wood ; but where is the lamb, 
for a burnt-offering ? 

8 And Abraham said. My son, 
God will provide himself a lamb 
for a burnt-offering : so they went 
both of them together. 

9 And they came to the place 
which God had told him of : and 
Abraham built an altar there, and 
laid the wood in order ; and bound 
Isaac his son, and laid him on the 
altar upon the wood. 

10 And Abraham stretched forth 
his hand, and took the knife to slay 
his son. 

1 1 And the angel of the Lord 
called unto him out of heaven, and 
said, Abraham, Abraham ! and he 
said, Here am I. 



12 And he said. Lay not thine 
hand upon the lad, neither do thou 
any thing unto him : for now I 
know that thou fearest God, seeing 
thou hast not withheld thy son, 
thine only son, from me. 

1 3 And Abraham lifted up his 
eyes, and looked, and behold, be- 
hind him a ram caught in a thicket 
by his horns : and Abraham w^ent 
and took the ram, and offered him 
up for a burnt-offering in the stead 
of his son. 

14 And Abraham called the name 
of that place Jehovah-jireh : as it 
is said to this day. In the mount of 
the Lord it shall be seen. 

15 And the angel of the Lord 
called unto Abraham out of heaven 
the second time, 

16 And said. By myself have I 
sworn, saith the Lord ; for because 
thou hast done this thing, and hast 
not withheld thy son, thine only 
son ; 

17 That in blessing I will bless 
thee, and in multiplying I will mul- 
tiply thy seed as the stars of the 
heaven, and as the sand which is 
upon the sea-shore ; and thy seed 
shall possess the gate of his ene- 
mies : 

18 And in thy seed shall all the 
nations of the earth be blessed ; 
because thou hast obeyed my voice. 

19 So Abraham returned unto 
his young men, and they rose up, 
and went together to Beer-sheba : 
and Abraham dwelt at Beer- 
sheba. 



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SECOND LESSOX FOR MORNING, 



JOHN XVIII. 



WHEN Jesus had spoken 
tliese words, lie went forth with 
his disciples over the brook C edron, 
where was a garden, into the which 
he entered, and his disciples. 

2 And Judas also, whichbetray- 
ed him, knew the place ; for Jesus 
oft-times resorted thither with liis 
disciples. | 

3 Judas then, having received! 
a band of men and officers from| 
the chief priests and Pharisees,! 
cometh tliither with lanterns, and 
torches, and weapons. 

4 Jesus therefore, knoT^ing all 
things that should come upon him, 
went forth, and said unto them, 
AYhom seek ye ? 

5 They answered him, Jesus of 
Nazareth. Jesus saith mito them. 
I am he. And Judas also, which! 
betrayed him, stood with them. _ ! 

6 As soon then as he had said 
unto them, I am he, they went 
backward, and fell to the ground. ! 

7 Then asked he them again, : 
Whom seek ye ? And they said, ! 
Jesus of Nazareth. 

8 Jesus answered, I have told 
vou that I am he. If therefore ye 
seek me, let these go their way: 

9 That the saving might be 
fulfUled which he spake, Of them 
which thou gavest me have I lost 
none. 

10 Then Simon Peter, having a 
sword, drew it, and smote the high 
priest's servant, and cut off his 
right ear. The servant's name was 
Malchus. 

11 Then said Jesus unto Peter, 



! put up thy sword into the sheath : 
'the cup which my Father hath 
! given me, shall I not drink it ? 

12 Then the band, and the 
captain, and officers of the Jews, 
took Jesus, and bound him, 

13 And led him away to Annas 
I first : (for he was father-in-law to 
jCaiaphas, which was the high 
! priest that same year.) 
i 14 Now C aiaphas was he which 

gave coimsel to the Jews, that it 
was expedient that one man should 
die for the people. 

15 And Simon Peter followed 
Jesus, and so did another disciple. 
That disciple was known imto the 
high priest, and went in with Je- 
sus into the palace of the high 
priest. 

! 16 But Peter stood at the door 
! without. Then went out that other 
disciple, which was known unto 
the high priest, and spake unto her 
: that kept the door, and brought in 
Peter. 

I 17 Then saith the damsel that 
I kept the door unto Peter, x\rt not 
thou also o?ie of this man's disci- 
Iples ? He saith. I am not. 
I 18 And the servants and offi- 
' cers stood there, who had made a 
I fire of coals ; for it was cold ; and 
'thev warmed themselves : and Pe- 
ter stood with them, and warmed 
himself. 

19 The high priest then asked 
Jesus of his disciples, and of his 
doctrine. 

20 Jesus answered him, I spake 
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in tlie synago gue , and in the temple , 

whither the Jews always resort ; 
j and in secret have I said nothing. 
I 21 Why askest thou me ? ask 

them which heard me, what I have 
I said unto them : behold, they know 

what I said. 

22 And when he had thus 
spoken, one of the officers which 
stood by struck Jesus with the 
palm of his hand, saying, Answer- 
est thou the high priest so ? 

23 Jesus answered him, if I 
have spoken evil, bear witness of 
the evil ; but if well, why smite st 

I thou me ? 

I 24 (Now Annas had sent him 
bound unto Caiaphas the high 
priest.) 

25 And Simon Peter stood and 
warmed himself. They said there- 
fore unto him. Art not thou also 

I one of his disciples ? He denied it, 
and said, I am not. 

26 One of the servants of the 
high priest (being his kinsman 
whose ear Peter cut off) saith, Did 
not I see thee in the garden with 
him ? 

27 Peter then denied again ; 
and immediately the cock crew. 

28 Then led they Jesus from 
Caiaphas unto the hall of judg- 
ment : and it was early ; and they 

i themselves went not into the judg- 
ment-hall, lest they should be de- 
filed, but that they might eat the 
passover. 

29 Pilate then went out unto 
them, and said. What accusation 
bring ye against this man 1 

30 They answered and said 
i| I unto him. If he were not a male- 
|| j factor, we would not have deliver- 
jlj ed him up unto thee. 

;| 31 Then said Pilate unto them, 

I I Take ye him, and judge him ac- 

l! 



cording to your law. The Jews 
therefore said unto him, It is not 
lawful for us to put any man to 
death : 

32 That the saying of Jesus 
might be fulfilled, which he spake, 
signifying what death he should 
die. 

33 Then Pilate entered into the 
judgment-hall again, and called 
Jesus, and said unto him, Art thou 
the King of the Jews ? 

34 Jesus answered him, Sayest 
thou this thing of thyself, or did 
others tell it thee of me ? 

35 Pilate answered, Am I a 
Jew ? Thine own nation, and the 
chief priests, have delivered thee 
unto me : what hast thou done ? 

36 Jesus answered. My king- 
dom is not of this world. If my 
kingdom were of this world, then 
would my servants fight, that I 
should not be delivered to the 
Jews : but now is my kingdom not 
from hence. 

37 Pilate therefore said unto 
him. Art thou a king then ? Jesus 
answered. Thou sayest that I am 
a king. To this end was I born, 
and for this cause came I into the 
world, that I should bear witness 
unto the truth. Every one that is 
of the truth heareth my voice. 

33 Pilate saith unto him, What 
is truth ? And when he had said 
this, he went out again unto the 
Jews, and saith unto them, I find 
in him no fault at all. 

39 But ye have a custom, that 
I should release unto you one at 
the passover : will ye therefore 
that I release imto you the king of 
the Jews ? 

40 Then cried they all again, 
saying. Not this man, but Bar abbas. 
Now Barabbas was a robber. 



168 



LENT. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING, 



ISAIAH LIL V. 13. and Chap. LIII. 



13 Behold my, servant shall deal 
prudently, he shall be exalted and 
extolled, and be very high. 

14 As many were astonished at 
thee ; (his visage was so marred 
more than any man, and his form 
more than the sons of men :) 

15 So shall he sprinkle many 
nations ; the kings shall shut their 
mouths at him : for that which had 
not been told them shall they see, 
and /Aa^ which they had not heard 
shall they consider. 



WHO hath believed our report ? 
and to whom is the arm of the Lord 
revealed 1 

2 For he shall grow up before 
him as a tender plant, and as a root 
out of a dry ground : he hath no 
form nor comeliness ; and when we 
shall see him, there is no beauty 
that we should desire him. 

3 He is despised and rejected of 
men ; a man of sorrows, and ac- 
quainted Avith grief ; and we hid as 
it were our faces from him : he 
was despised, and we esteemed 
him not. 

4 Surely he hath borne our griefs, 
and carried our sorrovrs ; yet we 
did esteem him stricken, smitten 
of God, and afflicted. 

5 But he ivas wounded for our 
transgressions, he was bruised for 
our iniquities : the chastisement of 
our peace ivas upon him ; and with 
his stripes we are healed. 

6 All we, like sheep, have gone 
astray ; we have turned every one 
to his own way ; and the Lord 



hath laid on him the iniquity of us 
aU. 

7 He was oppressed, and he 
was afflicted ; yet he opened not 
his mouth : he is brought as a lamb 
to the slaughter, and as a sheep be- 
fore her shearers is dumb, so he 
opened not his mouth. 

8 He was taken from prison and 
from judgment ; and who shall de- 
clare his generation '? for he was 
cut off out of the land of the li^dng ; 
for the transgression of my people 
was he stricken. 

9 And he made his grave with 
the wicked, and with the rich in 
his death ; because he had done no 
violence, neither ivas any deceit in 
his mouth. 

10 Yet it pleased the Lord to 
bruise him ; he hath put him to 
grief : when thou shalt make his 
soul an offering for sin, he shall 
see his seed, he shall prolong his 
days, and the pleasure of the Lord 
shall prosper in his hand. 

1 1 He shall see of the travail of 
his soul, and shall be satisfied : by 
his knowledge shall my righteous 
servant justify many ; for he shall 
bear their iniquities. 

12 Therefore will I divide him 
a portion with the gTeat, and he 
shall divide the spoil wdth the 
strong ; because he hath poured out 
his soul unto death ; and he was 
numbered with the transgressors ; 
and he bare the sin of many, and 
made intercession for the trans- 
gressors. 



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169 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
PHILIPPIANS II. 



IP there he therefore any conso- 
lation in Christ, if any comfort of 
love, if any fellowship of the Spi- 
rit, if any bowels and mercies, 

2 Fulfil ye my joy, that ye be 
like-minded, having the same love, 
being of one accord, of one mind. 

3 Let nothing he done through 
strife or vain glory ; but in lowli- 
ness of mind let each esteem other 
better than themselves. 

4 Look not every man on his 
own things, but every man also on 
the things of others. 

5 Let this mind be in you, 
which was also in Christ Jesus : 

6 Who being in the form of God, 
thought it not robbery to be equal 
with God ; 

7 But made himself of no repu- 
tation, and took upon him the form 
of a servant, and was made in the 
likeness of men ; 

8 And being found in fashion as 
a man, he humbled himself and be- 
came obedient unto death, even the 
death of the cross. 

9 Wherefore God also hath 
highly exalted him, and given him 
a name : which is above every 
name ; 

10 That at the name of Jesus 
every knee should bow, of things 
in heaven, and things inearth, and 
things under the earth ; 

1 1 And thai every tongue should 
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, 
to the glory of God the Father. 

12 Wherefore, my beloved, as 
ye have always obeyed, not as in 
my presence only, but now much 



more in my absence, work out your 
own salvation with fear and trem- 
bling. 

1 3 For it is God who work- 
eth in you both to will and to do of 
his good pleasure. .• • 

14 Do all things without mur- 
murings and disputings ; 

15 That ye- may be blameless 
and harmless, the sons of God, 
without rebake, in the midst of a 
crooked and perverse nation, among 
whom ye shine as lights in the 
world : 

10 Holding forth the word of 
life ; that I may rejoice in the day 
of Christ, that I have not run in 
vain, neither laboured in vain. 

17 Yea, and if I be offered up- 
on the sacrifice and service of 
your faith, I joy and rejoice with 
you all. 

18 For the same cause also do 
ye joy and rejoice with me. 

19 But I trust in the Lord Je- 
sus to send Timotheus shortly un- 
to you, that I also may be of good 
comfort when I know your state, 

20 For I have no man like- 
minded, who will naturally care for 
your state. 

21 For all seek their own, not 
the things which are Jesus Christs. 

22 But ye know the proof of 
him, that, as a son with the father, he 
hath served with me in the gospel. 

23 Him therefore I hope to send 
presently, so soon as I shall see 
how it will go with me. 

24 But I trust in the Lord that 
1 1 also myself shall come shortly, 

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LENT. 



25 Yet I supposed it necessary 
to send to you Epaphroditus, my 
brother, and' companion in labour, 
and fellow-soldier, but your mes- 
senger, and he that ministered to 
my wants. 

"26 For he longed after you all, 
and was full of heaviness, because 
that ye heard that he had been 
sick. ' 

29 For indeed he was sick nigh 
unto death ; but God had mercy 
on him : and not on him only, but 



on me also, lest I should have sor* 
row upon sorrow. 

28 I sent him therefore the more 
carefully, that, when ye see him 
again, ye may rejoice, and that I 
may be the less sorrowful. 

29 Receive him therefore in the 
Lord with all gladness : and hold 
, such in reputation. 

30 Because for the w^ork of 
Christ he w^as nigh unto death, not 
regarding his life, to supply your 
lack of service toward me. 



EASTER EVEN, 



PIRST LESSON FOR MORInxjnG. 
ZECHARIAH IX. 



THE burden of the w^ord of the ' 
Lord in the land of Hadrach, and 
Damascus shall be the rest there- 
of: when the eyes of man, as of 
all the tribes of Israel, shall be to- 
ward the Lord. 

2 And Hamath also shall border 
thereby ; Tyrus,and Zidon, though 
it be very wise. 

3 And Tyrus did build herself a 
strong hold, and heaped up silver 
as the dust, and fine gold as the 
mire of the streets. 

4 Behold, the Lord will cast 
her out, and he wall smite her 
power in the sea ; and she shall 
be devoured with fire. 

5 Ashkelon shall see it, and 
fear ; Gaza also shall see it, and 



be very sorrowful, and Ekron ; for 
her expectation shall be ashamed; 
and the king shall perish from 
Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be 
inhabited. 

6 And a bastard shall dwell in 
Ashdod: and I will cut off the 
pride of the Philistines. 

7 And I will take away his blood 
out of his mouth, and his abomi- 
nations from betw^een his teeth : 
but he that remaineth, even he, 
shall be for our God ; and he shall 
be as a governor in Judah, and 
Ekron as a Jebusite. 

8 And I will encamp about mine 
house because of the army, be- 
cause of him that passeth by, and 
because of him that returneth; 



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171 



and no oppressor shall pass through 
them any more : for now have I 
seen with mine eyes. 

9 Rejoice greatly, O daughter 
of Zion ; shout, O daughter of Je- 
rusalem : behold, thy king cometh 
imto thee : he is just, and having 
salvation ; lowly, and riding upon 
an ass, and upon a colt the foal of 
an ass. 

1 And I will cut off the chariot 
from Ephraim, and the horse from 
Jerusalem, and the battle-bow shall 
be cut off : and he shall speak 
peace unto the heathen ; and his 
dominion shall be from sea even to 
sea, and from the river even to the 
ends of the earth. 

11 As for thee also, by the blood 
of thy covenant I have sent forth 
thy prisoners out of the pit where- 
in is no water. 

12 Turn you to the strong hold, 
ye prisoners of hope : even to-day 
do I declare thai I will render 
double unto thee ; 

13 When I have bent Judah for 



me, filled the bow with Ephraim, 
and raised up thy sons, O Zion, 
against thy sons, O Greece, and 
made thee as the sword of a mighty 
man. 

14 And the Lord shall be seen 
over them, and his arrow shall go 
forth as the lightning: and the 
Lord God shall blow the trumpet, 
and shall go with whirlwinds of 
the south. 

15 The Lord of hosts shall de- 
fend them, and they shall devour, 
and subdue with sling-stones ; and 
they shall drink, and make a noise 
as through wine ; and they shall 
be filled like bowls, and as the 
corners of the altar. 

16 And the Lord their God 
shall save them in that day as the 
flock of his people : for they shall 
be as the stones of a crown, lifted 
up as an ensign upon his land. 

17 For how great is his good- 
ness, and how great is his beauty ! 
Corn shall make the young men 
cheerful, and new wine the maids. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
LUKE XXIIl. V. 50. 



50 And behold, there was a man 
named Joseph, a counsellor ; and 
he was a good man, and a just ; 

51 (The same had not consent- 
ed to the counsel and deed of them :) 
he was of Arimathea, a city of the 
Jews : who also himself waited 
for the kingdom of God. 

52 This man went unto Pilate, 
and begged the body of Jesus. 

53 And he took it down and 
wrapped it in linen and laid it in 



a sepulchre that was hewn in stone, 
wherein never man before was laid. 

54 And that day was the pre- 
paration, and the sabbath drew on. 

55 And the women also, which 
came with him from Galilee, fol- 
lowed after, and beheld the sepul- 
chre, and how his body was laid. 

56 And they returned, and pre- 
pared spices and ointments ; and 
rested the sabbath-day according 
to the commandment, 



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LENT. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
EXODUS XIII. 



AND the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

2 Sanctify unto me all the first- 
born, whatsoever openetlithe womb 
among the children of Israel, both 
of man and of beast ; it is mine. 

3 And IMoses said unto the peo- 
ple, Remember this day, in which 
ye came out from Eg\'pt, out of the 
house of bondage ; for by strength 
of hand the Lord brought you out 
from this jplace : there shall no 
leavened bread be eaten, 

4 This day came ye out in the 
month Abib. 

5 And it shall be, when the 
Lord shall bring thee into the land 
of the Canaanites, and the Hittites, 
and the Amorites, and the Hivites, 
and the Jebusites, which he sware 
unto thy fathers to give thee, a 
land flowing with milk and honey, 
that thou shalt keep this service in 
this month. 

6 Seven days thou shalt eat un- 
leavened bread, and in the seventh 
day shall he a feast to the Lord. 

7 Unleavened bread shall be 
eaten seven days : and there shall 
no leavened bread be seen with 
thee ; neither shall there be leaven 
seen with thee in all thy quarters. 

8 And thou shalt shew thy son 
in that day, saying, This is done be- 
cause of that which the Lord did 
unto me when I came forth out of 
Egypt. 

9 And it shall be for a sign unto 
thee upon thine hand, and for a 
memorial between thine eyes, that 



the Lord's law may be in thy 
mouth: for with a strong hand hath 
the Lord brought thee out of 

10 Thou shalt therefore keep 
this ordinance in his season from 
year to year. 

11 And it shall be, when the 
Lord shall bring thee into the land 
of the Canaanites, as he sware un- 
to thee and to thy fathers, and shall 
give it thee. 

12 That thou shalt set apart 
unto the Lord all that openeth the 
matrix, and every firstling that 
cometh of a beast which thou hast, 
the males shall he the Lord's. 

1 3 And every firstling of an ass 
thou shalt redeem with a lamb ; 
and if thou wilt not redeem it, then 
thou shalt break his neck : and all 
the first-born of man among thy 
children shalt thou redeem. 

14 And it shall be, when thy son 
asketh thee in time to come, say- 
ing. What is this ? that thou shalt 
say unto him. By strength of hand 
the Lord brought us out from 
Egypt, from the house of bondage : 

15 And it came to pass, when 
Pharaoh would hardly let us go, 
that the Lord slew all the first- 
born in the land of Egypt, both the 
first-born of man, and the first-bom 
of beast : therefore I sacrifice to 
the Lord all that openeth the ma- 
trix, being males ; but all the firsi « 
born of ray children I redeem. 

16 And it shall be for a token, 
upon thine hand, and for frontlets 



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173 



between thine eyes: for by strength 
of hand the Lord brought us forth 
out of Egypt. 

17 And it came to pass, when 
Pharaoh had let the people go, that 
God led them not through the way 
of the land of the Philistines, al- 
though that was near ; for God said, 
Lest peradventure the people re- 
pent when they see war, and they 
return to Egypt. 

18 But God led the people about, 
through the way of the wilderness 
of the Red Sea : and the children 
of Israel went up harnessed out of 
the land of Egypt. 

19 And Moses took the bones 
of Joseph with him, for he had 



straitly sworn the children of Israel, 
saying, God will surely visit you ; 
and ye shall carry up my bones 
away hence with you. 

20 And they took their journey 
from Succoth, and encamped in 
Etham, in the edge of the wilder- 
ness. 

21 And the Lord went before 
them by day in a pillar of a cloud 
to lead them the way ; and by night 
in a pillar of fire, to give them light, 
to go by day and night. 

22 He took not away the pillar 
of the cloud by day, nor the pillar 
of fi-*j by night, from before the 
people. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



HEBREWS IV. 



LET us therefore fear, lest, a 
promise being left us of entering 
into his rest, any of you should 
seem to come short of it. 

2 For unto us was the gospel 
preached, as well as unto them : 
but the word preached did not 
profit them, not being mixed with 
faith in them that heard it. 

3 For we which have believed 
do enter into rest, as he said, As 
I have sworn in my wrath, if they 
shall enter into my rest : although 
the works were finished from the 
foundation of the world. 

4 For he spake in a certain 
place of the seventh daij on this 
wise, And God did rest the seventh 
day from all his works. 



5 And in this place again, If 
they shall enter into my rest. 

6 Seeing therefore it remaineth 
that some must enter therein, and 
they to whom it was first preached 
entered not in because of unbe- 
lief: 

7 (Again, he limiteth a certain 
day, saying in David, To-day, after 
so long a time ; as it is said, To- 
day if ye will hear his voice, har- 
den not your hearts. 

8 For if Jesus had given them 
rest, then would he not afterward 
have spoken of another day. 

9 There remaineth therefore a 
rest to the people of God. 

10 For he that is entered into 
his rest, he also hath ceased from 



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LENT. 



his own works, as God did from . and opened unto the eyes of him 
his.) I with whom we have to do. 

11 Let us labour therefore to \ 14 Seeing then that we have a 
enter into that rest, lest any man great high priest, that is passed 
fall after the same example of un- into the heavens, Jesus the Son of 
belief. ' God, let us hold fast our profes- 

12 For the word of God 25 sion. 

quick, and powerful, and sharper | 15 For we have not an high 
than any two-edged SAVord, piercing priest vdiich cannot be touched 
even to the dividing asunder of with the feeling of om* infirmities ; 
soul and spiiit, and of the joints but was in all points tempted like 
and marrow, and. is a discern er of as ice are, yet without sin. 
the thoughts and uitents of the' 16 Let us therefore come boldly 
heart. ;unto the throne of grace, that we 

13 Neither is there any crea- may obtain mercy, and find grace 
ture that is not manifest in his j to help in time of need. 

sight : but all things are naked i 



175 



EASTER DAY. 

Easter fs a most solemn- festival, as ancient as the glorious resnrrection of 
Christ himself, by which it was declared and instituted to be kept holy, says 
St. Augustine, and by virtue of it all the Sundays in the year besides ; bemg 
for this cause called by the apostles, " The Lord's Day," and by the Father s 
''God's own Easter-day," and both by them and our own church, the day 
which the Lord hath made." That what holy institution soever the other 
solemnities of the year have received, some from the apostles, and somelrom 
the fathers of the church in succeeding ages 5 we may be sure that this sacred 
festival was instituted by the divine authority of God and of Christ himself. 
In regard whereof it ought to be no less to us than it was of old to the 
christians all the world over, even the feasts of all feasts, and the solemnity 
of all solemnities, the highest and the greatest that we have. Which vener- 
-abie festival we have received from our Saviour," says Constantine andby 
which we hold the hopes of immortality;" we add, and without whicii ail that 
Christ had done for us besides would have done us no good. 

It is ever to be remembered, that this holy feast of J07 foUowsas haly a time 
of sorrow; that the feast of Easter comes always after the fast of Len ; and 
thereby we are to learn, that if we will keep this feast aright, if we will rise 
and reLn with Christ, we must suffer with him first, crucify and kill those 
sins by repentance which are in us, that we may be renewed by the power 
of that spirit which is in him, and so being raised up to newness of lite here, 
we may be raised up, as this day he was, to the life of glory hereafter. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
EXODUS XXL to V. 37. 



AND tlie Lord spake unto Mo- 
ses and Aaron .'n tlie land of 
Egypt, saying, 

2 This month shall he unto you 
the beginning of months ; it shall 
he the first month of the year to 
you. 

3 Speak ye unto all the congre- 
gation of Israel, Saying, In the tenth 
day of this month they shall take to 
them every man a lamb, according 
to the house of their fathers, a lamb 
for an house. 

4 And if the household be too 
little for the lamb, let him and his 
neighbour next unto his house take 
ii, according to the number of souls, 



every man according to his eating, 
shall make your count for the 
lamb. 

5 Your lamb shall be without 
blemish, a male of the first year ; 
ye shall take it out from the sheep, 
or from the goats. 

6 And ye shall keep it up until the' 
fourteenth day of the same month ; 
and the whole assembly of the 
congregation of Israel shall kill it 
in the evening. 

7 And they shall take of the 
blood, and strike on the two side- 
posts, and on the upper door-post 
of the houses wherein they shall 
eat it. 



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EASTER DAY. 



8 And they shall eat the flesh 
in that night, roast with lire, and 
unleavened bread : and with bit- 
ter herbs ther shall eat it. 

Eat not of it raw, nor sodden at 
all withvv-ater, but roast iciih fire ; 
his head vv-itli his legs, and with 
the purtenance Therc-oi\ 

10 And ye shall let nothing of 
it remain until the morning ; and 
that which remaineth of it until the 
morning ye shall burn wuh fire. 

11 And ye shall eat it; icitk 
your loins girded, your shoes on 
your feet, and your stafi' in your 
hand: and ye shall eat it in haste : 
it is the Lord's pas sorer. 

12 For I will pass through the 
land of Egvpt this night, and will 
smite all the first-born in the land 
of Eg}-pt, botbman andbeast ; and 
against all the gods of Egypt I 
will execute judgment : 1 am the 
Lord. 

13 And the blood shall be to 
you for a token upon the houses 
where ye re : and when I see 
the blood, I will pass overyou, and 
the plague shall not be upon you 
to destroy yoii, when I smite the 
land of Egypt. 

14 And this day shall be unto 
you for a memorial : and ye shall 
keep it afeasttothe Lord through- 
out yom generations ; ye shall 
keep it a feast by an ordinance for 
ever. 

15 Seven days shall ye eat un- 
leavened bread : even the first day 
ye shall put away leaven out of 
your houses ; for whosoever eat- 
eth ieavenod bread, from the first 
day mitil the seventh day, that soul 
shall be cut ofT from Israel. 

16 And in the first day there 
shall he an holy convocation, and 
in the seventh day there shall be 



an holy convocation to you : no 
manner of work shall be done in 
them, save that which every man 
must eat, that only may be done of 
you. 

17 And ye shall observe the 
feast c^/' unleavened bread : for in 
this self-same day have I brought 
your armies out of the land of 
Egwpt ; therefore shall ye observe 
this day in your generations by an 
ordinance for ever. 

18 In the first month, on the 
fourteenth day of the month at even 
ye shall eat unleavened bread, un- 
til the one and twentieth day of the 
month at even, 

19 Seven days shall there be 
no leaven found in your houses ; for 
whosoever eateth that whichis lea- 
vened, even that soul shall be 
cut off from the congTegation of 
Israel, whether he be a stranger^ 
or born in the land. 

20 Ye shall eat nothing leaven- 
ed ; in all your habitations shall 
ye eat imleavened bread. 

21 Then IMoses called for all 
the elders of Israel, and said unto 
them, Draw out and take you a 
lamb, according to your families, 
and kill the passover. 

22 And ye shall take a bunch 
of hyssop, and dip ii m the blood 
that is in the bason, and strike the 
lintel and the two side-posts with 
the blood that is in the bason ; and 
none of you shall go out at the door 
of his house until the morning. 

23 For the Lord will pass 
through to smite the Eg>^ptians; 
and when he seeththe blood upon 
the lintel, and on the two side-posts, 
the Lord will pass over the door 
and will not suffer the destroyer 
to come in unto your houses to 
smite you. 



EASTER DAY. 



in 



S4 And ye shall observe this 
thing for an ordinance to thee and 
to thy sons for ever. 

25 And it shall come to pass, 
when ye be come to the land which 
the Lord will give you, according 
as he hath promised, that ye shall 
keep this service. 

26 And it shall come to pass, 
when your children shall say unto 
you. What mean ye by this ser- 
vice ? 

27 That ye shall say, It is the 
sacrifice of the Lord's passover, 
who passed over the houses of the 

I children of Israel in Egypt, when 
he smote the Egyptians, and de- 
livered our houses. And the people 
bowed the head and worshipped. 
! 28 And the children of Israel 
went away, and did as the Lord 

I had commanded Moses and Aaron, 

I so did they. 

j 29 And it came to pass, that at 
midnight the Lord smote aU the 
first-born in the land of Egypt, 
from the first-born of Pharaoh that 
sat on his throne, unto the first-born 
of the captive that was in the dun- 
geon, and all the first-born of cattle. 

30 And Pharaoh rose up in the 
night, he, and all his servants, and 

I all the Egyptians ; and there was a 



great cry in Egypt; tor there was 
not a house where there was not 
one dead. 

31 And he called for Moses and 
Aaron by night, and said. Rise up, 

1 and get you forth from among my 
peopla, both ye and the cliildren 
of Israel ; and go, serve the Lord 
as ye have said. 

32 Also take your flocks and 
your herds, as ye have said, and 
be gone: and bless me also. 

33 And the Egyptians were ur- 
gent upon the people, that they 
irdght send them out of the land in 
haste : for they said, We be oil dead 
men, 

34 And the people took their 
dough before it was leavened, their 
kneading-troughs being bound up 
in their clothes upon their should- 
ers. 

35 And the children of Israel 
did according to the word of Moses; 
and they borrowed of the Egyp- 
tians jewels of silver, and jewels 
of gold, and raiment. 

36 And the Lord gave the peo- 
ple favour in the sight of the E gyp- 
tains, so that they lent unto them 
such things as they required ; and 
they spoiled the Egyptians. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ROMANS YI. 



WHAT shall we say then ? 
Shall we continue in sin, that grace 
i may abound ? 

I 2 God forbid. How shall we, 
j that are dead to sin, live any longer 

therein ? 

3 Eaiow ye not, that so many 

of us as were baptized into Jesus 



Christ were baptized into his death ? 

4 Therefore we are buried with 
him by baptism into death ; that 
like as Christ was raised up from 
the dead by the glory of the Fa- 
ther, even so we also should wallc 
in newness of life. 

5 For if we have been planted 



EASTER DAY. 



together in the likeness of his 
death, we shall be also i?i the like- 
ness of his resurrection : 

6 Knowing this, that our old 
man is crucified with him, that the 
body of sin might be destroyed, 
that henceforth we should not 
serve sin. 

7 For he that is dead is freed 
from sin. 

8 Now, if we be dead with 
Christ, we believe that we shall 
also live with him : 

9 Knowing that Christ, being 
raised from the dead, dieth no 
more ; death hath no more do- 
minion over him. 

10 For in that he died, he died 
unto sin once : but in that he 
liveth, he hveth unto God. 

11 Likevrise reckon ye also 
yourselves to be dead indeed unto 
sin, but alive unto God through 
Jesus Christ our Lord. 

12 Let not sin therefore reign 
in your mortal body, that ye should 
obey it in the lusts thereof. 

13 Neither yield ye yom mem- 
bers as instruments of unrighteous- 
ness unto sin : but yield yourselves 
unto God, as those that are alive 
from the dead, and your members 
as instruments of righteousness 
unto God. 

14 For sin shall not have do- 
minion over you : for ye are 
not under the law, but under 
grace. 

15 What then? shall we sin, 



because we are not under the law, 
but under grace, God forbid. 

16 Know ye not, that to whom 
ye yield yourselves servants to 
obey, his servants ye are to whom 
ye obey ; whether of sin unto 
death, or of obedience unto righ- 
teousness : 

17 But God be thanked, that ye 
were the servants of sin ; but ye 
have obeyed from the heart that 
form of doctrine which was deli- 
vered you. 

18 Being then made free from 
sin, ye became the servants of \ 
righteousness. 

19 I speak after the manner of 
men, because of the infirmity of 
your flesh : for as ye have yielded 
your members servants to unclean- 
ness, and to iniquity unto iniquity ; ^ 
even so now yield your members i 
servants to righteousness unto ho- I 
liness. 

20 For when ye were the ser- 
vants of sin, ye were free from 
righteousness. 

21 What fruit had ye then in 
those things whereof ye are now 
ashamed? for the end of those 
things is death. 

22 But now, being made free 
from sin, and become servants to 
God, ye have your fruit unto holi- 
ness, and the end everlasting life. 

23 For the wages of sin is 
death ; but the gift of God is eter- 
nal life, through Jesus Christ our. 
Lord. 



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FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
EXODUS XII. V. 37. 



37 And the children of Israel 
journeyed from Rameses to Suc- 
coth, about six hundred thousand 
on foot that were men, besides 
children. 

38 And a mixed multitude went 
up also with them ; and flocks and 
herds, even very much cattle. 

39 And they baked unleavened 
cakes of the dough which they 
brought forth out of Egypt, for it 
was not leavened ; because they 
were thrust out of Egypt, and could 
not tarry, neither had they prepared 
for themselves any victual. 

40 Now the sojourning of the 
children of Israel, who dwelt in 
Egypt, vms four hundred and thirty 
years. 

41 And it came to pass, at the 
end of the four hundred and thirty 
years, even the self-same day it 
came to pass, that all the hosts of 
the Lord went out from the land 
of Egypt. 

42 It is a night to be much ob- 
served unto the Lord for bringing 
them out from the land of Egypt : 
this is that night of the Lord to be 
observed of all the children of Is- 
rael in their generations. 

43 And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses and Aaron, This is the or- 



dinance of the passover ; there 
shall no stranger eat thereof: 

44 But every man's servant that 
is bought for money, when thou 
hast circumcised him, then shall 
he eat thereof. 

45 A foreigner and an hired 
servant shall not eat thereof. 

46 In one house shall it be 
eaten : thou shalt not carry forth 
ought of the flesh abroad out of the 
house ; neither shall ye break a 
bone thereof. 

47 Allthe congregation of Israel 
shall keep it. 

48 And when a stranger shall 
sojourn with thee, and will keep 
the passover to the Lord, let all 
his males be circumcised, and then 
let him come near and keep it ; 
and he shall be as one that is bom 
in the land : for no uncircumcised 
person shall eat thereof. 

49 One law shall be to him that 
is home-born, and unto the stranger 
that sojourneth among you. 

50 Thus did all the children of 
Israel: as the Lord commanded 
Moses and Aaron, so did they. 

51 And it came to passthe self- 
same day, thoA the Lord did bring 
the children of Israel out of tho 
land of Egypt by their armies. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ACTS II. V. 22. 



22 Ye men of Israel^hearthese 1 
words ; Jesus of Nazareth, a man ! 
approved of God among you by 
miracles, and wonders, and signs, 
which God did by him in the midst 
of you, as ye yourselves also know : 

23 Him being delivered by the 
determinate counsel and foreknow- 
ledge of God, have taken, and by 
wicked hands have crucified and 
slain ; 

24 Whom God hath raised up, 
having loosed the pains of death : 
because it was not possible that he 
should be holden of it. 

25 For David speaketh con- 
cerning him, I foresaw the Lord 
always before my face ; for he is 
on my right hand, that I should not 
be moved : 

26 Therefore did my heart re- 
joice, and my tongue was glad ; 
moreover also, my flesh shall rest 
in hope : 

27 Because thou wilt notleaA'e 
mv soul in hell, neither wih thou 
suffer thine Holy One to see cor- 
ruption. 

28 Thou hast made known to 
me the wavs of life ; thou shaft 
make me full of joy with thy coun- 
tenance. 

29 ^len and brethren, let me 
freely speak to you of the pa- 
triarch David, that he is both dead 
and buried, and his sepulchre is 
with us unto this day. 

30 Therefore being a prophet, 
and knowing that God had sworn 
with an oath to him, that of the 
fruit of his loins, according to the 



flesh, he would raise up Christ to 
sit on his throne ; 

31 He, seeing this before, spake 
of the resurrection of Christ, that 
his soul was not left in hell, nei- 
ther his flesh did see corruption. 

32 This Jesus hath God raised 
up, whereof we all are witnesses. 

33 Therefore being by the right 
hand of God exaUed, and having re- 
ceived of the Father the promise of 
the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth 
this, which ye now see and hear. 

34 For D*^avid is not ascended 
into the heavens : but he saith him- 
self, The Lord said unto my Lord, 
Sit thou on my right hand, 

35 Until I^nake thy foes thy 
footstool. 

36 Therefore let all the house 
of Israel know assuredly, that God 
hath made that same Jesus, whom 
-e have crucified, both Lord and 
Christ. 

37 Now Avhen they heard this, 
they Avere pricked in their heart, 
and said unto Peter, and to the 
rest of the apostles, :\Ien and bre- 
thren, what shall we do ? 

38 Then Peter said unto them, 
Repent, and be baptized every one 
of you in the name of Jesus Christ 
for the remission of sins, and ye 
shall receive the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. 

39 For the promise is unto you, 
and to vour children, and to all 
that are 'afar off, even as many as 
the Lord our God shall call. 

40 And with many other words 
did he testify and exhort, saying, 



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Save yourselves from this unto- 
ward generation. 

41 Then they that gladly re- 
ceived his word were baptized : 
and the same day there were added 
unto them about three thousand 
souls. 

42 And they continued steadfast- 
ly in the apostles' doctrine and 
fellowship, and in breaking of bread, 
and in prayers. 

43 And fear came upon every 
soul ; and many wonders and signs 
were done by the apostles, 

44 And all that believed were 



together, and had all things com- 
mon ; 

45 And sold their possessions 
and goods, and parted them to all 
men^ as every man had need. 

46 And they, continuing daily 
with one accord in the temple, and 
breaking bread from house to house, 
did eat their meat with gladness 
and singleness of heart, 

47 Praising God, and having 
favour with all the people. And 
the Lord added to the church daily 
such as should be saved. 



MONDAY IN EASTER WEEK. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



EXODUS XVL 



AND they took their journey | 
from Elim ; and all the congrega- 
tion of the children of Israel came 
unto the wilderness of Sin, which 
is between Elim and Sinai, on the 
fifteenth day of the second month 
after their departing out of the land 
of Egypt. 

2 And the whole congregation 
of the children of Israel murmured 
against Moses and Aaron in the 
wilderness. 
I 3 And the children of Israel said 
j unto them, Would to God we had 
1 died by the hand of the Lord in 
I the land of Egypt, when we sat by 
I the flesh-pots, and when we did 



eat bread to the full ! for ye have 
brought us forth into this wilder- 
ness, to kill this whole assembly 
with hunger. 

4 Then saith the Lord unto 
Moses, Behold, I will rain bread 
from heaven for you ; and the peo- 
ple shall go out and gather a cer- 
tain rate every day, that I may 
prove them, whether they will walk 
in my law, or no. 

5 And it shall come to pass, 
that on the sixth day they shall 
prepare that which they bring in ; 
and it shall be twice as much as 
they gather daily. 

6 And Moses and Aaron said un- 



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to all the children of Israeh At even, 
then ve shall know that the Lord 
hath brought you out from the land 
of Eg\T)t. t 

7 And in the morning, then ye 
shall see the glory of the Lord ; 
for that he heareth your murmur- 1 
ings against the Lord : and what \ 
are we^that ye murmur against us ? , 

8 And Moses said, This shall] 
he, when the Lord shall give you 
in the evening desh to eat : and m , 
the morning bread to the full : for I 
that the Lord heareth your mur- 
murings which ye murmur against 
him : and what we ? your mur- 
murings are not against us, but 
against the Lord. 

9 And :Moses spake unto Aaron, 
Say unto all the congi'egation of 
the children of Israel, Come near 
before the Lord : for he hath heard 
your murmurmgs. 

10 Anditcameto pass, as Aaron 
spake unto the whole congregation | 
of the children of Israel, that they \ 
looked toward the wilderness, and i 
behold, the glory of the Lord ap- ^ 
p eared in the cloud. I 

11 And the Lord spake unto | 
Moses, saying, I 

12 I have heard the murmurings 
of the children of Israel ; speak un- 
to them, saying. At even ye shall 
eat desh, and in the morning ye 
shall be filled with bread ; and ye 
shall know that I am the Lord your 
God. 

13 And it came to pass, that at 
even the quails came up, and co- 
vered the camp : and in the morn- 
ing the dew lay round about the host. 

14 And when the dew that lay 
was gone up, behold upon the face 
of the wilderness there lay a small 
round thing, as small as the hoar 
frost, on the ground. 



15 And when the children of 
Israel saw it, they said one to an- 
other. It is manna : for they wist 
not what it was. And Moses said 
unto them, Tliis 15 the bread which 
the Lord hath given you to eat. 

16 This is the thing which the 
Lord hath commanded. Gather of 

i it every man according to his eat- 
iing; ail omer for every man, acc^r^^- 
■ u^o^ to the number of your persons ; 
take ye every man for them which 
I are in his tents. 

I 17 And the children of Israel 
' did so, and gathered, some more, 
some less 



, 18 And vfhen they did mete it 
iwith an omer, he that gathered 
I much had nothing over, and he that 
j gathered little had no lack^: they 
I gathered every man according to 
: his eating. 

I And Moses said, Let no man 
'leave of it till the morning. 
I 20 Notwithstandingtheyheark- 
\ ened not unto :\Ioses ; but som.e of 
i them left of it until the morning, 
: and h bred worms, and stank : and 
I Moses was wroth with them. 

21 And they gathered it every 
morning: every man according to 
hie* eating: and Avhen the sun 
waxed hot, it mehed. 

22 And it came to pass, that on 
the sixth day they gathered twice 
as much bread, two omers for one 
VI an : and all the rulers of the con- 
gregation came and told Moses. ^ 

2d And he said unto them, This 
is that Avhich the Lord hath said, 
To-morrow is the rest of the holy 
sabbath unto the Lord : bake that 
which ye will bake to-day, and 
seethe that ye will seethe ; and 
that which remaineth over lay up 
for you, to be kept until the morn- 
ing. 



E AS 

24 And they laid it up till the 
moriung, as Moses bade ; and it 
did not stink, neither was there any 
worm therein. 

25 And Moses said, Eat that to- 
day ; for to-day is a sabbath unto 
the Lord : to-day ye shall not find 
it in the field. 

26 Six days ye shall gather it ; 
but on the sev^enth day, tohick is 
the sabbath, in it there shall be none. 

27 And it came to pass, that 
there went out some of the people 
on the seventh day for to gather, 
and they found none. 

23 And the Lord said unto 
Moses, How long refuse ye to keep 
my commandments and my laws ? 

29 See, for that the Lord hath 
given you the sabbath, therefore 
he giveth you on the sixth day the 
bread of two days : abide ye every 
man in his place ; let no man go out 
of his place on the seventh day. 

30 So the people rested on the 
seventh day. 

31 And the house of Israel called 
the name thereof Manna : and it 



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1 like coriander seed, white; and 
the taste of it was like waters mad& 
with honey. 

32 And Moses said, This f^the 
thingwhichthe Lord commandeth, 
Fill an omer of it to be kept for 
your generations ; that they may 
see the bread wherewith I have 
fed you in the wilderness, when I 
brought you forth from the land of 
Egypt. 

33 And Moses said unto ilaron, 
Take a pot, and put an omer full 
of manna therein, and lay it up be- 
fore the Lord, to be kept for your 
generations. 

34 As the Lord commanded 
Moses, so Aaron laid it up before 
the Testimony, to be kept. 

35 And the children of Israel 
did eat manna forty years, imtil 
they came to a land inhabited: 
they did eat manna until they came 
unto the borders of the land of 
Canaan. 

36 Now an omer is the tenth 
])art of an ephah. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
MATTHEW XXVIIL 



L^ V the end of the sabbath, as it 
bega 'f to dawn toward the first day 
of tb " week, came Mary Magdalene 
and he other Mary to see the se- 
pulc re. 

2 And, behold, there was a 
great earthquake ; for the angel of 
the Lord descrnded from heaven, 
and c um and rolled back the stone 
froi)i the door, and sat upon it. 

3 Mis countenance was like 



lightning, and his raiment white 
as snow ; 

4 And for fear of him the keep- 
ers did shake, andbecameas dead 
m.en. 

5 And the angel answered and 
said unto the women, Fear not ye; 
for I know that ye seek Jesus, 
which was crucified. 

6 He is not here ; for he is risen, 



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as lie said, Come, see the place 
where the Lord lay. 

7 And go quickly, and tell his 
disciples, that he is risen from the 
dead ; and behold, he goeth before 
you into Galilee : there shall ye 
see him : lo, I have told you. 

8 And they departed quickly 
from the sepulchre with fear and 
great joy ; and did run to bring his 
disciples word. 

9 And as they went to tell his 
disciples, behold, Jesus met them, 
saying. All hail. And they came 
and held him by the feet, and wor- 
shipped him ? 

10 Then said Jesus unto them, 
Be not afraid ; go tell my brethren 
that they go into Galilee, and there 
shall they see me. 

11 Now when they w-ere going, 
behold, some of the' watch came 
into the city, and shewed unto the 
chief pries'ts all the things thit 
were done. 

12 And when they were assem- 
bled with the elders, and had taken 
counsel, they gave large money 
\mto the soldiers, 

13 Saying, Say ye, His disci- 



T E It . 

pies came by nignt, and stole Mm 
away while we slept. 

14 And if this come to the gov- 
ernors ears, vre will persuade him, 
and secure you. 

1 5 So they took the money, and 
did as they were taught : and this 
saying is commonly reported among 
the Jews until this day. 

16 Then the eleven disciples 
went away into Galilee, in^o a 
mountain where Jesus had appoint- 
ed them. 

17 And when they saw him, 
they worshipped him ; but some 
doubted. 

18 And Jesus came and spake 
unto them, saying, All power is 
given unto me in heaven and in 
earth. 

19 Go ye therefore, and teach 
all nations,' baptizing them in the 
name of the Father, and of the 
Son, and of the Holy Ghost : 

20 Teaching them to observe 
all things whatsoever I have com- 
manded" you : and, lo, 1 am with 
you alw-y, ev^ir- unto the end of 
the world. Amen. 



FIRST LESSON 
JOB 

THEN Job answered and said, 

2 How long will ye vex my 
soul, and break me in pieces with 
words ? 

3 These ten times have ye re- 
proached me : ye are not ashamed 
that ye make yourselves strange 
to me. 

4 And be it indeed that I have 



FOR EVENING. 
XIX. 

erred, mine error remaineth with 
mvself. 

'5 If indeed ye will magnify 
ymirspJves against me, and plead a- 
g linst me my reproach ; 

6 Know now thai God hath 
overthrown mr, and hath com- 
passed me wi^h his net. 

7 Behold, i cry out of wrong, 



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but I am not heard ; I cry aloud, 
but there is no judgment. 

8 He hath fenced up my way 
that I cannot pass, and he hath set 
darkness in my paths. 

9 He hath stripped me of my 
glory, and taken the crown from 
my head. 

10 He hath destroyed me on 
every side, and I am gone ; and 
mine hope hath he removed like a 
tree. 

11 He hath also kindled his 
wrath against me, and he count- 
eth me unto him as one of his 
enemies. 

12 His troops come together, 
and raise up their way against me, 
and encamp round about my taber- 
nacle. 

13 He hath put my brethren far 
I from me, and mine acquaintance 
i are verily estranged from me. 

I 14 My kinsfolk have failed, 
and my familiar friends have for- 
gotten me. 

15 They that dwell in mine 
house, and my maids, count me 
for a stranger : I am an alien in 
their sight. 

16 1 called my servant, and he 
gave me no answer ; I entreated 
him with my mouth. 

i 17 My breath is strange to my 
wife, though I entreated for the 
children's sake of mine own body. 

! 18 Yea, young children des- 
pised me ; I arose, and they spake 
against me. 



19 All my inward friends ab- 
horred me ; and they whom 1 loved 
are turned against me. 

20 My bone cleave th to my 
skin and to my flesh, and I am 
escaped with the skin of my 
teeth. 

21 Have pity upon me, have 
pity upon me, O ye my friends ; 
for the hand of God hath touched 
me. 

22 Why do ye persecute me as 
God, and are not satisfied with my 
flesh ? 

23 Oh that my words were now 
written ! Oh that they were^rinted 
in a book ! 

24 That they were graven with, 
an iron pen and lead in the rock 
for ever ! 

25 For I know that my Re- 
deemer liveth, and that he shall 
stand at the latter da]/ upon the 
earth : 

26 And though after my skin 
worm,s destroy this body, yet in my 
flesh shall I see God : 

27 Whom I shall see for my- 
self, and mine eyes shall behold, 
and not another ; though my reins 
be consumed within me. 

28 But ye should say, Why 
persecute we him, seeing the root 
of the matter is found in me ? 

29 Be ye afraid of the sword: 
for wrath bringet hiheipumshments 
of the sword, that ye may know 
there is a judgment. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ACTS III. 

NOW Peter and John went up | all the people ran together unto 
too-ether into the temple at the hour ' them m the porch that is called 
ofVaver. heui^^^ne mnth hour. \ Solomoms, greatly Avondermg. 

2 4nd'a certam man, lame from j 12 And when Peter saw it, he 
his mothers womb, was earned. I answered unto the people,! e men 
whom thev laid dailv at the gate i of IsraeL why marvel ye at this t 
of the temple whichis called Beau- or why look ye so earnestly on us, 
tiful to ask alms of themthat enter-! as though by our own power or 
ed into the temple : ! holmess we had made this man to 

3 Who seemo- Peter and John I walk ^ . ^ . . . . ^, , c 
about to go mto the temple, asked 1 3 The God of Abraham and of 
an alms ' Isaac, and of Jacob, the God ol our 

4 \nd Peter, fastening his eyes I fathers,hath glorifiedhis Son Jesus: 
upon him, with John, said, Lookon | whom ye delivered up, and denied 

I him in the presence of Pilate, when 

5 And he o-ave heed unto them. I ne was determined to let him go. 
expectincr to receive something of j 14 But ye denied the Holy One 
^^^^^ I and the Just, and desired a murder- 

6 Then Peter said, Silver and er to be granted unto you : 



gold have I none : but such as 1 
have give 1 thee : In the name of 
Jesus'^Christ of Nazareth rise up 
and walk 



15 And killed the Prince of life, 
whom God hath raised from the 
dead : whereof we are witnesses. 

16 And his name, through faith 



7 \nd he took him bv the right , in his name, hath made this man 
hanH,''and lifted him up: and im- strong, whom ye see and know; 
mediately his feet and ancle-bones vea, the faith whichis by him hath 
received' strength. I g^^'^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ P^/^^^^' soundness 

8 \ndhe. leaping up, stood, and , m the presence of you all. 
walked and entered with them into'; 17 And now, brethren, I wot 
the temple, walking, and leaping, j that through ignorance ye did it, 
and praismg God. ^ as r^;V/ also your rulers. 

9 \nd all the peonle saw 18 But those things, which God 
him walkin- and praismg God : | before had shewed by the mouth 

10 And thev knew that it was I of all his prophets ^"^"^^ ^^J'^^f 
he which sat for alms at the Beau- should suffer, he hath so fulfilled, 
tiful gate of the temple, and they 19 Repent ye therefore and be 
were filledwithw^onderandamaze-1 converted, that your sms maybe 
ment at that which had happened ; blotted out when the times ot re- 
unto him. ' freshing shall come from the pre- 

1 1 And as the lame man which | sence of the Lord : 

was healed held Peter and John, I 20 And he shall send Jesus 



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Christ, which before was preached 
unto you ; 

21 Whom the heaven must re- 
ceive until the times of restitution 
of all things, which God hath spo- 
ken by the mouth of all his holy 
prophets since the world be- 
gan. 

22 For Moses truly said unto 
the fathers, A prophet shall the 
Lord your God raise up unto you 
of your brethren, like unto me ; 
him shall ye hear in all things 
whatsoever he shall say unto 
you. 

23 x\nd it shall come to pass, 
that every soul, which will not 



hear that Prophet, shall be destroy- 
ed from among the people. 

24 Yea, and all the prophets 
from Samuel, and those that follow 
after, as many as have spoken, have 
likewise foretold of these days. 

25 Ye are the children of the 
prophets, and of the covenant 
which God made with our fathers, 
saying unto Abraham, And in thy 
seed shall all the kindreds of the 
earth be blessed. 

26 Unto you first, God, having 
raised up his Son Jesus, sent him 
to bless you, in turning away 
every one of you from his iniqui« 
ties. 



TUESDAY IN EASTER WEEK. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ISAIAH XXVL to V. 20. 



IN that day shall this song be 
sung in the land of Judah ; We 
have a strong city : salvation will 
God appoint/or walls and bulwarks . 

2 Open ye the gates, that the 
righteous nation which keepeth the 
truth may enter in. 

3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect 
peace, whose mind is stayed on 
thee ; because he trusteth in thee. 

4 Trust ye in the Lord for- 
ever : for in the Lord JEHOVAH 
is everlasting strength. 

5 For he bringeth down them 
that dwell on high ; the lofty city, 



he layeth it low : he layeth it low, 
even to the ground ; he bringeth 
it even to the dust. 

6 The foot shall tread it down, 
even the feet of the poor, and the 
steps of the needy. 

7 The way of the just is up- 
rightness : thou, most upright, dost 
weigh the path of the just. 

8 Yea, in the way of thy judg- 
ments, O Lord, have we waited 
for thee ; the desire of our soul is 
to thy name, and to the remem- 
brance of thee. 

9 W^ith my soul have I desired 



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thee in the night ; yea, with my 
spirit within me will I seek thee 
early : for when thy judgments are 
in the earth, the inhabitants of the 
world will learn righteousness. 

10 Let favour be shewed to the 
wicked, ijet will he not learn righ- 
teousness : in the land of upright- 
ness will he deal unjustly, and 
will not behold the majesty of the 
Lord. | 

1 1 Lord ivheyi thy hand is lifted | 
up, they willnot see ; ^z/./ they shall 
see, and be ashamed for their emy 
at the people ; yea, the fire of thine 
enemies shall devour them. 

12 Lord, thou wih ordain peace 
for us : for thou also hast wrought 
all our works in us. 

13 Lord our God, oMer lords 
besides thee have had dominion 
over us ; but by thee only will we 
make mention of thy name. 

14 Thej/ are dead, they shall 
not live ; thei/ are deceased, they 
shall not rise : therefore hast thou 
visited and destroyed them, and 



made all their memory to perish. 

15 Thou hast increased the 
nation, Lord, thou hast increas- 
ed the nation: thou art glorified: 
thou hadst removed it far U7ito all 
the ends of the earth. 

16 Lord, in trouble have they 
visited thee, they poured out a pray- 
er If hen they chastening wasn^on 
them. 

17 Like as a woman with, 
child, that draweth near the time 
of her delivery, is in pain, and 
crieth out in her pangs ; so have 
we been in thy sight, Lord.^ 

18 We have been with child, 
we have been in pain, we have as 
it were brought forth w4nd ; we 
have not wrought any deUverance 
in the earth, neither have the in- 
habitants of the world fallen. 

19 Thy dead me7i shall hve, to- 
gether with my dead body shall 
they arise. Awake and sing, ye 
that dwell in dust : for thy dew is 
as the dew of herbs, and the earth 
shall cast out the dead. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING, 



LUKE XXIV. to V. 13. 



NOW, upon the first day of the 
week, very early in the morning, 
they came unto the sepulchre, 
bringing the spices which they 
had prepared, and certain others 
with them. 

2 And they found the stone 
rolled away from the sepulchre. 

3 And "^they entered in, and 
found not the body of the Lord Je- 
sus. 

4 And it came to pass, as they 



were much perplexed thereabout, 
behold, two men stood by them in 
shining garments : 

5 And as they were afraid, and 
bowed down iheir faces to the 
earth, they said unto them, Why 
seek ye the living among the dead ? 
I 6 He is not here, but is risen : 
'remember how he spake unto you 
when he was yet in Galilee, 

7 Saying, the Son of man must 
be delivered into the hands of sin- 



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fill men, and be crucified, and the 
third day rise again. 

8 x\nd they remembered his 
words. 

9 And returned from the sepul- 
chre, and told all these things unto 
the eleven, and to all the rest. 

10 It was Mary Magdalene, and 
Joanna, and Mary the mother of 
James, and other xoomen that were 



with them, which told these things 
unto the apostles. 

1 1 And their words seemed to 
them as idle tales, and they be- 
lieved them not. 

12 Then arose Peter, and ran 
unto the sepulchre ; and stooping 
down, he beheld the linen clothes 
laid by themselves, and departed, 
wondering in himself at that which 
was come to pass. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ISAIAH XII. 



AND in that day thou shalt say, 

Lord I will praise thee : though 
thou wast angry with me, thine 
anger is turned away, and thou 
comfortedst me. 

2 Behold, God Z5 my salvation ; 

1 will trust, and not be afraid : for 
the Lord JEHOVAH is my 
strength and my song ; he also is 
become my salvation. 

3 Therefore with joy shall ye 
draw water out of the welis of sal- 
vation. 



4 And in that day shall ye say, 
Praise the Lord, call upon his 
name, declare his doings among 
the people, make mention that his 
name is exalted. 

5 Sing unto the Lord ; for he 
hath done excellent things : tliis is 
known in all the earth. 

6 Cry out and shout, thou in- 
habitant of Zion : for great is the 
Holy One of Israel in the midst of 
thee. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
II CORINTHIANS V. 



FOR we know that if our 
earthly house of this tabernacle 
were dissolved, we have a building 
of God, an house not made with 
hands, eternal in the heavens. 

2 For in this we groan, earnestly 
desiring to be clothed upon with 
our house which is from heaven : 



3 If so be that being clothed, 
we shall not be found naked. 

4 For we that are in this taber- 
nacle do groan, being burdened ; 
not for that we would be unclothed, 
but clothed upon, that mortality 
might be swallowed up of life. 

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for the self-same tiling is God, who 
also hath given unto us the earnest 
of the Spirit. 

6 Therefore tve are always con- 
fident, knowing that, whilst we are 
at home in the body, we are absent 
from the Lord : 

7 (For we walk by faith, not by 
sight :) 

8 We are confident, I say^ and 
willing rather to be absent from 
the body, and to be present with 
the Lord. 

9 Wherefore we labour, that, 
whether present or absent, we may- 
be accepted of him. 

10 For we must all appear be- 
fore the judgment-seat of Christ, 
that every one may receive the 
things done in his body, according 
to that he hath done, whether it be 
good or bad. 

11 Knowing therefore the ter- 
ror of the Lord, we persuade men : 
but we are made manifest unto 
God ; and I trust also are made 
manifest in your consciences. 

12 For we commend not our- 
selves again unto you, but give you 
occasion to glory on our behalf, 
that ye may have somewhat to 
answer them which glory in ap- 
pearance, and not in heart. 

13 For whether we be beside 
ourselves, it is to God ; or whether 
we be sober, it is for your cause. 

14 For the love of Christ con- 



straineth us ; because we thus 
judge, that if one died for all, then 
were all dead : 

15 And thoA he died for all, that 
they which live should not hence- 
forth live unto themselves, but unto 
him which died for them, and rose 
again. 

16 Wherefore, henceforth know 
we no man after the flesh : yea, 
though we have known Christ after 
the flesh, yet now henceforth know 
we him no more. 

17 Therefore, if any man he in 
Christ, he is a new creature : old 
things are passed away: behold, 
all things are become new. 

18 And all things are of God, 
who hath reconciled us to himself 
by Jesus Christ, and hath given to 
us the ministry of reconciliation ; 

19 To wit, that God was in 
Christ, reconciling the world unto 
himself, not imputing their tres- 
passes unto them ; and hath com- 
mitted unto us the word of recon- 
ciliation. 

20 Now then we are ambassa- 
dors for Christ, as though God did 
beseech you by us : we pray yow 
in Christ's stead, be ye reconciled 
to God, 

2 1 For he hath made him to be 
sin for us, who knew no sin ; that 
we might be made the righteous- 
ness of God in him. 



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THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



191 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ISAIAH XLIII. 



BUT now thus saith the Lord 
that created thee,0 Jacob, and he 
that formed thee, O Israel, Fear 
not ; for I have redeemed thee, I 
have called thee by thy name : thou 
art mine. 

2 When thou passeth through 
the waters, 1 will he with thee; 
and through the rivers, they shall 
not overflow thee ; when thou 
walkest through the fire, thou shalt 
not be burned ; neither shall the 
flame kindle upon thee. 

3 For I am the Lord thy God, 
the Holy One of Israel, thy Sa- 
viour ; I gave Egypt for thy ran- 
som, Ethiopia and Seba for thee. 

4 Since thou wast precious in 
my sight, thou hast been honour- 
able, and I have loved thee ; there- 
fore will I give men for thee, and 
people for thy life. 

5 Fear not : for I am with thee ; 
I will bring thy seed from the east, 
and gather thee from the west ; 

6 I will say to the north, Give 
up : and to the south keep not back ; 
bring my sons from far and my 
daughters from the ends of the 
earth ; 

7 Even every one that is called 
by my name : for I have created him 
for my glory, I have formed him : 
yea, I have made him. 

8 Bring forth the blind people 



that have eyes, and the deaf that 
have ears. 

9 Let all the nations be gather- 
ed together, and let the people be 
assembled : who among them can 
declare this, and shew us former 
things 1 let them bring forth their 
witnesses, that they may be justi- 
fied ; or let them hear, and say, It 
is truth. 

10 Ye are my witnesses, saith 
the Lord, and my servant whom 
I have chosen : that ye may know 
and believe me, and understand 
that I am he .; before me there was 
no God formed, neither shall there 
be after me. 

Ill, evenly am the Lord : and 
besides me there is no saviour. 

12 I have declared, and have 
saved, and I have shewed, when 
there ivas no strange god among 
you : therefore ye are my Avitnes- 
ses, saith the Lord, that I am 
God. 

13 Yea, before the day loas I 
am he : and there is none that can 
deliver oi;t of my hand ; I will 
work, and who shall let it ? 

14 Thus saith the Lord, your 
Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: 
For your sake I have sent to Baby- 
lon, and have brought down all their 
nobles, and the Chaldeans, whose 
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15 I am the Lord, your Holy 
One, the Creator of Israel, your 
King. 

16 Thus saiththe Lord, which 
maketh a way in the sea, and a 
path in the mighty waters : 

17 Which bringeth forth the 
chariot and horse, the army, and 
the power ; they shall he down to- 
gether, they shall not rise ; they 
are extinct, they are quenched as 

^^18 Remember ye not the former 
things, neither consider the things 
of ofd. 

19 Behold, I will do a new 
thing ; now it shall spring forth : 
shah ye not know it 1 I will even 
make a way in the wilderness, ana 
rivers in the desert. 

20 The beast of the field shall 
honor me,the dragons and the owls; 
because I give waters in the wil- 
derness, a7id rivers in the desert, 
to give drink to my people, my 
chosen. 

21 This people have I formed 
for myself, they shall shew forth 
my praise. 

22 But thou hast not called up- 



onme,0 Jacob; but thou hast been 
weary of me, O Israel. 

23 Thou hast not brought me 
the small cattle of thy burnt-offer- 
ings, neither hast thou honoured 
me with thy sacrifices : I have not 
caused thee to serve with an off'er- 
ing,nor wearied thee with incense. 

24 Thou hast bought me no 
sweet cane with money, neither 
hast thou filled me with the fat of 
thy sacrifices ; but thou hast made 
me to serve with thy sins, thou 
hast wearied me with thine iniqui- 
ties. , 

25 I, even I, am he thatblotteth 
out thy transgressions for mine own 
sake, and will not remember thy 



sms. 

26 Put me in remembrance ; let 
us plead together : declare thou, 
that thou mayest be justified. 

27 Thy first father hath sinned, 
and thy teachers have transgress- 
ed against me. 

28 Therefore I have profaned 
the princes of the sanctuary, 
and have given Jacob to the 
curse, and Israel to reproaches. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ACTS I. 



THE former treatise have I 
madj, O Theophilus, of all that 
Jesus began both to do and teach, 

2 Until the day in which he was 
taken up, after that he through the 
Holv Ghost had given command- 
ments unto the apostles whom he 
had chosen : 



3 To whom also he shewed 
himself alive after his passion by 
1 many infallible proofs, being seen 
I of them forty days, and speaking 
1 of the things peilaining to thekmg- 

i dom of God : 

4 And, being assembled together 

1 with them, commanded them that 



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they should not depart from Jeru- 
salem, but wait for the promise of 
the Father, which, saith he, ye have 
heard of me. 

5 For John truly baptized with 
water ; but ye shall be baptized 
v/iththe Holy Ghost not many days 
hence. 

6 When they therefore w^ere 
come together, they asked of him, 
saying, Lord, wilt thou at this time 
restore again the kingdom to Israel 1 

7 And he said unto them. It is 
not for you to know the times or 
the seasons, which the Father hath 
put in his own power. 

8 But ye shall receive power, 
after that the Holy Ghost is come 
upon you: and ye shall be wit- 
nesses unto me both in Jerusalem, 
and in all Judea, and in Samaria, 
and unto the uttermost part of the 
earth. 

9 And when he had spoken 
these things, while they beheld, he 
was taken up : and a cloud received 
him out of their sight. 

10 And, while they looked stead- 
fastly toward heaven as he M^ent 
up, behold, two men stood by them 
in white apparel ; 

1 1 Which also said, Ye men of 
Galilee, why stand ye gazing up 
into heaven 1 this same Jesus, 
v/hich is taken up from you into 
heaven, shall so come in like 
manner as ye have seen him go in- 
to heaven. 

12 Then returned they unto Je- 
rusalem from the mount called 
Olivet, which is from Jerusalem a 
sabbath-day's journey. 

13 And when they were come 
in, they went up into an upper room, 
where abode both Peter, and James, 
and John, and Andre v/, Philip, and 
Thomas, Bartholomew, and Mat- 



thew, James the son of Alpheus, 
and Simon Zelotes, and Judas the 
brother of James. 

14 These all continued with one 
accord in prayer and supplication, 
with the women, and Mary the 
mother of Jesus, and with his bre- 
thren. 

15 And in those days Peter 
stood up in the midst of the disci- 
ples, and said, (the number of the 
names together were about an 
hundred and twenty,) 

1 6 Men a^icl brethren, this scrip- 
ture must needs have been fulfilled, 
which the Holy Ghost, by the 
mouth of David, spake before con- 
cerning Judas, which was guide to 
them that took Jesus. 

17 For he Avas numbered with 
us, and had obtained part of this 
ministry. 

18 Now this man purchased a 
field with the reward of iniquity ; 
and falling headlong, he burst a&~ 
sunder in the midst, and all his 
bov/els gushed out. 

19 And it was known unto all 
the dwellers at Jerusalem ; inso- 
much as that field is called in their 
proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to 
say. The field of blood. 

20 For it is written in the book 
of Psalms, Let his habitation be 
desolate, and let no man dwell 
therein: and, His bishoprick let 
another take. 

21 Wherefore, of these men 
which have companied with us ail 
the time that the Lord Jesus went 
in and oiit among us, 

22 Beginning from the baptism 
of John, unto that same day that he 
was taken up from us, must one be 
ordained to be a witness with us cf 
his resurrection. 

23 And they appointed two^ 

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Joseph called Barsabas, who was 
surnamed Justus, and ^lattliias. 

24 And thev prayed, and said. 
Thou, Lord, which knowest the 
hearts of all vieiu shew whether ot 
these two thou hast chosen. _ 

2 5 That he may take part of this 



ministry and apostleship, from 
which Judas by transgression fell, 
that he might go to liis own place. 

26 And they gave forth their 
lots : and the lot fell upon :vlatthias ; 
and he was numbered with the 
eleven apostles. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ISAIAH XLVIII. 



HEAR ye this, house of Ja- 
cob, which are calledby the name 
of Israel, and are come forth out 
of the waters of Judah ; which | 
swear by the name of the Lord,J| 
and make mention of the Godot| 
Israel, hut not in truth, nor m 
rio'hteousness. 

°2 For they call themselves oi 
the holy chv,^ and stay themselves 
upon the God of Israel ; The LoxRD 
of hosts is his name, 

3 I have declared the former: 
things from the beginning; and, 
they^ went forth out of my moutu, 
and I shewed them ; I did them 
suddenly, and they came to pass. 

4 Because I knew that thou art 
obstinate, and thy neck is an iron 
sinew, and thy brow brass ; 

5 I have even from the begin^ 
ning declared it to thee ; before it 
came to pass, I shewed it thee ; 
lest thou shouldest say, ^Mme idol 
hath done them, and my graven 
image, and my molten image, hath 
commanded them. 

6 Thou hast heard, see all this ; 
and will not ye declare it ? t have 
shewed thee new things from this 
time, even hidden things, and thou 
didst not know them. 



7 They are created now, and 
not from the beginning ; even be- 
fore the day when thou heardest 
them not ; iest thou shouldest say, 
Behold, I knew them. 

8 Yea, thou heardest not ; yea, 
thou knewest not ; yea, from that 
1 time thcitXivmQ ear was not opened : 

for I knew that thou wouldest deal 
very treacherously, and was called 
a transgressor from the womb. 

9 For my name's sake will I 
defer mine anger, and for my praise 
win I refrain for thee, that I cut 

thee not off. 

10 Behold, I have refined thee, 

but not whh silver ; I have chosen 
thee in the furnace of affliction. 

11 For mine own sake, even for 
mine own sake, will I do it : for 
how should my name be polluted ? 
and 1 will not give my glory unto 
another. 

12 Hearken unto me, O JacoD 
and Israel, mv called ; I am he : I 
am the first, I also am the last. 

13 :Nline hand also hath laid 
i the foundation of the earth, and 
j my rio-ht hand hath spanned the 
I heavens : lohen I call unto them, 

they stand up together. 

14 All ye, assemble yourselves, 



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and hear ; which among them hath 
declared these things ? The Lord 
hath loved him : he will do his 
pleasure on Babylon, and his arm 
shall be on the Chaldeans. 

15 I, even I, have spoken ; yea, 
I have called him : I have brought 
him, and he shall make his way 
prosperous. 

16 Come ye near unto me, hear 
ye this ; I have not spoken in secret 
from the beginning ; from the time 
that it was, there am I ; and now 
the Lord God, and his Spirit, hath 
sent me. 

17 Thus saith the Lord, thy 
Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel ; 
I am the Lord thy God which 
teacheth thee to profit, which lead- 
eth thee by the way that thou 
shouldest go. 

18 Oh that thouhadst hearken- 
ed to mv commandments ! then had 



thy peace been as a river, and thy 
righteousness as the waves of the 
sea : 

19 Thy seed also had been as 
the sand, and the offspring of thy 
bowels like the gravel thereof ; his 
name should not have been cut off 
nor destroyed from before me. 

20 Go ye forth of Babylon, flee 
ye from the Chaldeans, with a 
voice of singing declare ye, tell 
this, utter it even to the end of the 
earth ; say ye. The Lord hath re- 
deemed his servant Jacob. 

21 And they thirsted not when 
he led them through the deserts : 
he caused the waters to flow out 
of the rock for them ; he clave the 
rock also, and the waters gushed 
out. 

22 There is no peace, saith the 
Lord, unto the wicked. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
1 CORINTHIANS XV. 



MOREOVER, brethren, I de- 
clare unto you the gospel which I 
preached unto you, which also ye 
have received, and wherein ye 
stand ; 

2 By which also ye are saved, 
if ye keep in memory what I 
preached unto you, unless ye have 
believed in vain. 

3 For I delivered unto you first 
of all that which I also received, 
how that Christ died for our sins 
according to the scriptures ; 

4 And that he was buried, and 
that he rose again the third day ac- 
cording to the scriptures ; 



5 And that he was seen of 
Cephas, then of the twelve : 

6 After that he was seen of 
above five hundred brethren at 
once ; of whom the greater part 
remain unto this present, but some 
are fallen asleep. 

7 After that he was seen of 
James ; then of all the apostles. 

8 And last of all he was seen of 
me also, as of one born out of due 
time. 

9 For I am the least of the 
apostles, that am not meet to be 
called an apostle, because I perse- 
cuted the church of God. 



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' 10 But by the grace of God I' 
am what I am ; and his grace which 
was bestowed upon me was not m 
vain ; but I laboured more abun- 
dantly than they all : yet not I, but 
the gTace of God which Avas with 
me. 

11 Therefore, whether 2^ icere 
I or they, so Ave preach, and so ye 
believed. 

12 Now if Christ be preached 
that he rose from the dead, how 
say some among you that there is 
no resurrection of the dead ? 

13 But if there be no resurrec- 
tion of the dead, then is Christ not 
risen. 

14 And if Christ be not risen, 
then is our preaching vain, and 
your faith is also vain. 

15 Yea, and we are found false 
witnesses of God; because we 
have testified of God that he raised 
up Christ : whom he raised not up, 
if so be that the dead rise not. 

1 6 For if the dead rise not, then 
is not Christ raised ; 

17 Anrl if Christ be not raised, 
your faith is vain ; ye are yet in 
your sins. 

1 8 Then thev also which are fal- , 
len asleep in Christ are perished. 

19 If in this life only we have 
hope in Christ, we are of all men 
most miserable. 

20 But now is Christ risen Irom 
the dead, and become the first-fruits 
of them that slept, 

21 For since by man came death, 
by man came also the resurrection 
of the dead. 

22 For as in Adam all die, even 
80 in Christ shall all be made, alive. 

23 But every man in his own 
order : Christ the first-fruits ; after- 
ward they that are Christ's at his 
coming. 



24 Then cometh the end, when 
he shall have delivered up the king- 
dom to God, even the Father; 
when he shall have put down all 
rule, and all authority and power. 

25 For he must reign, till he 
hath put all enemies under his feet. 

26 The last enemy that shall be 
destroyed is death. 

27 For he hath put all things 
under his feet. But when he saith, 
all things are put under him, it is 
manifest that he is excepted which 
did put all things under him. 

28 And when all things shall be 
subdued unto him, then sh^il the 
Son also himself be subject unto 
him that put all things under him, 
that God may be all in all. 

29 Else what shall they do 
which are baptized for the dead, if 
the dead rise not at all 1 why are 
they then baptized for the dead ? 

30 And why stand we in jeo- 
pardy every hour ? 

31 I protest by your rejoicing 
which I have in Christ Jesus our 
Lord, I die daily. 

32 If after the manner of men 1 
have fought with beasts at Ephe- 
sus, what advantageth it me, if the 
I dead rise not ? let. iis eat and drmk ; 
I for to-morrow we die. 

33 Be not deceived ; evil com- 
munications corrupt good manners. 

34 Awake to righteousness, and 
sin not ; for some have not the 
knowledge of God : I speak this to 
vour shame. 

35 But some man will say. How 
are the dead raised up ? and with 
what body do they come ? 

36 Thou fool, that which thou 
sowest is not quickened, except it 
die. 

27 And that which thou sowest, 
thou sowest not that body that 



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shall be, but bare grain, it may 
chance of wheat, or of some other 
grain ? 

38 But God giveth it a body as 
it hath pleased him, and to every 
seed his own body. 

39 All flesh is not the sam.e 
flesh : but there is one kind o/flesh 
of men, another flesh of beasts, 
another of fishes, a7id another of 
birds. 

40 There are also celestial 
bodies, and bodies terrestrial : but 
the glory of the celestial is one, and 
the glory of the terrestrial is an- 
other. 

41 There is one glory of the sun, 
and another glory of the moon, and 
another glory of the stars ; for one 
star diflereth from another star in 
glory. 

42 So also is the resurrection of 
the dead : it is sown in corruption, 
it is raised in incorruption : 

43 It is sown in dishonour, it is 
raised in glory : it is sown in weak- 
ness, it is raised in power : 

44 It is sown a natural body, it 
is raised a spiritual body. There 
is a natural body, and there is a 
spiritual body. 

45 And so it is written. The 
first man Adam was a living soul, 
the last Adam loas made a quicken- 
ing spirit. 

46 Howbeit that was not first 
which is spiritual, but that which 
is natural ; and afterward that 
which is spiritual. 

47 The first man is of the earth, 
earthy; the second man is the Lord 
from heaven. 



48 As is the earthy, such are 
they also that are earthy : and as 
is the heavenly, such are they also 
that are heavenly. 

49 And as we have borne the 
image of the earthy, we shall also 
bear the image of the heavenly. 

50 Now this I say, brethren, 
that flesh and blood cannot inherit 
the kingdom of God ; neither doth 
corruption inherit incorruption. 

51 Behold, I shew you a mys- 
tery ; We shall not all sleep, but 
we shall all be changed, 

52 In a moment, in the twink- 
ling of an eye, at the last trump ; 
(for the trumpet shall sound ;) and 
the dead shall be raised incorrupti- 
ble, and we shall be changed. 

53 For this corruptible must put 
on incorruption, and this mortal 
must put on immortalitye 

54 So when this corruptible 
shall have put on incorruption^ and 
this mortal shall have put on im- 
mortality, then shall be brought to 
pass the saying that is written, 
Death is swallowed up in victory, 

55 O death, where is thy sting ? 
O grave, where is thy victory ? 

56 The sting of death is sin; 
and the strength of sin is the law. 

57 But thanks he to God whicli 
giveth us the victory through oux 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

58 Therefore, my beloved 
brethren, be ye steadfast, unmove- 
able, always abounding in the work 
of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know 
that your labour is not in vain in 
the Lord, 

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THE SECOXD SUXDAY AFTER EASTER 



FIRST LESSON FOR TuORXIXG. 
HOSEA XIIL 



" WHEN Epiiraim spake trem- 
blins, lie exalted liimself m Israel ; 
but %-}ien lie offended in Baal, lit 
died. 

2 And now tliey sin more and 



thvself: but in me is tliine help. 
*10 I Avill be thy king : where 
^' c:'i:r that may save thee in^ 
all tliv cities ] and thy judges, _ of 
whom thou saidst, Give me a king 
more and hare made them nioh-n and princes ' • • 

anser, and took away in my 
vrrath. 

12 The iniqiuty of Epiiraim is 
bound up : his sin is hid. 

13 The sorrows of a travailing 



images of their stiver, and idols 
according to their own understand- 
ino-, ail of II the Avork of the crafts- 
men : they say of thenn Let the 
men that sacriiice kiss the calves. 

3 Therefore they shail be as 
the morning cloud, and as the 
earlv dew that passeth avray. as 
the chaff /';:7fis driven with the 
whiriwrnd out of the door, and as 
the smoke out oi the cluimiey. : 

4 Yet I am the Lord thv God 
from the iand of E^vpt. and thou 
shait know no god but me : t^r 
tJure no saviour beside me. | 

5 I did k-v^xN thee m the wh- ^ 
derness, m ihe land of great; 
drouodu. ; 

6 ^According,- to their pasture, so', 
were die-r ffied. they were tilled. ' 
and their heart was exahed ; there- 
fore have thev fors otten me. 

7 Therefore I will be unto them 
as a Hon ; as a leopard by the vray 
will I observe ihirn. 

8 I vnll meet them as a bear 
tfia:is bereaved of her ichelps, and 
will rend the caul of their heart, 
and there will I devour them like a 
lion ; the v.-ild beast shalltear them. 

9 O Israel, thou hast destroyed 



woman shall come upon him : 



he 



not 



unwise son ; for he should 
roT- long; in the y-ace the 
breaking: forth of children. 

14 I wiU ransom them from the 
power of the grave : I will redeem 
them from death : death, I will 
be vhv plagues ; grave, I will 
be thv de^struction : repentance 
shall be hid from mine eyes. 

1 5 Thou gh he be fruitful among 
h'.s brethren, an east wind shall 
come, the wind of the Lord shall 
come up from the Avdderness, and 
his sorinsshallbecome dry, and his 
fountain Ihall be dried up': he shall 
spoil the treasure of all pleasant 
vessels. 

16 Samaria shall become deso- 
late, for she hath rebelled against 
her God : thev shall fall by the 
sw ed; their' infants shall be 
dashed in pieces, and their women 
with child shall be ripped up. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ACTS III. 



NOW Peter and John went up 
together into the temple at the hour 
of prayer, being the ninth hour. 

2 And a certain man, lame from 
his mother's womb, was carried, 
whom they laid daily at the gate 
of the temple whichis called Beau- 
tiful, to ask alms of them that enter- 
ed into the temple : 

3 Who seeing Peter and John 
about to go into the temple, asked 
an alms. 

4 And Peter, fastening his eyes 
upon him, with John, said, Look on 
us. 

5 And he gave heed unto them, 
expecting to receive something of 
them. 

6 Then Peter said. Silver and 
gold have I none : but such as I 
have give I thee : In the name of 
Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up 
and walk. 

7 And he took him by the right 
hand, and lifted him up ; and im- 
mediately his feet and ancle-bones 
received strength. 

8 And he, leaping up, stood, and 
v/alked, and entered with them into 
the temple, walking, and leaping, 
and praising God. 

9 And all the people saw 
him walking, and praising God : 

10 And they knew that it v/as 
he which sat for alms at the Beau- 
tiful gate of the temple, and they 
were filled with wonder and amaze- 
ment at that which had happened 
unto him. 

1 1 And as the lame man which 
was healed held Peter and John, 



all the people ran together unto 
them in the porch that is called 
Solomon's, greatly wondering. 

12 And when Peter saw z^, he 
answered unto the people. Ye men 
of Israel, why marvel ye at this ? 
or v/hy look ye so earnestly on us, 
as though by our own power or 
holiness we had made this man to 
walk ? 

13 The God of Abraham, and of 
Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our 
fatherSjhath glorified his Son Jesus: 
whom ye delivered up, and denied 
him in the presence of Pilate, when 
he was determined to let him go. 

14 But ye denied the Holy One 
and the Just, and desired a murder- 
er to be granted unto you : 

1 5 And killed the Prince of life, 
whom God hath raised from the 
dead ; whereof we are witnesses. 

16 And his name, through faith 
in his name, hath made this man 
strong, Y/hom ye see and know ; 
yea, the faith whichis by him hath 
given him this perfect soundness 
in the presence of you all. 

17 And now, brethren, I wot 
that through ignorance ye did it, 
as did also your rulers. 

18 But those things, which God 
before had shewed by the mouth 
of all his prophets, that Christ 
should suffer, he hath so fulfilled. 

19 Repent ye therefore and be 
converted, that your sins may be 
blotted out when the times of re- 
freshing shall come from the pre- 
sence of the Lord : 

20 And he shall send Jesus 



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Clirist, whicli before ^yas preached | hear that Prophet, shall be destroy- 
, ' . I ed from among the people. 

2? Whom the heaven must re- 1 24 Yea, and all the prophets 
ceivl untilThe times of restitution from Samuel, and those that follow 
of al thmcxs which C4od hath spo- . after, as many as have spoken, ha. e 
?efb7^Se mou^ of all his hSly likewise foretold of these days 
moDh'^^ts since the world be-! 25 Ye are the chi dren of the 
propli.ts since : prophets, and of the covenant 

^'22 For Moses trulv said unto ! which God made with cmrfathei^ 
the fathers \ prophet shall the , saymg unto Abraham And m thy 
Z^dZ^Go^^^e up unto you seed shall all the .mdreds of the 
of vour brethren, like unto me ; earth be blessed. ^ _ , . 
h nrshall ye hear m all things : 26 Unto you f.rst, God, having 
whativ^^^^ shall say unto • raised up his Son Jesus, sem hirn 
wnaL.jeNi. ^^^^^ turning away 

^ ""23 And it shall come to pass, every one'of you from Ins imqm- 
that every soul, wliich will not , ties. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
HOSEA XIV. 



ISRAEL, return unto the 
Lord thy God ;'for thou hast fallen 

by thine iniquity. 
" 2 Take vv^ith you words, andturn 

to the Lord: say unto him, Take 

away all iniquity, and receive 

graciously : so will we render the 

calves of our lips. 

3 Assliur shall not save us ; vve 
will not ride upon horses ;^ neither 
will vv^e say any more to the^vrork 
of our hands, Yt are our gods ; for 
in thee the fatherless flndethmercy. 

4 I will heal their backsliding, 
I will love them freely ; lor mine 
anger is turned away from him. 

5 I will be as the dew unto Is- 
rael ; he shall grow as the lily, 
and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 

6 His branches^ shall spread, 



and his beauty shall be as the 
ohve-tree, and his smell as Leba- 
non. 

7 They that dwell under his 
shadow shall return : they shall re- 
vive as the corn, and grow as the 
vine : the scent thereof shall be 
as the wine of Lebanon. 

8 EphraimsA^z// 5^1?/, AVhat have 
I to do any more v/ith idols ? I 
have heard hl?)i, and observed 
him: I ar/i like a gi^een hr-tree. 
From me is thy fruit found. 

9 Who is wise, and he shall 
understand these things ? prudent, 
and he shall know them ? for the 
wavs of the Lord are right, and 
the' just shall walk in them: but 
the transgressors shall fall therein. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
COLOSSIANS I. 



PAUL, an apostle of Jesus 
Christ by the will of God, and Ti- 
motheus 02^r brother, 

2 To the saints and faithful 
brethren in Christ which are at 
Colosse ; Grace be unto you, and 
peace, from God our Father, and 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 

3 We give thanks to God and 
the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
praying always for you, 

4 Since we heard of your faith 
in Christ Jesus, and of the love 
which ye have to all the saints ; 

5 For the hope which is laid up 
for you in heaven,whereof ye heard 
before in the word of the truth ol 
the gospel : 

6 Which is come unto you, as 
it is in all thp, wnrlrl ; and hringr. 
eth forth fruit, as it doth also in 
you, since the day ye heard of it, 
and knew the grace of God in 
truth ; 

7 As ye also learned of Epa- 
phras our dear fellow-servant, who 
is for you a faithful minister of 
Christ ; 

8 Who also declared unto us 
your love in the Spirit. 

9 For this cause we also, since 
the day we heard it, do not cease 
to pray for you, and to desire that 
ye might be filled with the know- 
ledge of his will in all v/isdom and 
spiritual understanding : 

10 That ye might walk worthy 
of the Lord unto all pleasing, being 
fruitful in every good work, and 
increasing in the knowledge of 
God: 



1 1 Strengthened with all might, 
according to his glorious power un- 
to all patience and long-suffering 
with joyfulness. 

12 Giving thanks unto the Fa- 
ther, who hath made us meet to 
be partakers of the inheritance of 
the saints in light ; 

1 3 Who hath delivered us from 
the power of darkness, and hath 
translated us into the kingdom of 
his dear Son ; 

14 In whom we have redemp- 
tion through his blood, eve7i the for- 
giveness of sins : 

1 5 Who is the image of the in- 
visible G od, the first-born of every 
creature ; 

16 For by him were all things 

are in earth, visible and invisible, 
whether they be thrones, or domi- 
nions, or principalities, or powers : 
all things were created by him, and 
for him : 

17 And he is before all things, 
and by him all things consist ; 

18 And he is the head of the 
body, the church : who is the be- 
orinnino^, the first-born from the 
dead : that in all things lie might 
have the pre-eminence. 

19 For it pleased the Father, 
that in him should all fulness dwell ? 

20 And having made peace 
through the blood of his cross, by 
him to reconcile all things unto 
himself: by him, / say, whether 
they be things in earth, or things in 
heaven. 

21 And you, that were seme- 



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times alienated, and enemies m 
your mind by wicked works, yet 
now hath he reconciled. 

22 In the body of his flesh 
through death, to present you holy, 
and imblameable, and unreprove- 
able in his sight ; ^ . . 

23 If ye continue in the laith 
grounded and settled, and he not 
moved away from the hope of the 
gospel, which ye have heard, and 
which was preached to every crea- 
ture whichis under heaven ; w^here- 
of I Paul am made a minister : 

24 Who now rejoice in my suf- 
ferings for you, and fill np that 
which is behind of the afflictions of 
Christ in my flesh for his body's 
sake, whichis the church ; 

25 Whereof I am made a min- 



ister, according to the dispensation 
of God which is given to me for 
you, to fulfil the word of God : 

26 Even the mystery which 
hath been hid from ages and from 
generations, but now is made mani- 
fest to his saints ; 

27 To whom God would make 
known what is the riches of the 
glory of this mystery among the 
Gentiles ; which is Christ in you, 
the hope of glory ; 

28 W^hom we preach, w^arnmg 
every man, andteaching every man 
in all wisdom : that we may pre- 
sent every man perfect in Christ 
Jesus : 

29 W^hereunto I also labour, 
striving according to his working, 
w^hich worketh in me mightily. 



THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JOEL III. V. 9. 



9 Proclaim ye this among the 
Gentiles : Prepare war, wake up 
the mighty men, let all the men of 
war draw near, let them come up : 

10 Beat your plow-shares into 
swords, and your pruning-hooks 
into spears : let the w^eak say, I 
am strong. 

11 Assemble yourselves, and 
come, all ye heathen, and gather 
yourselves together round about : 
thither cause thy mighty ones to 
come down, O Lord. 



12 Let the heathen be awake- 
ned, and come up to the valley of 
Jehoshaphat : for there will I sit 
to judge all the heathen round a- 
bout. 

13 Put ye in the sickle ; for the 
harvest is ripe: come, get you 
down : for the press is full, the fats 
overflow, for their wickedness is 

great. . 

14 Multitudes, multitudes m the 

valley of decision : for the day of 



E A S 

the Lord is near in the valley of 
decision. 

15 The sun and the moon shall 
be darkened, and the stars shall 
withdraw their shining. 

16 The Lord also shall roar 
out of Zion, and utter his voice 
from Jerusalem ; and the heavens 
and the earth shall shake ; but the 
Lord tvill be the hope of his peo- 
ple, and the strength of the chil- 
dren of Israel. 

17 So shall ye know that I am 
the Lord your God dwelling in 
Zion, my holy mountain : then 
shall Jerusalem be holy, and there 
shall no stra,ngers pass through 
her any more. 

1 8 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, that the mountains shall 



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drop down new wine, and the hills 
shall flow with milk, and all the 
rivers of Judah shall flow with 
waters, and a fountain shall come 
forth of the house of the Lord, 
and shall water the valley of 
Shittim. 

19 Egypt shall be a desolation, 
and Edom shall be a desolate 
wilderness, for the violence against 
the children of Judah, because 
they have shed innocent blood in 
their land. 

20 But Judah shall dwell for 
ever, and Jerusalem from genera- 
tion to generation. 

21 For I will cleanse their blood 
that I have not cleansed : for the 
Lord dwelleth in Zion. ^ 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ACTS V. 



BUT a certain man named Ana- 
nias, with Sapphira his wife, sold 
a possession, . 

2 And kept back part of the 
price, his wife also being privy to 
it, and brought a certain part, and 
laid it at the apostles' feet. 

3 But Peter said, Ananias, why 
hath Satan filled thine heart to lie 
to the Holy Ghost, and to keep 
back part of the price of the land ? 

4 Whiles it remained, was it 
not thine own ? and after it was 
sold, was it not in thine own 
power ? Why hast thou conceived 
this thing in thine heart ? thou 
hast not lied unto men, but unto 
God. 

5 And Ananias, hearing these 



words, fell down, and gave up the 
ghost : and great fear came on all 
them that heard these things. 

6 And the young men arose, 
wound him up, and carried him 
out, and buried him. 

7 And it was about the space 
of three hours after, when his wife, 
not knowing what was done, came 
in. 

8 And Peter answered unto her, 
Tell me whether ye sold the land 
for so much ? And she said, Yea, 
for so much. 

9 Then Peter said unto her. 
How is it that ye have agreed to- 
gether to tempt the Spirit of the 
Lord ? Behold, the feet of them 
which have buried thy husband 



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are at the door, and shall ^-^T^^t"^"'^' '''"^^ 

thee out. • t '! oi Anrl when thev heard that, 

,5-i„g font, bu„.d U,r I,; he. .•to';";'^^,^ .„ 

husband. . , rhilrl^en of Israel, and sent 

"IrinfbrtJ^e 'hands of the | and found them not xn the prison. 

apJil^^e^ ntany stgns ^-^ ^1^^-^^^ ^t^°p,.son truly 
.Anders wrought a-ong the pe^ I 23^ ^S'.ith 1 safety, and 
pie ; and they were all ^uth o'^'^ ; ^ .landing without be- 

accord in Solomon s porcn. a^ors : bat, when we had 

13 And of the rest diirst no man fore the ^ „rs , 



jom himself to them : but the peo 
pie magnified them. 



lorB uic u'^->/ia . " — J . 

opened, we found no man withm. 
24 Now, when the high priest. 



whom ye put in prison are stand- 
ing in^ the temple, and teaclung 
the people. . 

26 Then v;ent the captam witn 



laid them on beds and couches 
that at the least the shadow oi 
Peter passingby might overshadow 

some of them. , 
16 There came also a mnUitude 



J:^£rwSCK^e vid^SilS^^Sple lest 4 should have 

xmelean spirits: and they ^^"^^ j^'^^^JS when they had brought 
healed every one. 'tii„„, 't1ipv set them before the 

hi^, (which is the sect of the the.n, pid not we straitly 

Sadducees,) and were ^"^^ | J^^.^i ^^oli, that ye should not 

"'llTriaid their hands on the ; teach in 4is ^^^^^^^^^ 
apostles, and put them m the com- g^^a.-e fiUed J^erusalem ^^y^^^ 

"T/Br;he an.el of the Lord ' man's blood upon us. 



by night opened the prison-doors 
and brought them forth, and 
said, . 
20 Go, stand and speak m the 



Ills UiUV^Vl LX^^v,- — 

29 Then Peter and the other 
apostles answered and said, We 
oncrht to obev God rather than men. 

30 The God of our fathers rais- 



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ed up Jesus, whom ye slew, and 
hanged on a tree. 

31 Him hath God exalted with 
his right hand to he a Prince and 
a Saviour, for to give repentance to 
Israel, and forgiveness of sins. 

32 And we are his witnesses 
of these things ; and so is also the 
Holy Ghost, whom God hath giv- 
en to them that obey him. 

33 When they heard that, they 
were cut to the heart, and took 
counsel to slay them : 

34 Then stood there up one in 
the council, a Pharisee, named 
Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, had 
in reputation among all the people, 
and commanded to put the apostles 
forth a little space ; 

35 And said unto them. Ye men 
of Israel take heed to yourselves 
what ye intend to do as touching 
these men. 

36 For before these days rose 
up Theudas, boasting himself to be 
somebody : to whom a number of 
men, about four hundred, joined 
themselves ; who was slain ; and 
all, as many as obeyed him, were 



scattered, and brought to nought. 

37 After this man rose up Ju- 
das of Galilee, in the days of the 
taxing, and drew away much peo- 
ple after him ; he also perished ; 
and all, even as many as obeyed 
him, were dispersed. 

38 And now I say unto you, 
Refrain from these men, and let 
them alone ; for if this counsel or 
this work be of men, it will come 
to nought : 

39 But if it be of God, ye can- 
not overthrow it, lest haply ye be 
found even to fight against God. 

40 And to him they agreed ; 
and when they had called the apos- 
tles, and beaten them, they com- 
manded that they should not speak 
in the name of Jesus, and let them 
go. 

41 And they departed from the 
presence of the council, rejoicing 
that they were counted worthy to 
suffer shame for his name. 

42 And daily in the temple, and 
in every house, they ceased not to 
teach and preach Jesus Christ. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



MICAH IV. 



BUT in the last days it shall 
come to pass, that the mountain 
of the house of Lord shall be es- 
tablished in the top of the moun- 
I tains, and it shall be exalted above 
; the hills ; and people shall flow 
I unto it. 

j 2 And many nations shall come, 
I and say, Come, and let us go up to 
I the mountain of the Lord, and to 



the house of the God of Jacob ; 
and he will teach us of his ways, 
and we will walk in his paths : for 
the law shall go forth of Zion,and 
the word of the Lord from Jeru- 
salem. 

3 And he shall judge among 
many people, and rebuke strong 
nations afar off ; and they shall 
beat their swords into plowshares, 

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and their spears into pruning- 
hooks: nation shall not lift np a 
sword against nation, neither sliall 
thev learn war any more. 

4 But tliev shall sit every man 
under his vine, and under his fig- 1 
tree; and none shall make ihem\ 
afraid : for the mouth of the Lord | 
of hosts hath spoken rt. 

5 For all people Avih walk everv 
one in the name of his god and 
^ve wih walk in the name of the 
Lord our God for ever and ever. 

6 In that dav, saith the Lord, 
will 1 assemble her that halteth, 
andlwhl aaiherher/^.^ ^^drlvenl 
out, and he^ that I hayeafhicted: 

7 4nd I vnll make her that 1 
halted a remnant, and her ihatKas\ 
cast far off a strong nation: and! 
the Lord shall rei.o-n over them in| 
mount Zion from henceforth, even 

for ever. n i 

8 \ndthou. Otowerot the flock, 
the strong hold of the daughter ot 
Zion, unto thee shah it come, even 



the 



first dominion; the kingdom 



shah come to the daughter oi Jeru 
sal em. 

9 Now why dost thou cry out 



aloud? is ihere no king m thee ? 
is thy counsellor perished 1 for 
pangs have taken thee as a woman 
in travail. 

10 Be in pain, and labour to 
I bring forth, daughter of Zion, 
like "a woman in travail : for now 
shah thou go forth out of the city, 
and thou shah dweU in the field, 
' and thoushah go even to Babylon ; 
there shah thoubedehvered; there 
the Lord shah redeem thee from 
the hand of thine enenhes. 

11 Xovv- also many nations are 
o-athered against thee, that say, 
Let her be defiled, and let our eye 
look upon Zion. 

12 But thev know not the 
Ithouohts of the' Lord, neither un- 
I derst^and they his counsel: for he 
} shah gather them as the sheaves 

into the floor. 

13 \rise and thrash, daughter 

1 of Zion : for I will make thine 
horn iron, and I will make thy 
hoofs brass: and thou shalt beat 
m pieces inanv people : and I will 
I consecrate their gain unto the 
Lord, and their substance unto 
Ithe Lord of the whole earth. 



SECO^'D LESSON FOR EVENING. 
COLOSSIANS III 



IF ye thenbe risen with Christ, 
seek those things Avhich are above 
where Christ shteth on the right 
hand of God. 

2 Set your affection on things 
above, not on things on the earth. 

3 For ye are dead, and your 
'life is hid with Christ in God. 

4 When Christ who is our hfe, 
shall appear, then shall ye also 
appear with him in glory. 



5 ^lortify therefore your mem- 
bers which are upon the earth : 
fornication,uncleanness, inordinate 
afiection, evil concupiscence, and 
covetousness, which is idolatry. 

6 For which things' sake the 
wrath of God cometh on the chil- 
dren of disobedience ; 

7 In the which ye also walked 
sometime, when ye lived in 
them. 



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8 But now ye also put off all 
these ; anger, wrath, malice, blas- 
phemy, filthy communication out 
of your mouth. 

9 Lie not one to another, see- 
ing, that ye have put off the old 
man with his deeds : 

10 And have put on the new 
ma7i, who is renewed in knowledge 
after the image of him that created 
him ; 

11 Where there is neither 
Greek nor Jew, circumcision nor 
uncircumcision. Barbarian, Scy- 
thian, bond nor free ? but Christ is 
all, and in all. 

12 Put on therefore, as the elect 
of God, holy and beloved, bowels 
of mercies, kindness, humbleness 
of mind, meekness, long-suffer- 
ing; 

13 Forbearing one another, and 
forgiving one another, if any man 
have a quarrel against any ; even 
as Christ forgave you, so also do 
ye. 

14 And above all these things 
jput on charity, which is the bond 
of perfectness. 

15 And let the peace of God 
rule in your hearts, to the which 
also ye are called in one body ; 
and be ye thankful. 

16 Let the word of Christ dwell 
in you richly in all wisdom : teach- 



ing and admonishing one another 
in psalms and hymns and spiritual 
songs, singing with grace in your 
hearts to the Lord. i 

17 And whatsoever ye do in 
word or deed, do all in the name 
of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to 
God and the Father by him. 

18 Wives submit yourselves un- 
to your own husbands, as it is fit in 
the Lord. 

19 Husbands, love your wives, 
and be not bitter against them. 

20 Children, obey your parents 
in all things ; for this is well pleas- 
ing unto the Lord. 

21 Fathers, provoke not your 
children to anger, lest they be dis- 
couraged. 

22 Servants obey in all things 
your masters according to the 
flesh : not with eye-service, as men 
pleasers : biit in singleness of heart 
fearing God : 

23 And whatsoever ye do, do it 
heartily, as to the Lord, and not 
unto men : 

24 Knowing that of the Lord 
ye shall receive the reward of the 
inheritance : for ye serve the Lord 
Christ. 

25 But he that doeth wron^ 
shall receive for the wrong which 
he hath done : and there is no res- 

1 pect of persons 



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THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



MICAH V. 



NOW gather thyself in troops, 
O daughter of troops : he hath laid 
siege against ns ; they shall smite 
the Judge of Israel wdth a rod 
upon the cheek. 

2 But thou, Beth-lehem Ephra- 
tah, though thou be little among 
the thousands of Judah, yet out of 
thee shall he come forth unto me 
that is to be Ruler in Israel; 
whose goings forth have been from 
of old, from everlasting. 

3 Therefore will he give them 
up, until the time that she which 
travaileth hath brought forth : then 
the remnant of his brethren shall 
return unto the children of Israel. 

4 And he shall stand and^ feed 
in the strength of the Lord, in the 
maje^tv of the name of the Lord 
his God ; and they shall abide : 
for now shall he be great unto the 
ends of the earth. 

5 And this man shall be the 
peace, when the Assyrian shall 
come into our land : and when he 
shall tread in our palaces, then 
shall we raise against him seven 
shepherds, and eight principal men. 

6 And they shall waste the land 
of Assyria with the sword, and the 
land of Nimrod in the entrances 
thereof : thus shall he deliver 
from the Assyrian, Avhenhe cometh 
into our land, and when he tread- 
eth within our borders. 

7 And the remnant of Jacob 
shall be in the midst of many peo- 



ple as a dew from the Lord, as 
the showers upon the grass, that 
tarrieth not for man, nor waiteth 
for the sons of men. 

8 And the remnant of Jacob 
shall be among the Gentiles in the 
midst of many people, as a lion 
among the beasts of the forest, as 
a younor lion among the flocks of 
sheep fwhOjif he go throngh.both 
treadeth down and tear eth in pieces, 
and none can deliver. 

9 Thine hand shall be lifted up 
upon thine adversaries, and all 
thine enemies shall be cut off. 

10 And it shall come to pass in 
that day, saith the Lord, that I 
will cut off thy horses out of the 
midst of thee, and I will destroy 
thv chariots : 

'll And I will cut off the cities 
of thy land, and throw down all 
thy strong holds : 

12 And I will cut off witchcrafts 
out of thine hand ; and thou shalt 
have no more soothsayers : 

13 Thy graven images also will 
I cut off, and thy standing images 
out of the midst of thee ; and thou 
shalt no more worship the work of 
thine hands. 

14 And I will pluck up thy 
groves out of the midst of thee : so 
will I destroy thy cities. 

1 5 And I will execute vengeance 
in anger and fury upon the hea- 
ithen, such as they have not heard. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ACTS VI. 



ANP in those days, when the 
number of the disciples was multi- 
plied, there arose a murmuring of 
the Grecians against the Hebrews, 
because their widows were ne- 
glected in the daily ministration. 

2 Then the twelve called the 
multitude of the disciples unto them^ 
and said, It is not reason that we 
should leave the word of God, and 
serve tables. 

3 Wherefore, brethren, look ye 
out among you seven men of honest 
report, full of the Holy Ghost and 
wisdom, whom we may appoint 
over this business. 

4 But we will give ourselves 
continually to prayer, and to the 
ministry of the word. 

5 And the saying pleased the 
whole multitude ; and they chose 
Stephen, a man full of faith and of 
the Holy Ghost, and Philip, and 
Prochorus, and Nicanor, and Ti- 
mon, and Parmenas, and Nicolas a 
proselyte of Antioch : 

6 Whom they set before the 
apostles ; and when they had pray- 
ed, they laid their hands on them. 

7 And the word of God increased ; 
and the number of the disciples 
multiplied in Jerusalem greatly ; 
and a great company of the priests 
were obedient to the faith. 



8 And Stephen, full of faith and 
power, did great wonders and 
miracles among the people. 

9 Then there arose certain of 
the synagogue, which is called the 
synagogue of the Libertines, and 
Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, and 
of them of Cilicia and of Asia, dis- 
puting with Stephen. 

10 And they were not able to 
resist the wisdom and the spirit by 
which he spake. 

11 Then they suborned men, 
which said, We have heard him 
speak blasphemous words against 
Moses, and against God. 

12 And they stirred up the peo- 
ple, and the elders, and the scribes, 
and came upon him and caught him, 
and brought him to the council, 

13 And set up false witnesses, 
which said. This man ceaseth 
not to speak blasphemous words 
against this holy place and the law : 

14 For we have heard him say, 
that this Jesus of Nazareth shall 
destroy this place, and shall 
change the customs which Moses 
delivered us. 

1 5 And all that sat in the council, 
looking steadfastly on him, saw his 
face as it had been the face of an 
angel. 



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FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



NAHUM I. 



THE burden of Nineveh. The j 
book of the vision of Nahum the 
Elkoshite. 

2 God 25 jealous, and the Lord 
Tevengeth ; the Lord revengeth, 
and is furious ; the Lord will take 
vengeance on his adversaries, and 
he reserveth ivrath for his enemies. 

3 The Lord is slow to anger, 
and o-reat in power, and will not at 
all a'cquit the tricked : the Lord 
hath his way in the whirlwind and 
in the storm, and the clouds are 
the dust of his feet. 

4 He rebuketh the sea, and 
maketh it dry, and drieth up all the 
rivers : Bashan languisheth, and 
Carmel, and the flower of Lebanon 
languisheth. 

5 The mountains quake at him, 
and the hills meU, and the earth 
is burned at his presence, yea, the 
world, and all that dwell therein. 

6 Who can stand before his in- 
dignation ? and who can abide in 
the herceness of his anger ? his 
fury is poured out like fire, and the 
rocks are thrown down by him. 

7 The Lord is good, a strong 
hold in the day of trouble ; and he 
knoweth them"^ that trust in him. 

8 But with an over-running flood 
he will make an utter end of the 
place thereof, and darkness shall 
pursue his enemies 



9 What do ye imagine against 
the Lord? he will make an utter 
end : affliction shall not rise up the 
second time. 

10 For while the 7/ be folden to- 
gether as thorns, and while they 
'are drunken as drunkards, they 
! shall be devoured as stubble fully 
! dry. 

I 11 There is o/ie come out of 
I thee that imagineth evil against 
' the Lord, a wicked counsellor. 
12 Thus saiththe Lord, Though 

I the]/ be quiet, and likewise many, 
! yet thus shall they be cut down, 
Uvhen he shall pass through. 
■Though I have afflicted thee, I 
' will afflict thee no more, 
i 13 For now- wall I break his 
[yoke from off thee, and will burst 
' thy bonds in sunder. 

14 And the Lord hath given a 
commandment concerning thee, 
that no more of thy name be sown : 

' out of the house of thy gods wall 

I I cut off the graven image, and the 
I molten image : I will make thy 
' ofrave for thou art vile. 

15 Behold upon the mountains 
the feet of him that bringeth good 
tidings, that publisheth peace ! O 
Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, 
perform thy vows : for the wicked 
shall no more pass through thee ; 
he is utterly cut off. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
I THESSALONIANS III. 



WHEREFORE when Ave could 
no longer forbear, we thought it 
good to be left at Athens alone ; 

2 And sent Timotheus, our 
brother, and minister of God, and 
our fellow-labourer in the gospel of 
Christ, to establish you and to 
comfort you concerning your 
faith ; 

3 That no man should be moved 
by these afflictions ; for yourselves 
know that we are appointed there- 
unto. 

4 For verily, when we were 
with you, we told you before that 
we should suffer tribulation ; even 
as it came to pass, and ye know, 

5 For this cause, when I could 
no longer forbear, I sent to know 
your faith, lest by some means the 
tempter have tempted you, and our 
labour be in vain. 

6 But now, when Timotheus 
came from you unto us, and brought 
us good tidings of your faith and 
charity, and that ye have good re- 
membrance of us, always, desiring 



greatly to see us, as we also to 
see you : 

7 Therefore, brethren, we were 
comforted over you in all our afflic- 
tion and distress by your faith ; 

8 For now we live, if ye stand 
fast in the Lord. 

9 For what thanks can we ren- 
der to God again for you, for all 
the joy wherewith we joy for your 
sakes before our God : 

10 Night and day praying ex- 
ceedingly that we might see your 
face, and might perfect that which 
is lacking in your faith : 

11 Now God himself and our 
Father, and our Lord Jesus Christ; 
direct our way unto you. 

12 And the Lord make you to 
increase and abound in love one to- 
ward another, and toward all men^ 
even as we do toward you : 

13 To the end he may stablish 
your hearts unblameable in holi- 
ness before God, even our Father, 
at the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ with all his saints. 



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THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER EASTER. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ZECHARIAH VIII. 



AGAIN the word of the Lord 
of hosts came to me, saying, 

2 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
I was jealous for Zion with great 
jealousy, and I was jealous for her 
with g-reat fury. 

3 Thus saith the LotvD, I am 
returned unto Zion, and will dwell 
in the midst of Jerusalem : and Je- 
rusalem shall be called a city of 
truth ; and the mountain of the Lord 
of hosts, The holy mountain. 

4 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
There shall yet old men and old 
women dwell in the streets of Jeru- 
salem, and every man with his 
staff in his hand for very age. 

5 And the streets of the city 
shall be full of boys and girls play- 
ing in the streets thereof. 

6 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
If it be marvellous in the eyes of 
the remnant of this people in these 
days, should it also be marvellous 
in my eyes ? saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

7 Thus saith the Lord of hosts. 
Behold, I will save my people from 
the east country, and from the west 
country. 

8 And I will bring them, and 
they shall dwell in the midst of 
Jerusalem ; and they shall be my 
people, and I will be their God, in 
truth and in righteousness. 

^ 9 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 



Let your hands be strong, ye that 
hear in these days these words by 
the mouth of the prophets, which 
were in the day thM the foundation 
of the house of the Lord of hosts 
was laid, that the temple might be 
buih. 

10 For before these days there 
was no hire for man, nor any hire 
for beast : neither was there any 
peace to him that went out or came 
in, because of the affliction : for I 
set all men every one against his 
neighbour. 

1 1 But now I will not he unto 
the residue of this people as in the 
former days, saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

12 For the seed shall he prosper- 
ous ; the vine shall give her fruit, 
and the ground shall give her in- 
crease, and the heavens shall give 
their dew ; and I will cause the 
remnant of this people to possess 
all these things. 

13 And it shall come to pass, 
that as ye were a curse amongthe 
heathen, O house of Judah, and 
house of Israel ; so will I save you, 
and ye shall be a blessing : fear 
not, hut let your hands be strong. 

14 For thus saith the Lord of 
hosts. As I thought to punish you, 
when your fathers provoked me to 
wrath, saith the Lord of hosts, and 
I repented not ; 



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15 So again have I thought in 
these days to do well unto Jeru- 
salem, and to the house of Judah : 
fear ye not. 

16 These are the things that ye 
shall do ; Speak ye every man the 
truth to his neighbour ; execute the 
judgment of truth and peace in your 
gates : 

17 And let none of you imagine 
evil in your hearts against his 
neighbour ; and love no false oath : 
for all these are things that I hate, 
saith the Lord. 

18 And the word of the Lord 
of hosts came unto me, saying, 

19 Thus saith the Lord of hosts. 
The fast of the fourth months and 
the fast of the fifth, and the fast of 
the seventh, and the fast of the 
tenth, shall be to the house of Judah 
joy and gladness, and cheerful 



feasts ; therefore love the truth and 
peace. 

20 Thus saith the Lord of hosts, 
It shall yet come to fass^ that there 
shall come people, and the inhabi- 
tants of many cities : 

21 And the inhabitants of one 
ciiy shall go to another, saying, 
Let us go speedily to pray before 
the Lord, and to seek the Lord of 
hosts ; I will go also. 

22 Yea, many people and strong 
nations shall come to seek the 
Lord of hosts in Jerusalem, and to 
pray before the Lord. 

23 Thus saith the Lord of 
hosts. In those days it shall come 
to pass, that ten men shall take hold, 
out of all languages of the nations, 
even shall take hold of the skirt of 
him that is a Jew, saying. We will 
go with you ; for we have heard 
that God is with you. 



'SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ACTS VIIL V. 5. 



5 Then Philip went down to 
the city of Samaria, and preached 
Christ unto them. 

6 And the people with one ac- 
cord gave heed unto those things 
which Philip spake, hearing and 
seeing the miracles which he did. 

7 For unclean spirits, crying 
with loud voice, came out of many 
that were possessed with them : 
and many taken with palsies, and 
that were lame, were healed. 

8 And there was great joy in 
that city. 

9 But there was a certain man 



called Simon, which before time 
in the same city used sorcery, and 
bewitched the people of Samaria, 
giving out that himself was some 
great one : 

10 To whom they all gave 
heed, from thee least to the great- 
est, saying, This man is the great 
power of God. 

1 1 And to him they had regard, 
because that of long time he had 
bewitched them with sorceries. 

12 But when they believed 
Philip preaching the things con- 
cerning the kingdom of God, and 



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the name of Jesus Christ, they! 
were baptized, both men and wo-| 
man. 

13 Then Simon himself beheved 
also : and when he was baptized, 
he continued with Philip, and 
wondered, beholding the miracles 
and signs which were done. 

14 Now, when the apostles 
which were at Jerusalem heard 
that Samaria had received the 
word of God, they sent unto them 
Peter and John: 

15 "Who, when they were come 
down, prayed for them, that they 
might receive the Holy Ghost. 

16 (For as yet he was fahen 
upon none of them : only they Avere 
baptized in the name of the Lord 
Jesus 

17 Then laid they thdr hands 
on them, and they received the 
Holy Ghost. 

18 And when Simon saw that 
through laying on of the apostles' 
hands the Holy Ghost was given, 
he offered them money, 

19 Saving, Give me also this 
power ; that on whomsoever I lay 
hands, he may receive the Holy 
Ghost. 

20 But Peter said untohnn. Thy 
money perish with thee, because 
thou hast thought that the gift of 
God may be purchased with 
money. 

21 'Thou hast neither part nor 
lot in this matter : for thy heart is 
not right in the sight of God. 

22 Repent therefore of this thy 
wickedness, and pray God, if per- 
haps the thought of thine heart 
may be forgiven thee. 

23 For I perceive that thou art 
in the gall of bitterness, and in 
the bond of iniquity. 

24 Then answered Simon, and 



said, Pray ye to the Lord for me, 
that none of these things which 
ye have spoken come upon me. 

25 And they, when they had 
testified and preached the word of 
the Lord, returned to Jerusalem, 
and preached the gospel in many 
villages of the Samaritans. 

26 And the angel of the Lord 



spake unto Philip, saying. Arise, 
and go toward the south, unto the 
way "that goeth down from Jeru- 
salem unto Gaza, which is desert. 

27 And he arose and went : and 
behold, a man of Ethiopia, an 
eunuch of great authority under 
Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, 
who had the charge of all her trea- 
sure, and had come to Jerusalem 

1 for to worship, 

28 Was returning, and sitting 
in his chariot, read Esaias the pro- 
phet. 

29 Then the Spirit said unto 
Philip, Go near, and join thyself 
to this chariot. 

30 And Philip ran thither to Aim, 
and heard him read the prophet 
Esaias, and said, Understandest 
thou Avhat thou readest ? 

3 I And he said, How can I, ex- 
cept some man should guide me ? 
and he desired Philip that he would 
come up and sit with him. 

32 The place of the scripture 
which he read was this. He was 
led as a sheep to the slaughter; and 
hke alamb dumb before his shearer, 
so opened he not his mouth : 

33 In his humiliation his judg- 
ment was taken away ; and who 
shall declare his generation? for 
his life is taken from the earth. 

34 And the eunuch answered 
Philip, and said, I pray thee, of 
whom speaketh the prophet this ? 
of himself or of some other man 1 



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35 Then Philip opened his 
' mouth, and began at the same 
I scripture, and preached unto him 
I Jesus. 

i 36 And as they went on their 

I way, they came unto a certain 
water ; and the eunuch said, vSee, 
here i5 water ; what doth hinder 
me to be baptized ? 

37 And Philip said, if thou be- 
lievest with all thine heart, thou 
may est. And he answered and 

! said, I believe that Jesus Christ is 

I the Son of God. 



38 And he commanded the 
chariot to stand still : and they 
went down both into the water, 
both Philip and the eunuch ; and 
he baptized him. 

39 And when they were come 
up out of the water, the Spirit of 
the Lord caught away Philip, that 
the eunuch saw him no more : and 
he went on his way rejoicing. 

40 But Philip was found at 
Azotus : and passing through, he 
preached in all the cities, till he 
came to Cesarea. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ZECHARIAH X. 



ASK ye of the Lord rain in the 
time of the latter rain : so the Lord 
shall make bright clouds, and give 
them showers of rain, to every one 
grass in the field. 

2 For the idols have spoken 
vanity, and the diviners have seen 
a lie, and have told false dreams ; 
they comfort in vain ; therefore 
they went their way as a flock, they 
were troubled, because there was 
no shepherd. 

3 Mine anger was kindled against 
the shepherds, and I punished the 
goats ; for the Lord of hosts hath 
visited his flock the house of Judah, 
and hath made them as his goodly 
horse in the battle. 

4 Out of him came forth the 
comer, out of him the nail, out of 
him the battle bow, out of him 

! every oppressor together. 

5 And they shall be as mighty 
rfien, which tread down their ene- 



mies in the mire of the streets in 
the battle ; and they shall fight, be- 
cause the Lord is with them, and 
the riders on horses ahall be con- 
founded. 

6 And I will strengthen the 
house of Judah, and I will save the 
house of Joseph, and Twill bring 
them again to place them : for I 
have mercy upon them ; and they 
shall be as though I had not cast 
them ofl* : for I am the Lord their 
God, and will hear them. 

7 And they of Ephraim shall be 
like a mighty ma.n, and their heart 
shall rejoice as thro ugh wine : yea, 
their children shall see it, and be 
glad : their heart shall rejoice in 
the Lord. 

8 I will hiss for them, and gath- 
er them : for I have redeemed 
them ; and they shall increase as 
they have increased. 

9 And I will sow them among 



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the people ; and they shall remem- 1 
ber me in far countries ; and they 
shall live vrith their children, and 
turn again. 

10 I will bring them again also 
out of the land of Eg}-pt, and gath- 
er them out of Assyria ; and 1 wih 
bring them into the land of Gilead 
and Lebanon : and place shall not 
be found for them. 

1 1 And he shall pass through 



the sea with affliction, and shall 
smite the waves in the sea, and all 
the deeps of the river shall dry up, 
and the pride of Assyria shall be 
brought down, and the sceptre of 
Egypt shall depart away. 

12 And I wdll strengthen them 
in the Lord ; and they shall walk 
up and down in his name saith the 
^ Lord. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
I THESSALO^^IA^'S IV. 



FURTHERMORE then, we 
beseech vou, brethren, and exhort 
you by the Lord Jesus, that as ye 
have received of us how ye ought 
to vralk and to please God, so ye 
would abound more and more. ^ 

2 For ve know what command- 1 
mients we o-ave vou by the Lord ; 

O . . j 

Jesus. 1 

3 For this is the wull of God. ' 
eve^i vour sanctification, that ye ^ 
should abstain from fornication : | 

4 That every one of you should , 
know how to possess his vessel in 
sanctification and honour : 

5 Not in the lust of concupi- 
scence, even as the Gentiles which 
know not God. 

6 That no 7/ian go beyond and 
defraud his brother in ani/ matter ; 
because that the Lord is the aven- 
ger of all such, as we also have 
forewarned you, and testified. 

7 For God hath not called us 
unto uncleanness, but unto holiness. 

8 He therefore that despiseth, 
despiseth not man, but God, who 



I hath also given unto us his Holy 
I Spirit. 

9 But as touching brotherly love, 
ye need not that I write unto you ; 
for ve yourselves are taught of God 
\to love one another. 

10 And indeed ye do it toward 
all the brethren which are in all 
^vlacedonia : but we beseech you, 
brethren, that ye increase more and 
more ; 

1 1 And that ye study to be quiet, 
and to do your own business, and 
to work wuth your own hands, as 
; we commanded you ; 
' 12 That ye may walk honestly 
toward them that are wdthout, and 
that ve may have lack of nothing. 

13' But I would not have you to 
jbe ignorant, brethren, concerning 
'them which are asleep, that ye 
sorrow not, even as others which 
have no hope. 

' 14 For if we believe that Jesus 
: died, and rose again, even so them 
: also which sleep in Jesus will God 
' brins with him. 



E AS 

15 For this we say unto you by 
the word of the Lord, that we 
which are alive and remain unto 
the coming of the Lord, shall not 
prevent them which are asleep. 

16 For the Lord himself shall 
descendfrom heaven with a shout, 
with the voice of the archangel, 
and with the trump of God ; and 



the dead in Christ shall rise 
first ; 

17 Then we which are alive 
and remain shall be caught up 
together with them in the clouds, 
to meet the Lord in the air : and 
so shall we ever be with the Lord. 

18 Wherefore comfort one an- 
other with these words-. 

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ASCENSION DAY. 

men o.r B^ft;^^j:-:^^i^^sE::^J^ 

sm-rection. And T,-heu '^;f> ; rValem and he promised that, in a lew 
commanded them to Temaiii a J.iu alein aM ^ them better of 

davi, they should be baptizea w th the Hol^ uno^ , ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ 

the nature of the ne^v disp«r.at on o P;°;;d«^[,^^^^, to preach the 

commence and to ^^^f ^„^if^^J'^^3jrU then" immediately in their 

gospel to the Jews, and ^''^^ „, thpv had ever seen him with 

presence, t ey behdd hun glory ascending toward 

The fact was so ol^ar and e -^t^^^^^ truth of it. They had 

T^'itnesses, Aat they had no u=t ground w a apostles while they 

Sf "tS'i-.f.fSt'oTlS m.'" h.d v„ .... .0 go ,.,0 

heaven. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
II KINGS II. 



\ND it came to pass, when the 
Lord would take up Elijah into 
heaven by a whirlwind, that Elijah 
went with EHsha from Gilgal. 

2 And Elijah said unto Ehsha, 
Tarry here, I pray thee ; for the 
Lord hath sent me to Beth-el. 
And EUsha said vjito him, As the 
Lord liveth, and as thy soul liveth, 
I will not leave thee. So they went 
down to Beth-el. 

3 And the sons of the prophets 
that were at Beth-el came forth to 
Elisha, and said unto him, Know- 
est thou that the Lord will take 
away thy master from thy head to- 
day ? And he said, Yea, I know it ; 
hold ye your peace. 

4 And Elijah said unto him, 



Elisha, tarry here, I pray thee^^ 
for the Lord hath sent me to Jeri- 
cho. And he said. As the Lord 
liveth, and as thy soul liveth, I 
will not leave thee. So they came 
to Jericho. 

5 And the sons of the prophets 
that were at Jericho came to EHslia, 
and said unto him, Knowest thou 
that the Lord will take away thy 
master from thy head to-day 1 And 
he answered. Yea, I know it ; hold 
ye your peace. 

6 And Elijah said unto him, 
Tarry, I pray thee, here ; for the 
Lord hath sent me to Jordan. And 
he said, As the Lord liveth, and 
as thy soul liveth, I will not leave 
thee. And they two went on. 



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7 And fifty men of the sons of 
i the prophets went, and stood to 
' view afar off : and they two stood 
I by Jordan. 

! 8 And Elijah took his mantle, 
and wrapped it together, and smote 
the waters, and they were divi- 
ded hither and thither, so that 
they two went over on dry ground. 

9 And it came to pass, when 
they were gone over, that Elijah 

I said unto Elisha, Ask what I shall 
I do for thee, before I be taken away 
i from thee. And Elisha said, I pray 
! thee, let a double portion of thy 
I spirit be upon me. 

10 And he said, Thou hast asked 
a hard thing : nevertheless^ if thou 
see me i^Ae/z, I <2m taken from thee, it 
shall be so unto thee ; but if not, it 
shall not be so, 

11 And it came to pass, as they 
! still went on, and talked, that behold, 

there appeared a chariot of fire, and 
horses of fire, and parted them 
both asunder ; and Elijah went up 
by a whirlwind into heaven. 

12 And Elisha saw it, and he 
cried. My father, my father ! the 
chariot of Israel, and the horsemen 
thereof. And he saw him no more : 
and he took hold of his own clothes, 
and rent them in two pieces. 

13 He took up also the mantle 
of Elijah that fell from him, and 
went back., and stood by the bank 
of Jordan ; 

14 And he took the mantle of 
Elijah that fell fromhim,and smote 
the waters, and said, Where is the 
Lord God of Elijah? And when 
he also had smitten the waters, 

I they parted hither and thither ; and 

j Elisha went over. 

j 15 And when the sons of the 

I prophets, which were to view at 

j Jericho, saw him, they said, The 

i ■ " 

I 



spirit of Elijah doth rest on Elisha. 
And they came to micet him, and 
bowed themselves to the ground 
before him. 

16 And they said unto him, 
Behold now, there be with thy 
servants fifty strong men ; let them 
go, we pray thee, and seek thy 
master; lest peradventure the Spirit 
of the Lord hath taken him up, 
and cast him upon some mountain, 
or into some valley. And he said, 
Ye shall not send. 

17 And when they urged him 
till he was ashamed, he said, Send. 
They sent therefore fifty men ; and 
they sought three days, but found 
him not. 

18 And v/hen they came again 
to him, (for he tarried at Jericho,) 
he said unto them. Did I not say 
unto you. Go not ? 

19 And the men of the city said 
unto Elisha, Behold, I pray thee, 
the situation of this city is pleasant, 
as my lord seeth ; but the water is 
naught, and the ground barren. 

20 And he said, bring me anew 
cruse, and put salt therein: and 
they brought it to him. 

21 And he went forth unto the 
spring of the waters, and cast the 
salt in there, and said. Thus saith 
the Lord, I have healed these 
waters ; there shall not be from 
thence any more death or barren 
land, 

22 So the waters were healed 
unto this day, according to the 
saying of Elisha which he spake. 

23 And he went up from thence 
unto Beth-el : and as he was going 
up by the way, there came fortli 
little children out of the city, and 
mocked him, and said unto him, Go 
up, thou bald-head ; go up, thou 
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•24 And lie turned back, and 
looked on them, and cursedthem hi 
the name of the Lord : and there 
^ame forth two she-bears out ot 



the wood, and tare forty and two 
children of them 

25 And he went from thence to 
mount Carmel ; and from hence he 
returned to Samaria. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
LUKE XXIV. V. U. 
A4 \nd he said unto them,', 49 And, behold, I send the pro- 

r m-'^"^^^^^ yebe enduedwhh powerfVom 

r^^e ^5e!::a.S"'£'And he led them out as far 
lircl^^eS m; I as to Bethanv, andheliited uphis 
45 Then opened he their under» ; hands, and blessed them. 

"te ?J'»7..«o ,l,e„. Th,„ ton .«a ca„i.d „p Jo he.- 

iris written and thus it behoved ven. . n • 

Clmsl "suffer, and to rise from' 52 And they .-orskpped hnn 
the dead the third dav ; and returned to Jerusalem ^^ ith 

47 \nd that repentance and re- great joy. , ■ ,i 
aiition of sins shoxUd be preached ; 53 And were contmually m the 
Si hirname among all nadons.. be- temple, praising and blessmg God. 
ginning at Jerusalem. 1 Amem 

48 And ye are witnesses ofj 
these things. 1 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



DEUTERONOMY X. 



AT that time the Lord said un- 
to me, Hew thee two tables of 
stone like unto the first, and come 
up unto me into the mount, and 
make thee an ark of wood. 



tables which thou brakesr, and thou 
shalt put them in the ark. 

3 And I made an ark of shittim- 
wood, and hewed two tables of 
stone like unto the first, and went 



2 And I will ^^^:iteon the tables ' up into the mount, havmg the two 
the words that were in the fii-st ; tables in mm e hanc. 



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4 And he wrote on the tables, 
according to the first writing, the 

I ten commandments, which the 
i Lord spake unto you in the mount, 
I out of the midst of the fire in the 
j day of the assembly : and the Lord 
gave them unto me. 

5 And I turned myself, and came 
down from the mount, and put the 
tables in the arkAvhich I had made ; 
and there they be, as the Lord 
commanded me. 

I 6 And the children of Israel 
I took their journey from Beeroth of 
! the children of Jaakan to Mosera : 
I there Aaron died, and there he 
was buried ; and Eleazar his son 
ministered in the priest's ofiice in 
his stead. 

7 From thence they journeyed 
unto Gudgodah ; and from Gud- 
godah to Jotbath, a land of rivers 
of waters, 

I 8 At that time the Lord se- 
' parated the tribe of Levi, to bear 
the ark of the covenant of the 
Lord, to stand before the Lord 
to minister unto him, and to bless 
in his name, unto this day. 

9 Wherefore Levi hath no part 
nor inheritance v/ith his brethren ; 
the Lord is his inheritance, ac- 
cording as the Lord thy God pro- 
mised him. 

10 And I stayed in the mount,ac- 
cording to the first time, forty days 
and forty nights ; and the Lord 
hearkened unto me at that time 
also, a7id the Lord would not des- 
troy thee. 

11 And the Lord said unto me, 
Arise, take thy journey before the 
people, that they may go in and 
possess the land which I sware 
unto their fathers to give unto them, 

12 And now, Israel, what doth 
the Lord thy God require of thee, 



but to fear the Lord thy God, to 
walk in all his ways, and to love 
him, and to serve the Lord thy 
God with all thy heart, and with 
all thy souL 

13 To keep the commandments 
of the Lord, and his statutes^ 
which I command thee this day 
for thy good ? 

14 Behold, the heaven and the 
heaven of heavens is the Lord's 
thy God, the earth also, with all 
that therein is, 

15 Only the Lord had a delight 
in thy fathers to love them, and he 
chose their seed after them, even, 
you above all people, as it is this 
day, 

16 Circumcise therefore the 
foreskin of your heart, and be no 
more stiff-necked. 

1 7 For the Lord your God is 
God of gods, and Lord of lords, a 
great God, a mighty and a terrible, 
which regardeth not persons, nor 
taketh reward. 

18 He doeth execute the judg- 
ment of the fatherless and widow, 
and loveth the stranger, in giving 
him food and raiment. 

1 9 Love ye therefore the stran- 
ger : for ye ^ere strangers in the 
land of Egypt. 

20 Thou shalt fear the Lord 
thy God : him shalt thou serve, 
and to him shalt thou cleave, and 
swear by his name. 

21 He w thy praise, and he is 
thy God, that hath done for thee 
these great and terrible things 
which thine eyes have seen. 

22 Thy fathers went down in- 
to Egypt with threescore and ten 
persons ; and now the Lord thy 
God hath made thee as the stars 
of heaven for multitude. 

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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
EPHESIANS IV. to v. 17. 



1 THEREFORE, (the prisoner 
of the Lord,) beseech you, that ye 
walk worthy ofthe vocation where- 
with ye are called, 

2 With all lowliness and meek- 
ness, with long-suffering, forbear- 
ino- one another in love ; 

3 Endeavouring to keep the unity 
of the Spirit in the bond of peace. | 

4 There is one body, and one j 
Spirit, even as ye are called in one i 
hope of your calling : 

5 One Lord, one faith, one bap- 
tism, ^ . ^, 

6 One God and Father of ail, 
who is above all, and through all, 
and in you all. . 

7 But unto every one of us is 
^iven gi-ace according to the mea- 
sure of the gift of Christ. 

8 Wherefore he saith,'\"\ hen he , 
ascended up on high, he led cap-! 
tivity captive, and gave gifts unto | 

men. , I 

9 Now that he ascended, v.mat 
is it but that he also descended, 
first into the lower parts of the 

earth? • r 

10 He that descended is tne 
same also that ascended up far 
above all heavens, that he might fill 
^11 things,) 



1 1 And he gave some, apostles ; 
and some, prophets ; and some, 
evangeUsts ; and some, pastors and 
teachers ; 

12 For the perfecting ot tiie 
saints, for the work of the mmis-^ 
tr}-, for the edifying of the body ot 
Christ ; 

I 13 Till we all come m the unity 

\ of the faith, and of the knowledge 

! of the Son of God, unto a perfect 

I man, unto the measure of the sta- 

■ture of the fulness of Christ : 

' 14 That we henceforth be no 

more children tossedto and fro, and. 

carried about with every wind of 

doctrine, by the sleight of men, 

oyfid cunning craftiness, whereby 

thev lie in wait to deceive : 

15 But speaking the truth m 

love, may grow up into him in all 

things, which is the head, even 

I Christ: , ^ x a 

I 16 From whom the whole body 

i fitly joined together and compact- 

; ed^by that which every joint sup- 

i plieth, according to the effectual 

1 working in the measure ot every 

' part, maketh increase of the body 

unto the edifying of itself m 

love. 



ASCENSION DAY. 



SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING, 



JOEL II. 



BLOW ye the trumpet inZioiij 
and sound an alarm in my holy 
mountain ; let all the inhabitants 
of the land tremble : for the day 
of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh 
at hand : 

2 A day of darkness and of 
gloominess, a day of clouds and of 
thick darkness, as the morning 
spread upon the mountains ; a great 
people and a strong ; there hath 
not been ever the like, neither shall 
be any more after it, even to the 
years of many generations. 

3 A fire devoureth before them, 
and behind them a flame burneth : 
the land is as the garden of Eden 
before them, and behind them a 
desolate wilderness : yea, and 
nothing shall escape them. 

4 The appearance ofthemf^as 
the appearance of horses : and as 
horsemen, so shall they run. 

5 Like the noise of chariots [ 
on the tops of mountains shall j 
they leap, like the noise of a flame 
of fire that devoureth. the stubble, 
as astrongpeople set in battle array . 

6 Before their face the people 
shall be much pained ; all faces 
shall gather blackness. 

7 They shall run like mighty 
men : they shall climb the wall 
like men of war ; and they shall 
rparch every one on his ways, and 
tbey shall not break their ranks : 



8 Neither shall one thrust ano- 
ther ; they shall walk every one 
iti his path : and when they fall, 
upon the sword, they shall not be 
wounded. 

9. They shall run to and fro in. 
the city : they shall run upon the 
wall ; they shall climb up upon the 
houses ; they shall enter in at the 
windows like a thief. 

10 The earth shall quake before 
them ; the heavens shall tremble ; 
the sun and the moon shall be dark,, 
and the stars shall withdraw their 
shining ; 

11 And the Lord shall utter 
his voice before his army ; for his 
camp is very great ;. for Ac is strong 
that executeth his word : for the 
day of the Lord is great and very 
terrible ; and who can abide it ? 

12 Therefore also now, saith 
the Lord, Turn ye eveJi to me 
^with all your heart, and with fasting,, 
and with weeping, and with mourn- 
ning : 

13 And rend your heart, and not 
your, garments, and turn unto the. 
Lord your God, for he is gracious 
and merciful, slow to anger, and of 
great kindness, and repenteth him. 
of the evil. 

14 Who knoweth ^/he will re- 
turn and repent, and leave a bless^ 
ing, behind him, even a meat-ofTer- 



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ing, and a drink-offering, unto the 
Lord your God ? 

15 Blow the trumpet m Zion, 
sanctify a fast, call a solemn as- 
sembly: 

16 Gather the people, sanctity 
the congregation, assemble the el- 
ders, gather the children, and those I 
that suck the breasts ; ^ let the 
bridegroom go forth of his cham- 
ber, and the bride out of her: 
closet ' 

17 Let the priests, the ministers 
-.of the Lord, weep between the 
^^orch and the aUar, and let them 
say. Spare thv people, O Lord, 
aM aive not* thine heritage to 
reproa'ch, that the heathen should 
rule over them : wherefore should 
they say among the people, Where 
is their. God ? 

18 Then will the Lord be jea- 
lous for his land, and pity his peo- 
ple. 

19 Yea, the Lord will answer, 
and sav unto his people, Behold, I 
will send you corn, and wine, and 
oil, and ve shall be satishedtliere- 
with ; and I will no more make 
you a reproach among the hea- 
then : 

20 But I will remove far on 
from vou the northern arm.]/, and 
will drive him into a land barren 
and desolate, with his face toward' 
the east sea, and his hinder part 
toward the utmost sea ; and his 
stink shall come up, and all his ill 
savour shall come up, because he 
hath done great things. 

21 Fear not, land: be glad 
and rejoice : for the Lord will do 
great things. 

22 Be not afraid ye beasts of 
The field : for the pastures of the 
Avilderness do spring, for the tree 
beareth her fruit, the fig-tree, and 
the vine do yield their strens^th. 



23 Be glad then ye cliildren of 
Zion, and rejoice in the Lord your 
God : for he hath given you the 
former rain moderately, and he will 
cause to come down for you the 
rain, the former rain, and the lat- 
ter rain in the first month. 

24 xind the floors shall be full 
: of wheat, and the fats shall over- 
' fiow with wane and oil. 

25 And I willrestoreto you the 
I years that the locust hath eaten, 
' the canker-worm, and the caterpil- 
^ler.and the palmer-worm, my great 

armv which I sent among you. 

2 6 And ye shall e at in plenty, and 
be satisfied, and praise the name 
of the Lord your God, that hath 
dealt wondrouslv Avith you ; and 
my people shall never be ashamed. 

'27 And ye shall loiow that I 
o/ni in the niidst of Israel, and that 
I am\\\Q Lord your God, and none 



else ; and my people shall never 
be ashamed. 

28 And it shall come to pass after- 
ward that 1 will pour out my Spirit 
upon all liesh : and voiir sons and 
vour dauohters shall prophesy, 
Voiir old men shall dream dreams, 
vour vouncr men shall see visions : 
' 29' And^also upon the servants 
and upon the handmaids in those 
days will I pour out my Spirit. 
" 30 And I will shew wonders in 
the heavens and in the earth, blood 
and fire, and pillars of smoke. 

31 The sun shall be turned 
into darkness, and the moon into 
blood, before the great and the ter- 
rible dav of the Lord come. 
1 32 And it shall come to pass, that 
' whosoever shall call on the name 
of the Lord shall be delivered ; 
for in mount Zion and in Jerusalem 
; shall be deliverance, as the Lord 
i hath said, and in the remnant whom 
I the Lord shall call. 



SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. 



225 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JOHN XVIL 



THESE words spake Jesus, and 
lifted up his eyes to heaven, and 
said, Father, the hour is come ; 
glorify thy Son, that thy Son also 
may glorify thee ; 

-2 As thou hast given him power 
I over all flesh, that he should give 
1 eternal life to as many as thou hast 
! given him. 

j 3 And this is life eternal, that 
they might know thee the only true 
God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou 

I hast sent. 

4 I have glorified thee on the 
earth. I have finished the work 
which thou gavest me to do. 

! 5 And now, O Father, glorify 
thou me with thine own self with 
the glory which I had with thee 
before the world was. 

6 I have manifested thy name 
unto the men which thou gavest 
me out of the world ; thine they 
were, and thou gavest them me ; 
and they have kept thy word. 

7 Now they have known that 
all things, whatsoever thou hast 
given me, are of thee ; 

8 For I have given unto them 
the words which thou gavest me ; 
and they have received them, and 
have known surely that I came 
out from thee, and they have be- 
lieved that thou didst send me. 

9 I pray for them ; I pray not 
I for the world, but for them which 
I thou hast given me ; for they are 
I thine. 

j 10 And all mine are thine, and 
I thine are mine ; and I am glorified 
I m them. 



1 1 And now I am no more in 
the world, but these are in the 
world, and I come to thee. Holy 
Father, keep through thine own 
name those whom thou hast given 
me, that they may be one, as we 
are. 

12 While I was with them in 
the world, I kept them in thy name : 
those that thou gavest me I have 
kept, and none of them is lost, but 
the son of perdition ; that the scrip- 
ture might be fulfilled. 

13 And now come I to thee; 
and these things I speak in the 
world, that they might have my 
joy fulfilled in themselves. 

14 1 have given them thy word; 
and the world hath hated them^ 
because they are not of the world, 
even as I am not of the world. 

15 1 pray not that thou shouldest 
take them out of the world, but that 
thou shouldest keep them from the 
evil. 

16 They are not of the worlds 
even as I am not of the world. 

17 Sanctify them through thy 
truth thy word is truth. 

18 As thou hast sent me into 
the world, even so havo I also sent 
them into the world. 

1 9 And for their sakes I sanctify 
myself, that they also might be 
sanctified through the truth. 

20 Neitherpray I for these alone, 
but for them also which shall be- 
lieve on me through their word ; 

21 That they all may be one ; 
as thou. Father, art in me, and I 
in thee, .that they also may be one 



226 SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. 

in us : Aat the world may believe ■ me where I am ; ^hat they maj-^^^^^ 
that thou hast sent me. ! hold my giory which t^ou hast 

22 \nd the olorv wMch thou given me : for thoulovedst me be- 
gavest'me I have given them ; that fore the foundation ot the world 
th V inS be one.^even as we are: 25 O righteous Father the 
^- ■ ' : world hath not knovrn thee : but 1 



one 

9 



•^3 I in them, and thou in me/; have knoAvn thee, and these have 
tha^t thev mav be made perfect m : known that thou hast sent me. 
^e ; arSthat^he WdnWl--^^^ 26 And I i^--/- ^^.^^^^ ^ 
that thou hast sent me. and hast ; them thy mme, and will dec^^^^^^^ 
loved them, asthou hast loved me. U7; that the love wherewith thou 
24 Father. I will that they also ! hast loved me may be m them, and 
whom thou hast given me be with ; 1 m them. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ZEPHE^'IAH III. 



WOE to her that is hlthv and; 
polluted, to the oppressing city ! ; 

2 She obeyed not the voice;! 
she received \iot correction : she j 
trusted not in the Lord ; she drew , 
not near to her God. ! 

3 Her princes within her arc\ 
roaring Hons : her judges a re even- 
ing wolves; 'they gnaw not the 
bones till the morrow. 

4 Her prophets are light^^/?ft 
treacherous persons : her priests 
have polluted the sanctuary, they 
have done violence to the law. 

5 The just Lord is in the midst 
thereof ; he will not do iniquity : 
every morning doth he bring his 
judgment to light, he faileth not ; 
but the unjust knoweth no shame. 

6 I have cut off the nations : 
their towers are desolate ; I made 
their streets Avaste, that none 
passeth by : their cities are des- 
troyed, so that there is no man, 
that there is none inhabitant. 

7 I said, Surely thou wilt fear 



me. thou wilt receive instruction; 
so their dwelling should notbecut 
off. hovrsoever I punishedthem : but 
thev rose early, a/id corrupted all 
their doings. 

8 Therefore wait ye upon me, 
saith the Lord, until the day that 
I rise up to the prey ; for my de- 
termination is to gather the na- 
tions, that I may assemble the 
ldngdoms,to pour upon themmine 
indro:nation, ere/i all my fierce 
anser : for all the earth shall be 
devoured with the hre of my jea- 
lousv. 

9* For then will I tmm to the 
people a pure lang-uage, that they 
may all call upon^the name of the 
Lord, to serve liim with one con- 
sent. 

10 From beyond the rivers of 
Ethiopia my supphants, even the 
daughter of my dispersed, shall 
bring mine offering. 

11 In that day shalt thou not be 
ashamed for all thy doings, wherein 



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thou hast transgressed against 
me : for then I will take away out 
! of the midst of thee them that re- 
I joice in thy pride ; and thou shalt 
j no more be haughty because of my 
' holy mountain. 

12 I will also leave in the midst 
of thee an affliced and poor people, 
and they shall trust in the name 
of the Lord. 
! 1 3 The remnant of Israel shall 
j not do iniquity, nor speak lies ; 
I neither shall a deceitful tongue be 
I found in their mouth : for they 
, shall feed and lie down, and none 
shall make them afraid. 

14 Sing, O daughter of Zion : 
I shout, O Israel ; be glad and re- 
joice with all the heart, O daugh- 
ter of Jerusalem. 

15 The Lord hath taken away 
I thy judgments, he hath cast out 
I thine enemy : the King of Israel, 
I even the Lord, is in the midst of 

thee : thou shalt not see evil any 
more. 

16 In that day it shall be said 



to Jerusalem, Fear thou not ; and 
to Zion, Let not thine hands be 
slack. 

17 The Lord thy God in the 
midst of thee is mighty ; he will 
save, he willrejoice over thee with 
joy ; he will rest in his love ; he, 
will joy over thee with singing. 

18 1 will gather them that are 
sorrowful for the solemn assembly, 
who are of thee, zfo whom the re- 
proach of it was a burden. 

19 Behold, at that time I will 
undo all that afflict thee ; and I 
will save her that halteth, and 
gather her that was driven out ; 
and I will get them praise and fame 
in every land where they have 
been put to shame. 

20 At that time will I bring you 
again, even in the time that I 
gather you : for I will make you 
a name and a praise among all peo- 
ple of the earth, when I turn back 
your captivity before your eyes, 
saith the Lord. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



II THESSALONIANS III. 



FINALLY, brethren, pray for 
lis, that the word of the Lord may 
have free course, and be glorified, 
even as it is with you: 

2 And that we may be delivered 
from unreasonable and wicked 
men : for all men have not faith. 

3 But the Lord is faithful, who 
shall stablish you, and keep you 
from evil. 

4 And we have confidence in 
the Lord touching you, that ye both 



do and will do the things which 
we command you. 

5 And the Lord direct your 
hearts into the love of God, and 
into the patient waiting for Christ. 

6 Now we command you, 
brethren, in the name of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw 
yourselves from every brother that 
walketh disorderly, and not after 
the tradition which he received oi* 
us. 



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SUNDAY AFTER ASCENSION. 



7 For yourselves know how ye j 
ought to follow us : for we behaved 
not ourselves disorderly amongyou; 

8 Neither did we eat any man's 
bread for nought; but wrought 
with labour and travail night and 
day, that we might not be charge- 
able to any of you ; 

9 Not ' because we have not 
power, but to make ourselves an 
ensample unto you to fohow us. 

10 For even when we were 
with vou, this we commanded you, 
that if any would not work, neither 
should he eat. 

11 For we hear that there are 
S 3me which walk among you dis- 
orderly, working not at all, but are 
d usybodies 



12 Now them that are such we 
command and exhort by our Lord 
Jesus Christ, that with quietness 
they work, and eat their own 
bread. 

13 But ye, brethren, be not 
wear^" in well-doing. 

14 And if any man obey not our 
word by this epistle, note that man, 
and have no company with him, 
that he may be ashamed. 

15 Yet count Jmn not as an 
enemy, but admonish him as a 
brother. 

1 6 Now the Lord of peace him- 
self give you peace always by all 
means, the Lord be with you 

'all 



Whit SUNDAY, 



This day is consecrated and set apart by our church, in commemoration of 
the Wonderful and miraculous descent of the Holy Ghost, in the shape of fiery 
tongues, upon the apostles. A festival of very great antiquity, being men= 
' tioned several times by writers of the church, who lived in the second or third 
I century after Christ. It is called Whitsunday, or Whitesunday, because 
those who had been converted from heathenism and idolatry to the Christian 
' religion, and had continued some time in the rank of catechumen, giving good 
proofs of the sincerity of their faith, and the reformation of their manners, 
were wont to come forth on the eve of this holy day, clothed in white apparel, 
I and so admitted to the sacred ordinance of baptism. And furthermore it was 
1 observed and kept in those early and pious ages as oiir church requires it and 
all other festivals to be kept now, not in rioting and wantonness, but with 
acts of piety and charity, not like heathen holidays, in rudeness and lascivi- 
J ousness, and the madness of revelling and intemperance, but in sooer and re- 
j ligious exercises of prayer And devotion, of praise and thanksgiving. Would 
a man but set himself down, and seriously ask himself for what are these 
I times of rest and repose ? This pause and cessation from the hurry and 
fatigue of worldly business and labour 1 He would soon find was he but in 
earnest in putting these questions, that they are not given him to play the 
prodigal and the libertine in, and squander away three great comforts and 
blessings of life- his money, his health, and his more precious time; but to 
I quicken and improve the sense of God's extraordinary love and mercy upon 
his mind ; to let him see more leisurely and fully the privileges and honours 
he is heir to, a^ a faithful disciple of Christ Jesus ; and so to provoke ana 
incite him to greater endeavours after purity and holiness. 



i^IRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



DEUTERONOMY XVI. to v. 18. 



OBSERVE the month of Abib, 
and keep the passover unto the 
Lord thy God : for in the month of 
Abib the Lord thy God brought 
thee forth out of Egypt by night. 

2 Thou shah therefore sacrifice 
the passover unto the Lord thy 
God, of the flock and the herd, in 
j the place which the Lord shall 
' choose to place his name there. 
I 3 Thou shalt eat no leavened 
i bread with it ; seven days shalt 
' thou eat unleavened bread there- 
j with, even the bread of affliction : 

I 



(for thou earnest forth out of the 
land of Egypt in haste ;) that thou 
mayest remember the day whetl 
thou earnest forth out of the land of 
Egypt all the days of thy life. 

4 And there shall be nolearened 
bread seen with thee in all thy 
coasts seven days ; neither shall 
there any thing of the flesh, which 
thou sacrificedst the first day at 
even, remain all night until the 
morning. 

5 Thou mayest not sacrifice the 
passover within any of thy gates, 

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\V H I T S U N B A If . 



which the Lord thy God giveth 

thee : . . 

6 But at the place which the 
Lord thy God shall choose to place 
his name in, there thou shaU sacri- 
fice the passorer at even, at the 
going down of the sun, at the sea- 
son that thou earnest forth out of 
Egypt. 

7 And thou shaU roast and eat 
it in the place which the Lord thy 
God shall choose ; and thou shah 
turn in the morning, and go ujito 
thy tents. 

8 Six days thou shalt eat un- 
leavened bread, and on the seventh 
day shall be a solemn assembly to 
the Lord thy God ; thou shalt do 
no work therein. 

9 Seven weeks shaU thou num- 
ber mito thee : begin to number the 



seven weeks from such time as 
thou beginnest to put the sickle to 
the corn. 

10 And thou shah keep the feast 
of weeks unto the Lord thy God 
with a tribute of a free-will-offering 
of thine hand, which thou shah 
give unto the LORD thy God, ac- 
cording as the Lord thy God hath 
blessed thee : 

11 And thou shalt rejoice before 
the Lord thy God, thou, and thy 
son, and thy daughter, and thy 
man-servant, and thy maid-servant, 
and the Levhe that that is within 
thy gates, and the stranger, and the 
fatherless, and the widow, that are 



among you, in the place which the 
Lord thy Godhath chosen to place 
his name there. 

12 And thou shalt remember 
thatthou wastabond-maninEg}-pt : 
and thou shalt observe and do these 
statutes. 

1 3 Thou shah observe the feast 
of tabernacles seven days, after 
that thou hast gathered in thy corn 
and thy wine. 

14 And thou shah rejoice mthy 
feast, thou, and thy son, and thy 
daughter, and thy man-servant, and 
thy "maid-servant, and the Levite, 
the stranger, and the fatherless, 
and the widow, that are within thy 

^15 Seven days shah thou keep 
a solemn feast unto the Lord thy 
God in the place which the Lord 
shall choose : because the Lord 
thy God shah bless thee in all thine 
increase, and in all the works of 
thine hands ; therefore thou shaU 
surely rejoice. _ 

16 Three times in a year shall 
,all thy males appear before the 
i LoRD'thv God in the place which 
i he shah choose ; in the feast of un- 
I leavened bread, and in the feast of 
'weeks, and in the feast of taber- 
nacles : and they shall not appear 
before the Lord empty. 

17 Every man shall give as he 
is able, according to the blessing 
of the Lord thy God which he 
^hath given thee. 



WHITSUNDAY. 



231 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ACTS IV. to V. 36. 



AND as they spake unto the 
people, the priests, and the captain 
of the temple, and the Sadducees, 
came upon them, 

2 B eing grieved that they taught 
the people, and preached through 
Jesus the resurrection from the 
dead. 

3 And they laid hands on them, 
and put them in hold unto the next 
day ; for it was now even-tide. 

4 Howbeit many of them which 
heard the word believed : and the 
number of the men was about five 
thousand. 

5 And it came to pass on the 
morrow, that their rulers, and el- 
ders, and scribes, 

6 And Annas the high priest, 
and Caiaphas, and John, and Alex- 
ander, and as many as were of the 
kindred of the high priest, were 
gathered together at Jerusalem. 

7 And when they had set them 
in the midst they asked, By what 
power, or by what name have ye 
done this ? 

8 Then Peter, filled with the 
Holy Ghost, said unto them. Ye 
rulers of the people, and elders of 
Israel, 

9 If we this day be examined 
of the good deed done to the im- 
potent man, by what means he is 
made whole ; 

10 Be it known unto you all, 
and to all the people of Israel, that 
by the name of Jesus Christ of Na- 
zareth, whom ye crucified, whom 
God raised from the dead, even by 
him doth this man stand here before 
you whole, 



1 1 This is the stone which was 
set at nought ofyou builders, which 
is become the head of the cor- 
ner. 

12 Neither is there salvation in 
any other ; for there is none other 
name under heaven given among 
men whereby we must be saved, 

13 Now, when they saw the 
boldness of Peter and John, and 
perceived that they were unlearn- 
ed and ignorant men, they mar- 
velled ; and they took knowledge 
of them, that they had been with 
Jesus. 

14 Andbeholding the man which 
was healed standing with them, 
they could say nothing against it. 

15 But, when they had com- 
manded them to go aside out of the 
council, they conferred among 
themselves. 

16 Saying, what shall we do to 
these men ? for that indeed a nota- 
ble miracle hath been done by them 
is manifest to all them that dwell 
in Jerusalem ; and we cannot de- 
ny it. 

17 But that it spread no further 
among the people, let us straitly 
threaten them, that they speak 
henceforth to no man in this name. 

18 And they called them, and 
commanded them not to speak at 
all, nor teach, in the name of Je- 
sus. 

19 But Peter and John answer- 
ed and said unto them. Whether it 
be right in the sight of God to heark- 
en unto you more than unto God, 
judge ye. 

20 For we cannot but speak the 



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WHITSUNDAY. 



things which we have seen and ' 
heard. 

21 So when they had further 
threatened them they let them 
go, finding nothing how they might 
punish them, because of the peo- 
ple ; for all men glorified God for 
that which was done. 

22 For the man was above forty 
years old on whom this miracle of 
healing was shewed. 

23 And, being let go, they went 
to their own company, and report- 
ed all that the chief priest and el- 
ders had said unto them. 

24 And when they heard that, 
they lifted up their voice to God 
\vith. one accord, and said, Lord, 
thou art God, which hast made 
heaven, and earth, and the sea, and 
all that in them is : 

25 Who by the mouth of thy 
servant David hast said. Why did 
the heathen rage, and the people 
imagine vain things ? 

26 The kings of the earth stood 
up, and the rulers were gathered 
together against the Lord, and 
against his Christ. 

27 For of a truth against thy 
holy child Jesus, whom, thou hast 
anointed, both Herod and Pontius 
Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the 
people of Israel, were gathered to- 
gether, 

28 For to do whatsoever thy 



hand and thy counsel determined 
before to be done. 

29 And now, Lord, behold their 
threatenings : and grant unto thy 
servants, that with all boldness they 
may speak thy word, 

30 By stretching forth thine 
hand to heal : and that signs and 
wonders may be done by the name 
of thy holy child Jesus. 

31 And when they had prayed, 
the place was shaken where they 
were assembled together : and they 
were all filled w ith the Holy Ghost, 
and they spake the word of God 
with boldness. 

32 And the muhitude of them 
that believed, were of one heart and 
of one soul : neither said any of 
the?n that ought of the things which 
he possesed was his own ; butthey 
had all things common. 

33 And with great power g^re 
the apostles witness of the resur- 
rection of the Lord Jesus, and great 
grace was upon them all. 

34 Neither was there any among 
them that lacked ? for as many as 
were possessors of lands or houses 
sold them, and brought the prices 

: of the things that were sold, 

35 And laid them down at the 
apostles' feet : and distribution was 

• made unto every man according as 
he had need. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ISAIAH XI. 



AND there shall come forth a 
rod out of the stem of Jesse, and 
a Branch shall grow out of his 
roots . 

2 And the Spirit of the Lord 



shall rest upon him, the spirit of 
wisdom and understanding, the 
spirit of counsel and might, the 
spirit of knowledge, and of the fear 
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3 And shall make him of quick 
understanding in the fear of the 
Lord: and he shall not judge after 
! the sight of his eyes, neither re- 
I prove after the hearing of his ears : 
j 4 But with righteousness shall 
I he judge the poor, and reprove 
with equity for the meek of the 
earth: and he shall smite the earth 
with the rod of his mouth, and 
with the breath of his lips shall he 
slay the wicked, 
i 5 And righteousness shall be 
the girdle of his loins, and faith- 
fulness the girdle of his reins. 

6 The wolf also shall dwell 
I with the lamb, and the leopard shall 

lie down with the kid ; and the 
calf, and the young lion, and the 
fatling together ; and a little child 
shall lead them. 

7 And the cow and the bear 
shall feed ; their young ones shall 
lie down together : and the lion 
shall eat straw like the ox. 

8 And the suckling child shall 
ylo^y on the hole of the asp, and 
the weaned child shall put his 
hand on the cockatrice' den. 

9 They shall not hurt nor des- 
troy in alhmy holy mountain : for 
the earth shall be full of the know- 
ledge of the Lord, as the waters 
over the sea. 

10 And in that day there shall 
be a root of Jesse, which shall 
stand for an ensign of the people ; 
to it shall the Gentiles seek : and 
his rest shall be glorious. 

1 1 And it shall come to pass in 



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that day, that the Lord shall set 
his hand again the second time to 
recover the remnant of his people, 
which shall be left, from Assyria, 
and from Egypt, and from Pathros, 
and from Gush, and from Elam, 
and from Shinar, and from Hamath, 
and from the islands of the sea. 

12 And he shall setup an en- 
sign for the nations, and shall 
assemble the outcasts of Israel, 
and gather together the dispersed 
of Judah from the four corners of 
the earth. j 

13 The envy also of Ephraim 
shall depart, and the adversaries 
of Judah shall be cut off : Ephraim: 
shall not envy Judah, and Judah 
shall not vex Ephraim. 

14 But they shall fly upon the 
shoulders of the Philistines toward 
the west ; they shall spoil them of 
the east together : they shall lay 
their hand upon Edom and Moab^ 
and the children of Ammon shall 
obey them. 

15 And the Lord shall utterly 
destroy the tongue of Egyptian 
sea ; and with his mighty wind 
shall he shake his hand over the 
river, and shall smite it in the 
seven streams, and make men go 
over dry-shod. 

16 And there shall be an high- 
way for the remnant of his peoplcj 
which shall be left, from Assyria, 
like as it was to Israel in the day 
that he came up out of the land of 
Egypt, 

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SECOND LESSON 
ACTS 

AND it came to pass, that, wliile 
Apollos was at Corint]i,Paiil,liaving 
passed through the upper coasts, 
came to Ephesus : and finding cer- 
tain disciples, 

2 He said unto them, Have ye 
received the Holy Ghost since ye 
believed ? And they said unto him, 
We have not so much as heard 
%vhether there be any Holy Ghost. 

3 And he said unto them, Unto 
what then were ye baptized ? And 
thev said, Unto John's baptism. 

4 Then said Paul, John verily 
baptizedwith the baptism of repent- 
ance, saving unto the people, that 
they should^beUeve on him which 
should come after him, that is, on 
Christ Jesus. 

5 When they heard this, they 
were baptized in the name of the 
Lord Jesus. 

6 And when Paul had laid his 
hands upon them, the Holy Ghost 
came on them ; and thev spake 
with tongues, and prophesied. 

7 And all the men were about 
twelve. 

8 And he went into the syna- 
gogue, and spake boldly for the 
space of three months, disputing 
and persuading the things concern- 
ing the kingdom of God. 

8 But when divers were hard- 
ened, and believed not, but spake 
evil of that way before the multi- 
tude, he departed from them, and 
separated the disciples, disputing 
daily inthe schoolof oneTyrarmus. 

10 And this continued by the 
space of two years ; so that all 
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XIX, 

word of the Lord Jesus, both Jew^s 
and Greeks. 

11 And God wrought special 
miracles by the hands of Paul ; 

12 So that from his body were 
brought unto the sick handkerchiefs 
or aprons, and the diseases departed 
from them, and the evil spirits went 
out of them. 

13 Then certain of the vaga- 
bond Jews, exorcists, took upon 
them to call over them which had 
evil spirits the name of the Lord 
Jesus, saying, We adjure you by 
Jesus, whom Paul preacheth. 

14 And there were seven sons 
of o/ie Sceva, a Jew, and chief of 
the priests, which did so. 

15 And the evil spirit answered 
and said, Jesus I know, and Paul 
I know : but who are ye 1 

16 And the man in whom the 
evil spirit was leaped on them, and 
overcame them, and prevailed 
against them, so that they fled out 
of that house naked and wounded. 

17 And this was kno^vn to all 
the Jews and Greeks also dwelling 
at Ephesus ; and fear fell on them 
all, and the name of the Lord Jesus 
was magnified. 

18 And many that beheved came, 
and confessed^ and shewed their 
deeds. 

19 ]\Iany of them also which 
used curiousartsbroughttheirbooks 
together, and burned them before 
dllmen : and they counted the price 
of them, and found it fifty thousand 
pieces of silver. 

20 So mightily grew the word 
of God, and prevailed. 



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FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
GENESIS XL. to v. 10. 



AND the whole earth was of 
one language, and of one speech. 

2 And it came to pass, as they 
journeyed from the east, that they 
found a plain in the landof Shinar : 
and they dwelt there. 

3 And they said one to another. 
Go to, let us make brick, and burn 
them thoroughly. And they had 
brick for stone, and slime had they 
for mortar. 

4 And they said, Go to, let us 
build us a city, andatower, whose 
top mai/ reach unto heaven ; and 
let us make us a name, lest we be 
scattered abroad upon the face of 
the whole earth. 

5 And the Lord came down to 
see the city and the tower, which 
the children of men builded. 



6 And the Lord said, Behold^ 
the people is one, and they have 
all one language ; and this they 
begin to do : and now nothing will 
be restrained from them, which 
they have imagined to do. 

7 Go to, let us go down, and 
there confound their language, that 
they may not understand one ano- 
ther's speech. 

8 So the Lord scattered them 
abroad from thence upon the face 
of all the earth : and they left off 
to build the city. 

9 Therefore is the name of it 
called Babel : because the Lord 
did there confound the language of 
all the earth : and from thence did 
the Lord scatter them abroad upon 
the face of all the earth. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
I CORINTHIANS XII. 



NOW, concerning spiritual 
brethren, I would not have you 
ignorant. 

2 Ye know that ye were Gen- 
tiles, carried away unto these dumb 
idols, even as ye were led. 

3 Wherefore I give you to under- 
stand, that no man speaking by the 



Spirit of God calleth Jesus ac- 
cursed ; and that no man can say 
that Jesus is the Lord, but by the 
Holy Ghost. 

4 Now there are diversities of 
gifts, but the same Spirit. 

5 And there are differences of 
administrations, but the same Lord. 



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to 

, to 
of 



6 And there are diversities of 
operations, but it is the same God 
which worketh all in all. 

7 But the manifestation of the 
Spirit is given to every man to pro- 
fit withal. 

8 For to one is given by the 
Spirit the word of wisdom ; to an- 
other the word of knowledge by 
the same Spirit ; 

9 To another faith by the same 
Spirit: to another the gifts of heal- 
ing by the same Spirit : 

lO' To another the working of | 
miracles ; to another prophecy ; to ! 
another discerning of spirits ; 
another diverskinds of tongue 
another the interpretation 
tongues ; I 

11 But all these worketh that 
one and the self-same Spirit, divid- 
ing to every man severally ashewill. 

12 For' as the body is one, and 
hath many members, and all the 
members of that one body, being 
many, are one body ; so also is 
Christ. 

13 For by one Spirit are we all 
baptized into one body, whether 
we be Jews or Gentiles, whether 
we be bond or free ; and have been 
all made to drink into one Spirit. 

1 4 For the body is not one mem- 
ber, but many. 

15 If the foot shall say, Because 
I am not the hand, I am not of the 
body ; is it therefore not of the 
body ? 

16 And if the ear shall say, Be- 
cause I am not the eye, I am not 
of the body ; is it therefore not of 
the body ? 

17 If the whole body were an 
eye, where ^ere the hearing ? if the 
whole were hearing, where ivere 
the smelling ? 

18 But now hath God set the 
members every one of them in 



the body as it hath pleased him. 

19 And if they were all one 
member, where to ere the body 1 

20 But now are many mem- 
bers, yet but one body. 

21 And the eye cannot say un- 
to the hand, I have no need of thee ; 
nor again the head to the feet, I 
have no need of you. 

22 Nav, much more those mem- 
bers of the body, which seem to 
be more feeble, are necessar}' : 

23 And those members of the 
body, which we think to be less 
honourable, upon these we bestow 
more abundant honour, and our un- 
comely parts have more abundant 
comeliness. 

24 For our comely parts have 
no need ; but God hath tempered 
the body together, having given 
more abundant honour to that part 
which lacked : 

25 That there should be no 
schism in the body ; but that the 
members shoidd hayethe same care 
one for another. 

26 And whether one member 
suffer, all the members suffer with 
it; or one member be honoured, 
all the members rejoice with it. 

27 Now ye are the body of 
Christ, and members in particular. 

28 And God hath set some in 
the church, first, apostles ; secon- 
darily, prophets ; thirdly, teachers ; 
after that miracles ; then gifts of 
healing, helps, governments, di- 
versities of tongues. 

29 Are aU apostles ? are all pro- 
phets ? are all teachers ? are all 
workers of miracles ? 

30 Haye all the gifts of healing ? 
do all speak with tongues ? do all 
interpret ? 

31 But covet earnestly the best 
gifts : and yet shew I unto you a 
more excellent way. 



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FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
NUMBERS XI. 



AND when the people com- 
, plained, it displeased the Lord : 
and the Lord heard it ; and his 
anger was kindled : and the fire of 
the Lord burnt among them, and 
I consumed them that were in the 
I uttermost parts of the camp. 
' 2 And the people cried unto 
I Moses ; and when Moses prayed 
unto the Lord, the fire was quench- 
I ed. 

I 3 And he called the name of the 
place Taberah : because the fire of 
the Lord burnt among them. 

I 4 And the mixed multitude, that 
was among them fell a lusting : 
and the children of Israel also wept 
again, and said, Who shall give us 
flesh to eat ? 

5 We remember the fish which 
we did eat in Egypt freely ; the 
cucumbers, and the melons, and 
the leeks, and the onions, and the 
garlick. 

6 But now our soul is dried 
away ; there is riothing at all, be- 
sides this inanna, before Qur eyes. 

T And the manna ivas as corian- 
der -seed, and the colour thereof as 
the colour of bdelium. 

8 And the people went about, 
and gathered it, and grouAd it in 
mills, or beat it in a mortar, and 
baked it in pans, and made cakes 

I of it : and the taste of it was as the 
taste of fresh oil. 

I 9 And when the dew fell upon 

I the camp in the night, the manna 

I fell upon it. 

j IQ Then Moses heard the peo- 

! 



pie Vv^eep throughout their families, 
every man in the door of his tent : 
and the anger of the Lord was 
kindled greatly ; Moses also was 
displeased. 

11 And Moses said unto the 
Lord, Wherefore hast thou afilic- 
ted thy servant ? and wherefore 
have I not found favour in thy sight, 
that thou layest the burden of all 
this people upon me ? 

12 Have I conceived all this 
people ? have I begotten them, that 
thou shouldest say unto me. Carry 
them in thy bosom (as a nursing- 
father beareth the suckling child) 
unto the land which thou swarest 
unto their fathers ? 

13 Whence should I have flesh 
to give unto all this people ; for 
they weep unto me, saying. Give 
us flesh, that we may eat. 

14 I am not able to bear all this 
people alone, because it is too 
heavy for me. 

15 And if thou deal thus with 
me, kill me, I pray thee, out of hand, 
if I have found favour in thy sight ; 
and let me not see my wretched- 
ness. 

16 And the Lord said unto Mq* 
ses. Gather unto me seventy men 
of the elders of Israel, whom thqu 
knowest to be the elders of the 
people, and oflicers over them, and 
bring them unto the tabernacle of 
the congregation, that they may 
stand there with thee, 

17 And I will come down an4 
talk with thee there : a^d I will 



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take of the spirit which is upon 
thee, and will put it upon them ; 
and they shall bear the burden of 
the people with thee, that thou 
bear it not thyself alone. 

18 And say thou unto the peo- 
ple, Sanctify yourselves against 
to morrow, and ye shall eat flesh : 
(for ye have wept in the ears of 
the Lord, saying, Who shall give 
us flesh to eat 1 for it loas well 
with us in Egypt :) therefore the 
Lord will give you flesh, and ye 
shall eat. 

19 Ye shall not eat one dav, 
nor two days, nor five days, nei- 
ther ten days, nor twenty days ; 

20 But 'even a whole month, 
until it come out at your nostrils, 
and it be loathsome unto you : be- 
cause that ye have despised the 
Lord which is among you, and 
have wept before him, saying, 
Why came we forth out of Egypt ? 

21 And Moses said. The peo- 
ple, among whom L am, are six 
hmdred thousand footmen ; and 
thou hast said, I will give them 
flesh, that they may eat a whole 
month, 

22 Shall the flocks and the 
herds be slain for them, to suflice 
them ? or shall all the fish of the 
sea be gathered together for them, 
to suflice them ? 

23 And the Lord said unto Mo- 
ses, Is the Lord's hand waxed 
short? thou shaUseenow whether 
my word shall come to pass unto 
thee or not. 

24 And Moses went out and 
told the people the words of the 
Lord and gathered the seventy 
men of the elders of the people, 
and set them round about the taber- 
nacle. 

35 And the Lord came down 



in a cloud, and spake imto him, 
and took of the spirit that was upon ! 
him, and gave it unto the seventy 
elders : and it came to pass, that, 
when the spirit rested upon them, 
they prophesied, and did notecase. 

26 But there remained two o/ 
the men in the camp, the name of 
the one loas Eldad, and the name 
of the other Medad : and the spirit 
rested upon them, (and they were 
of them that were written, but went 
not out unto the tabernacle,) and 
thev prophesied in the camp. 

27 And there ran a young man, 
and told Moses, and said, Eldad 
and Medad do prophesy in the 
camp. ^ 

28 And Joshua the son of Tsun, 
the servant of Moses, one of his 
young men, answered and said, 
My lord Moses, forbid them. 

29 And Moses said unto him, 
Enviest thou for my sake ? Would 
God that all the Lord's people 
were prophets, and that the Lord 
would put his spirit upon them ! 

30 And Moses gat him into the 
camp, he and the elders of Israel. 

31 And there went forth a wind 
from the Lord, and brought quails 
from the sea, and let thein, fall by 
the camp, as it were a day's jour- 
ney on this side, and as it were a 
day's journey on the other side, 
round about* the camp, and as it 
were two cubits high upontheface 
of the earth. 

32 And the people stood up all 
that day, and all that night, and all 
the next day, and they gathered 
the quails : he that gathered least 
gathered ten homers: and they 
spread thevi all abroad for them- 
selves round about the camp. 

33 And while the flesh wa^^ yet 
between their teeth, ere it wa» 



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chewed, the wrath of the Lord 
was kindled against the people ; 
and the Lord smote the people 
with a very great plague. 

34 And he called the name of 
that place Kidroth-hattaavah : be- 



cause there they buried the people 
that lusted. 

35 And the people journeyed 
from Kibroth-hattaavah unto Haze-^ 
roth ; and abode at Hazeroth* 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
I CORINTHIANS XIV. to v. 26. 



FOLLOW after charity, and 
desire spiritual gifts, but rather 
that ye may prophesy. 

2 For he that speaketh in an 
unknown tongue speaketh not un- 
to men, but unto God ; for no man 
imderstandeth Am ; howbeitinthe 
spirit he speaketh mysteries. 

3 Buthe that prophesieth speak- 
eth unto men to edification, and 
exhortation and comfort. 

4 He that speaketh in an un- 
known tongue edifieth himself: 
but he that prophesieth edifieth the 
church. 

5 I would that ye all spake with 
tongues, but rather that ye prophe- 
sied : for greater is he that prophe- 
sieth than he that speaketh with 
tongues, except he interpret, that 
the church may receive edifying. 

6 Now, brethren, if I come un- 
to you speaking with tongues, what 
shall I profit you, except I shall 
speak to you either by revelation, 
or by knowledge, or by prophesy- 
ing, or by doctrine ? 

7 And even things without life 
giving sound, wbether pipe or harp, 
except they give a distinction in 
the sounds, how shall it be known 
what is piped or harped ? 

8 For if the trumpet give an un- 



certain sound, who shall prepare 
himself to the battle 1 

9 So likewise ye, except ye ut- 
ter by the tongue words easy to be 
understood j how shall it be known 
what is spoken ? for ye shall speak 
into the air, 

10 There are, it may be, so many 
kinds of voices in the world, and 
none of them is without significa- 
tion. 

1 1 Therefore if I know not the 
meaning of the voice, I shall be 
unto him that speaketh a barbarian, 
and he that speaketh shall be a 
barbarian unto me. 

12 Even so ye, forasmuch as ye 
are zealous of spiritual gifts, seek 
that ye may excel to the edifying 
of the church. 

13 Wherefore let him that 
speaketh in an unknown tongue 
pray that he may interpret. 

14 For if I pray in an unknown 
tongue, my spirit prayeth, but my 
understanding is unfruitful. 

15 What is it then 1 I will pray 
with the spirit, and I will pray 
with the understanding also : I 
will sing with the spirit, and I will 
sing with the understanding also^ 

16 Else, when thou shalt blesai 
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!H0 

occupieth the room of the unlearn- 
ed, say Amen at thy giving of thanks , 
seeing he understandeth not what 
thou s aye St 1 

1 7 For thou verily givest thanks 
well, but the other is not edi- 
fied. 

18 1 thank my God, I speak 
with tongues more than ye all ? 

19 Yet in the church I had ra- 
ther speak five words with my un- 
derstanding, that hi/ 7717/ voice! 
might teach others also, than ten 
thousand words in an unknown 
tongue. 

20 Brethren, be not children in 
understanding; howbeit in malice 
be ye children, but in understand- 
ing be men. 

2 1 In the law it is written, With 
men of other tongues and other lips 
will I speak unto this people ; and 



yet for all that will they not heat 
me, saith the Lord. 

22 Wherefore tongues are for a 
sign, not to them that believe, but 
to them that beheve not : but pro- 
phesying serveth not for them that 
believe not, but for them which be- 
lieve. 

23 If therefore the whole church 
be come together into one place, 
and aU speak with tongues, and 
there come in those that are un- 
learned, or unbehevers, will they 
not say that ye are mad 1 

24 But if all prophesy^ and there 
come in one that believeth not^ or 
one unlearned^ he is convinced of 
all, he is judged of all ; 

25 And thus are the secrets of 
his heart made manifest ; and so, 
falling down on his face, he will 
worship God, and report that God j 
is in you of a truth-. \ 



TUESDAY IN WHITSUN WEEK. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
I SAMUEL XIX. V. 18. 



18 So David fled, and escaped, j 
and came to Samuel to Ramah, and 
told him all that Saul had done to 
him. And he and Samuel went and 
dwelt in Naioth. 

19 And it was told Saul, saying. 
Behold, David is at Naioth in Ra- 
mah. 



20 And Saul sent messengers 
to take David : and when they saw 
the company of the prophets pro- 
phesying, and Samuel standing as 
appointed over them, the Spirit of 
God was upon the messengers of 
Saul, and they also prophesied. 

21 And when it was told Saul, 



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he sent other messengers, and they 
prophesied likewise. And Saul 
sent messengers again the third 
time, and they prophesied also. 

22 Then went he also to Ramah, 
and came to a great well that is in 
Sechu : and he asked and said, 
Where are Samuel and David? 
And one said, Behold, ikei/ be at 
Naioth in Ramah. 

23 And he went thither to 



I Naioth in Ramah : and the Spirit 
of God was upon him also, and he 
went on and prophesied, until he 
came to Naioth in Ramah, 

24 And he stripped ofFhis clothes 
also, and prophesied before Samuel 
in like m.anner, and lay down naked 
all that day, and all that night. 
Wherefore they say, Is Saul also 
among the prophets ? 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
I THESSALONIANS V. 



BUT ofthetimes and the seasons, 
brethren, ye have no need that I 
write unto you. 

2 Foryourselvesknowperfectly, 
that the day of the Lord so cometh 
as a thief in the night, 

3 For when they shall say. 
Peace and safety, then sudden des- 
truction cometh upon them, as 
travail upon a woman with child ; 
and they shall not escape. 

4 But ye, brethren, are not in 
darkness, thatthat day should over- 
take you as a thief, 

5 Ye are all the children of light, 
and the children of the day : we 
are not of the night, nor of dark- 
ness. 

6 Therefore let us not sleep, as 
do others ; but let us watch and be 
sober. 

7 For they that sleep, sleep in 
the night ; and they that be drunk- 
en, are drunken in the night. 

8 But let us, who are of the day, 
be sober, putting on the breastplate 
of faith and love ; and for an helmet 
the hope of salvation : 



9 For God hath not appointed 
us to wrath, but to obtain salvation 
by our Lord Jesus Christ. 

10 Who died for us, that, whether 
we wake or sleep, we should live 
together with him. 

11 Wherefore comfort your- 
selves together, and edify one an- 
other, even as also ye do. 

12 And we beseech you, bre- 
thren, to know them which labour 
among you, and are over you in 
the Lord, and admonish you ; 

13 And to esteem them very 
highly in love for their work's sake, 
Andhe at peace among }^ours elves. 

14 Now we exhort you, brethren^ 
warn them that are unruly, comfort 
the feeble-minded, support the 
weak, be patient toward all men., 

15 See that none render evil for 
evil unto any man; but ever follow 
that which is good, both among 
yourselves, and to all ?7ien. 

16 Rejoice evermore. 

17 Pray without ceasing. 

18 In every thing give thanks: 

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for tUs is the will of God in Christ , unto the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Jesus concerning you 



19 Quench not the Spirit. 

20 Despise not prophesyings. 



Christ. 

24 Faithful is he that calleth 
you, who also will do it. 



21 Prove all things : hold fast' 25 Brethren, pray lor us. ^ 
that which IS good. ; 26 Greet all the brethren with 

22 \bstain from all appearance ; an holy lass. -, t j 
e^-il ! 27 I charge you by the Lord 

23 And the verv God of peace .that this epistle be read unto all 
sanctify vou whoUv : and / pray \ the holy brethren. 

God voiu whole spirit, and soul, | 28 The grace of our Lord Jesus 
and body, be preser^-ed blameless j Christ be with you. Amen. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING, 



DEUTEROZnOMY XXX. 



AND it shall come topass, when 
all these things are come upon thee, 
the blessing and the curse, which 
I have set before thee, and thou, 
shalt call ihei/i to mind among all 
the nations whither the Lord thy 
God hath driven thee, 

2 And shalt return unto the Lord 
thy God, and shah obey his voice, 
according to all that I coimnand 
thee this^day, thou, and thy child- 
ren, with all thine heart, and with 
all thv soul ; 

■ 3 That then the Lord thy G'od 
will turn thy captivity, and biave 
compassion upon thee, and wdll re- 
turn, and gather the e from all the na- 
tions whither the Lord thy God 
hath scattered thee. 

4 If a'riy of thine be driven out 
unto the outmost parts of heaven, 
from thence will the Lord thy 
God gather thee, and from thence 
-will he fetch thee. 

5 And the Lord thy God will 
bring ihec into the land which thy 



fathers possessed, and thou shalt 
possess it ; and he will do thee 
o-ood, and multiply thee above thy 

fathers. 

6 And the Lord thy God will 
circumcise thine heart, and the 
I heart of thy seed, to love the Lord 
''thy God whh all thine heart, 
'and vrith all thy soul, that thou 



, 7 And the Lord thy God wdll 
^ put all these curses upon thine 
enemies , and on them that hate thee, 
which persecuted thee. 

8 And thou shalt return, and 
obey the voice of the Lord, and do 
jail his commandments, which I 
! command thee this day. 
j 9 And the Lord thy God will 
; make thee plenteous in every work 
' of thine hand, in the fruit of thy 
bodv, and in the fruit of thy cattle, 
! and' in the fruit of thy land, for 
j good : for the Lord will again re- 
joice over thee for good, as he re- 
joiced over thy fathers ; 



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10 If tliou slialt hearken unto 
the voice of the Lord thy God, to 
keep his commandments and his 
statutes, which are written in this 
book of the law, and if thou turn 
unto the Lord thy God with all 
thine heart, and with all thy soul. 

1 1 For this commandment, 
which I command thee this day, it 
is not hidden from thee, neither is 
it far off: 

12 It is not in heaven, that thou 
shouldest say, Who shall go up for 
us to heaven, and bring it unto us, 
that we may hear it, and do it ? 

13 Neither is it beyond the sea, 
that thou shouldest say. Who shall 
go over the sea for us, and bring it 
unto us, that we may hear it, and 
do it ? 

14 But the word is very nigh 
unto thee, in thy mouth, and in thy 
heart, that thou mayest do it. 

15 See, I have set before thee 
this day life and good, and death 
and evil ; 

16 In that I command thee this 
day to love the Lord thy God, to 
walk in his ways, and to keep his 
commandments, and his statutes, 



and his judgments, that thou may- 
est live and multiply ; and the Lord 
thy God shall bless thee in the 
land whither thou goest to possess 
it. 

17 But if thine heart turn away, 
so that thou wilt not hear, but shalt 
be drawn away, and worship other 
gods, and serve them ; 

18 1 denounce unto you this day, 
that ye shall surely perish, and 
that ye shall not prolong your days 
upon the land whither thou passest 
over Jordan to go to possess it. 

19 I call heaven and earth to 
record this day against you, that I 
have set before you life and death, 
blessing and cursing : therefore 
choose life, that both thou and thy 
seed may live ; 

20 That thou mayest love the 
Lord thy God, and that thou may- 
est obey his voice, and that thou 
mayest cleave unto him : (for he is 
thy life, and the length of thy days ;) 
that thou mayest dwell in the land 
which the Lord sware unto thy 
fathers, to Abraham, to Isaac, and 
to Jacob, to give them. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
GALATIANS V 



STAND fast therefore in the 
liberty wherewith Christ hath made 
us free, and be not entangled 
again with the yoke of bondage. 

2 Behold, I Paul say unto you, 
that if ye be circumcised, Christ 
shall profit you nothing. 

3 For I testify again to every 



man that is circumcised, that he is 
a debtor to do the whole law. 

4 Christ is become of no effect 
unto you, whosoever of you are 
justified by the law ; ye are fallen 
from grace. 

5 For we through the Spirit wait 
for thehope of righteousness by faith 



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6 For in Jesus Christ neither | 
circumcision availetli anything, nor j 
uncircumcision : but faith which; 
worketh by love. 1 

7 Ye did run well: who did 
hinder you, that ye should not obey 
the truth 1 

S This persuasion cometh not 
of him that calleth you. 

9 A little leaven leaveneth the 
whok lump. 

10 I have confidence in you 
through the Lord, that ye will be 
none otherwise minded; but he 
that troubleth you shall bear his 
judgment, whosoever he be. 

11 And I, brethren, if I yet 
preach circumcision, why do I yet 
suffer persecution 1 then is the of- 
fence of the cross ceased. 

12 1 would they were even cut 
off which trouble you. 

13 For, brethren, ye have been 
called unto liberty ; only use not 
liberty for an occasion to the flesh, 
but by love serve one another. 

14' For all the law is fulfilled in 
one v/ord, even in this, Thou shalt 
love thy neighbour as thyself. 

15 But if ye bite and devour one 
another, take heed that ye be not 
consumed one of another. 

16 This I say then. Walk in the 
Spirit, and ye shall not fulfil the 
lust of the flesh. 



17 For the flesh lusteth against 
the Spirit, and the Spirit agains 
the flesh ; and these are contrary 
the one to the other : so that ye 
cannot do the things that ye 
would. 

18 But if ye be led by the Spi- 
rit, ye are not und^r the law. 

19 Now the works of the flesh 
are manifest, which are these • 
Adultly, fornication, uncleanness 
lasciviousness. 

20 Idolatry, witchcmft, hatred, 
variance, emulations, wrath, strife, 
seditions, heresies, 

2 1 Envyings , mm'ders , drunken- 
ness, revellings, and such like : of 
the which I tell you before, as I 
have also told you in time past, 
that they which do such things shall 
not inherit the kingdom of God. 

22 But the fruit of the Spirit is 
love, joy, peace,long-sufFering,gen- 
tleness, goodness, faith, 

23 Meekness, temperance ; 
against such there is no law. 

"^24 And they that are Christ's 
have crucified the flesh, with the 
i affections and lusts. 

25 If we Uve in the Spirit, let 
us also walk in the Spirit. 

26 Let us not be desirous of 
vain-glory, provoking one another 
envying one another. 



TRINITY SUNDAY. 



In all the ancient liturgies we find that this day was looked upon only as 
an octave of Pentecost ; the observation of it as the feast of the Trinity, being 
of a later date. For since the praises of the Trinity were every day cele- 
brated in the doxology, hymns and creeds, therefore the church thought there 
was no need to set apart one particular day for that which was done on each. 
But afterwards when the Arians and such like heretics were spread over the 
world and had vented their blasphemies against this divine mystery ; the 
wisdom of the church thought it convenient, that, though the blessed Trinity 
was daily commemorated in its public offices of devotion, yet, it should be the 
more solemn subject of one partieuiar day^'s meditation. ^ 

For which solemnity they chose this day, as most seasonable ; for no sooner 
had our Lord ascended into heaven, and the Holy Ghost descended upon the 
church, than there ensued the full knowledge of the glorious and incompre- 
hensible Trinity, which before that time was not so clearly known. The 
church therefore,' having dedicated the foregoing solemn festivals to the 
honour of each several person by himself, thereby celebrating the unity in 
the Trinity thinks it highly seasonable to conclude those solemnities by 
adding to them one more festival to the honour and glory of the whole 
Trinity together, therein celebrating the Trinity in the unity. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
GENESIS I. 



IN the beginning God created 
the heaven and the earth. 

2 And the earth v^as without 
form, and void ; and darkness was 
upon the face of the deep. And 
the Spirit of God moved upon the 
face of the waters. 

3 And God said, Let there be 
light : and there was light. 

4 And God saw the light, that it 
was good : and God divided the 
light from the darkness. 

5 And God called the light Day, 
and the darkness he called Night. 
And the evening and the morning 
were the first day. 

6 And God said, Let there be 
# firmament in the midst of the 



waters, and let it divide the waters 
from the waters. 

7 And God made the firmament, 
and divided the waters whichwere 
under the firmament from the waters 
which were above the firmament : 
and it was so. 

8 And God called the firmament 
Heaven. And the evening and 
the morning were the second day, 

9 And God said, Let the waters 
under the heaven be gathered toge- 
ther unto one place, and let the dry 
land appear : and it was so. 

10 And God called the dry land 
Earth ; and the gathering together 
of the waters called he Seas : and 
God saw that it was good. 



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11 And God said, Let the earth' 
bring forth grass, the herb yielding 
seed', and the fruit tree >delding 
fruit after his kind, whose seed is 
in itself, upon the earth : and it 
was so. 

12 And the earth brought forth 
grass, and'hQxh yielding seed after 
his kind, and the tree yielding 
fruit, whose seed was in itself, 
alter his kind: and God saw that 
it was good. 

13 And the evening and the 
morning were the third day. 

14 And God said, Let there be 
lights in the firmament of the hea- 
ven, to divide the day from the 
night ; and let them be for signs, 
and for seasons, and for days, and 



years : 

15 And let them be for Hghts m 
the firmament of the heaven, to 
give light upon the earth : and it 
was so. 

1 6 And God made two great hghts : 
the greater Hght to rule the day, and 
the fesser light to rule the night: he 
made the stars also. 

17 And God set them in the 
firmament of the heaven, to give 
light upon the earth, 

18 And to rule over the day and 
over the night, and to divide the 
light from the darkness : and God 
saw that it was good. 

19 And the evening and the 
morning were the fourth day. 

20 And God said. Let the Avaters 
bring forth abundantly the moving 
creature that hath life, and fowl 
that may fiy above the earth in the 
open firmament of heaven. 

21 And God created great 
whales, and every living creature 
that raoveth, which the waters 
brought forth abundantly, after 
their kind, and every winged fowl 



after his kind: and God saw that 
it was good. 

22 And God blessed them, say- 
ing, Be fruitful, and multiply, and 
filf the waters in the seas, and let 
fowl muhiply in the earth. 

23 And the evening and the 
morning were the fifth day. 

24 And God said, Let the earth 
bring forth the living creature after 
his kind, cattle, and creeping thing 
1 and beast of the earth after his 
'kind ; and it was so. 

25 And God made the beast of 
the earth after liis kind, and cattle 
after their kind, and ever}' thing 
that creepeth upon the earth after 
his kind : and God saw that it was 
good. 

26 And God said, Let us make 
man in our image, after our like- 
ness : and let them have dominion 
over the fish of the sea, and over 
the fowl of the air, and over the 
cattle, and over all the earth, and 
over every creeping thing that 
creepeth upon the earth. 

27 So God created man in his 
Uwii image, in the image of God 

created he him ; male and female 
created he them. 

28 And God blessed them, and 
God said unto them. Be fruitful, 
and multiply, and replenish the 
earth, and subdue it : and have 
dominion over the fish of the sea, 
and over the fowl ; of the air, and 
over eveiy living thing that moveth 
upon the earth. 

29 And God said. Behold, I 
have given you every herb bearing 
seed, which is upon the face of all 
the earth, and every tree, in the 
which is the fruit of a tree yielding 
seed ; to you it shall be for meat. 

30 And to every beast of the 
earth, and to every fowl of the air, 



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and to every thing that creepeth 
upon the earth, wherein there is 
life, I have given every green herb 
for meat : and it was so. 



24? 

31 And God saw every thing 
that he had made, and, behold, it 
ivas very good. And the evening 
and the morning were the sixth day. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
MATTHEW III. 



IN those days came John the 
Baptist, preaching in the wilder- 
ness of Judea, 

2 And saying, Repent ye : for 
the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

3 For this is he that was spoken 
of by the prophet Esaias, saying, 
The voice of one crying in the 
wilderness, Prepare ye the way 
of the Lord, make his paths straight. 

4 And the same John had his 
raiment of camel's hair, and a lea- 
thern girdle about his loins ; and 
his meat was locusts and wild 
honey, 

5 Then went out to him Jerusa- 
lem, and all Judea, and all the 
region round about Jordan, 

6 And were baptised of him in 
Jordan, confessing their sins. 

7 But when he saw many of 
the Pharisees and Sadducees come 
to his baptism, he said unto them, 
O generation of vipers, who hath 
warned you to flee from the wrath 
to come 1 

8 Bring forth therefore fruits 
meet for repentance : 

9 And think not to say within 
yourselves. We have Abraham to 
our father for I say unto you, That 
God is able of these stones to raise 
up children unto Abraham. 

10 And now also the axe is laid 
unto the root of the trees : therefore 



every tree which bringeth not forth 
good fruit is hewn down, and cast 
into the fire. 

11 I indeed baptize you with 
water unto repentance : but he 
that cometh after me is mightier 
than I, whose shoes I am not wor- 
thy to bear : he shall baptize 
you with the Holy Ghost, and with 
fire : 

12 Whose fan is in his hand, 
and he will thoroughly purge his 
floor, and gather his wheat into 
the garner : but he will burn up the 
chaff with unquenchable fire. 

13 Then cometh Jesus from 
Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be 
baptized of him. 

14 But John forbade him, say- 
ing, I have need to be baptized 
of thee, and comest thou to me ? 

15 And Jesus answering, said 
unto him, Suffer it to he so now : 
for thus it be cometh us to fulfil all 
righteousness. Then he suffered 
him. 

16 And Jesus, when he was 
baptized, went up straightway out 
of the water : and lo, the heavens 
were opened unto him, and he saw 
the Spirit of God descending like 
a dove, and lighting upon him : 

17 And lo a voice from heaven, 
saying, This is my beloved Son, 
in whom I am well pleased. 



TRXNITY SUNDAY. 



TIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



GENESIS IL 



THU S the heavens and the earth 
were finished, and all the host of 

2 And on the seventh day God 
ended his work which hehadmade, 
and he rested on the seventh day 
from all his work which he had ; 

made. ! 

3 And God blessed the seventh! 



dav, and sanctified it 



^ because that 
from all his 
created and 



in it he had rested 
work which God 
made. . 1 

4 These o/re the generation ol : 
the heavens and of the earth when \ 
they were created, in the day that | 
the Lord God made the earth and | 
the heavens, j 

5 And every plant of the tield j 
before it was in the earth, and , 
ever^' herb of the field before it ! 
grew : for the Lord God had not | 
caused It to rain upon the earth,! 
and there icas not a man to tilltiie \ 
ground. . i 

6 But there went up a mist from , 
the earth, and watered the whole j 
face of the ground. I 

7 \nd the Lord God formed 
man of the dust of the ground, and 
breathed into his nostrils the breath 
of life : and man became a living 

soul. ^ , , 

8 And the Lord God planted a 
garden eastward in Eden: and 
there he put the man whom he had 
formed. 

9 And out of the ground made 
the Lord God to grow everv' tree 
that is pleasant to the sight and good 
for foodi the tree of life also in 



the midst of the garden, and the 
tree of knowledge of good and 
evil ; 

1 And a river went out of Lden 
to water the garden; and from thence 
it was parted, and became into four 
J heads. 

i 11 The name of the first is 
Pison ; that is it which compass- 
eth the whole land of Haialah, 
where there is gold ; _ 

12 And the gold of that land is 
aood, there is bdellium and onyx- 
stone. 

13 And the name of the second 
river is Gihon ; the same is it that 
compasseththe whole land of Ethi- 

U And the name of the third 
river is Hiddekel ; that is it which 
o-oeth toward the east of Assyria. 
\nd the foiuth river is Euphrates. 

15 And the Lord God took the 
man and put him into the garden 
of Eden to dress it and to keep it. 
^ 16 And the Lord God com- 
' manded the man saying, Of every 
I tree of the garden thou mayest 
' freelv eat ; , , 

17 But of the tree of tne know- 
ledge of 200d and evil, thou shalt 
not eat of^it : for in the day that 
thoueatest thereof thou shah sure- 

IS^ And the Lord God said, It 
is not o-ood that the man should be 
alone T I ^viU make an help meet 

for him. , , , 

19 And out of the ground the 
Lord God formed every beast of 
the field, and every fowl of the air ; 



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and brought them unto Adam to see 
1 what he would call them : and 
I whatsoever Adam called every 
i living creature, that loas the name 
thereof. 

20 And Adam gave names to all 
' cattle, and to the fowl of the air, and 
j to every beast of the field ; but for 
: Adam there was not found an help 

meet for him. 

21 And the Lord God caused 
j a deep sleep to fall upon Adam, 

! and he slept : and he took one of 
! his ribs, and closed up the flesh 
j instead thereof ; 
I 22 And the rib, which the Lord 



God had taken from man, made 
he a woman, and brought her unto 
the man. 

23 And Adam said, This w now 
bone of my bones, and flesh of my 
flesh : she shall be called Woman, 
because she was taken out of 
Man. 

24 Therefore shall a man leave 
his father and his mother, and shall 
cleave unto his wife: and they 
shall be one flesh. 

25 And they were both naked^ 
the man and his, wife, and were 
not ashamed. 



■SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING, 



I JOI 

WHOSOEVER believetli that 
Jesus is the Christ, is born of God ; 
and every one that loveth him that 
begat, loveth him also that is begot- 
ten of him. 

2 By this we know that we love 
the children of God, when we love 
God and keep his command- 
ments. 

3 For this is the love of God, 
that we keep his commandments ; 
;and his commandments are not 
grievous. 

4 For whatsoever is born of God 
overcometh the world : and this is 
the victory that overcometh the 

, world, even our faith. 

5 Who is he that overcometh 
the world, but he that belie veth 
that Jesus is the Son of God ? 

6 This is he that came by water 
and blood, even Jesus Christ ; not 
by water only, but by water and' 



[N V. 

blood. And it is the Spirit that 
beareth witness because the Spirit 
is truth. 

7 For there are three that bear 
record in heaven, the Father the 
Word, and the Holy Ghost : and 
these three are one. 

8 And there are three that bear 
witness in earth, the spirit, and 
the water, and the blood : and these 
three agree in one. 

9 If we receive the witness of 
men, the witness of God is great- 
er ; for this is the witness of God 
which he hath testified of his 
Son. 

10 He that believeth on the Son 
of God hath the witness in him- 
self ; he that believeth not God 
hath made him a liar ; because he 
believeth not the record that God 
gave of his Son. 

1 1 And this is the record, that 



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God liatla given to us eternal life ; 
and tliis life is in his Son. 

12 He that hath the Son hath 
life; and he that hath not the 
Son of God hath not life. 

13 These things hare I written 
unto you that believe on the name 
of the Son of God, that ye may 
know that ye have eternal life, and 
that ye may believe on the name 
of the Son of God. 

14 And this is the confidence 
that -we have in him, that if we 
ask any thing according to his will 
he heareth us. 

1 5 And if we know that he hear 
us, whatsoever vre ask, we know 
that we have the petitions that Y>-e 
desired of him. 

16 If any man see his brother 
sin a sin ichich is not unto death, 
he shall ask, and he shall give him 
life for them that sin not unto 



I T Y. 

death. There is a sin unto death ; 
I do not say that he shall pray for 
it. 

17 All unrighteousness is sin; 
and there is a sin not unto death. 

18 We know that whosoever is 
born of God sinneth not ; but he 
that is begotten of God keepeth 
himself, and that wicked one touch- 
eth him not. 

19 And we know that we are 
of God, and the whole world lieth 
in wickedness. 

20 And we know that the Son 
of God is come, and hath given 
us an understanding, that we may 
know him that is true ; and we 
are in him that is true, even in his 
Son Jesus Christ. This is the true 
God, and eternal life. 

21 Little children, keep your- 
selves from idols. Amen. 



THE FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
GENESIS III. 



NOW the serpent was more 
subtil than any beast of the field 
which the Lord God had made. 
And he said unto the woman, Yea, 
hath God said, Ye shall not eat of 
every tree of the garden ? 

2 And the woman said unto the 
serpent, We may eat of the fruit 
of the trees of the garden : 



3 But of the fruit of the tree 
which is in the midst of the garden, 
God hath said, Ye shall not eat 
of it, neither shall ye touch it, lest 
ye die. , 

4 And the serpent said unto the 
woman, Ye shall not surely die : 

5 For God doth know that in 
the day ye eat thereof, then your 



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eyes shall be opened : and ye shall 
be as gods, knowing good and 
evil. 

6 And when the woman saw 
that the tree was good for food, 
and that it loas pleasant to the eyes, 
and a tree to be desired to make 
one wise, she took of the fruit 
thereof, and did eat, and gave also 
unto her husband with her : and 
he did eat. 

7 And the eyes of them both 
were opened, and they knew that 
they were naked; and they sewed 
fig leaves together, and made them- 
selves aprons. 

8 And they heard the voice of 
the Lord God walking in the 
garden in the cool of the day : and 
Adam and his wife hid themselves 
from the presence of the Lord 
God amongst the trees of the 
garden. 

9 And the Lord God called 
unto Adam, and said unto him, 
AVhere art thou ? 

10 And he said, I heard thy 
voice in the garden, and I was 
afraid, because I was naked ; a,nd 
I hid myself. 

1 1 xind he said, Who told thee 
that thou wast naked ? Hast thou 
eaten of the tree, whereof I com- 
manded thee that thou shouldest 
not eat ? 

12 And the man said, The wo- 
man whom thou gavest to he with 
me, she gave me of the tree, and 
I did eat. 

13 And the Lord God said unto 
the woman. What is this that thou 
hast done % And the woman said, 
The serpent beguiled me, and I 
did eat. 

14 And the Lord God said 
unto the serpent, Because thou 
hast done this, thou art cursed 



above all cattle, and above every 
beast of the field : upon thy belly 
shalt thou go, and dust shalt thou 
eat all the days of thy life : 

15 Andl will put enmity between 
thee and the woman, and between 
thy seed and her seed : it shall 
bruise thy head, and thou shalt 
bruise his heel. 

16 Unto the woman he said, I 
will greatly multiply thy sorrow 
and thy conception ; in sorrovr 
thou shalt bring forth children ; 
and thy desire shall he to thy hus- 
band, and he shall rule over 
thee. 

17 And unto Adam he said, Be- 
cause thou hast hearkened unto 
the voice of thy wife, and hast 
eaten of the tree, of which I com- 
manded thee, saying, Thou shalt 
not eat of it : cursed is the ground 
for thy sake ; in sorrow shall thou 
eat of it all the days of thy 
life; 

1 8 Thorns also and thistles shall 
it bring forth to thee ; and thou 
shalt eat the herb of the field ; 

19 In the sweat of thy face 
shalt thou eat bread, till thou return 
unto the ground ; for out of it v/ast 
thou taken : for dust thou art, and 
unto dust shalt thou return. 

20 And Adam called his wife's 
name Eve ; because she was the 
mother of all living. 

21 Unto Adam also and to his 
wife did the Lord God make coats 
of skins, and clothed them. 

22 And the Lord God said, 
Behold, the man is become as one 
of us, to know good and evil : and 
now, lest he put forth his hand, 
and take also of the tree of life, 
and eat, and live for ever : 

23 Therefore the Lord God 
sent him forth from the garden Qf 



252 TRINITY. 

Eden to till the ground fromjof Eden cherubims, and a flaming 
^vhence he was taken. sword which turned every way, to 

24 So he drove out the man; and keep the way of the tree ot 
he placed at the east of the garden | life. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 

ACTS IX. to y. 32. 
AND Saul, yet breathing out j 9 And he was three days with- 
threatenings and slaughter against ; out sight, and neuher did eat nor 
the disciples of the Lord, went unto drmk. 

the high priest, I 10 And_there was a certain 

2 And desired of him letters to • disciple at Damascus, named Ana- 
Damascus to the s^-nagogues, that;nias ; and to him said the Lord m 
if he found any of this way,whether , a vision, Ananias. And he said, 
they were men or women, he might ; Behold, lam Aere Lord. 

bring them bound unto Jerusalem. ; 1 1 And the Lord said unto him, 

3 \nd as he iourneved, he came ' Arise, and go into the street, which 
' Damascus ; and suddenly is called Straight, and mqmre m 



near uamascus , auu ou^^vii^,, ' ; t" j ' t- ' 

there shmed round about him a the house of Judas for o;; 6 called 
light from heaven : ; Saul of Tarsus : for, behold, he 

"4 And he fell to the earth, and ; prayeth, 
heard a voice saving imto him,: 12 And hath seen m a vision a 
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou man named Anamas coming in 
, and putting his nana on him, that 

5' And he said, Who art thou he might receive his sight. 
Lord? And the Lord said, lam; 13 Then Anamas answered 
Jesus whom thou persecutest. It Lord, I have heard by many of 
is hard for thee to kick against the this man, how much evil he hath 
.^j.^ ' done to thv saints at Jerusalem : 

6 And he, trembling and aston- 14 And here he hath authority 
ished, said, Lord, what wiU thou from the chief priests to bmd all 
have me to do And the Lord sail that call on thy name. 

unto him. Arise, and go into the 15 But tne Lord said unto him, 
dt ° and t shall be told thee what Go thy way : for he is a chosen 
thoi^ must do ^-essel unto me, to bear my name 

7 And the men which joumeved • before the Gentiles, and kings, and 
with him stood speechless, hear- i the children of Israel: 

ng a voice, but se'eing no man. 1 16 For I wiU ^^-v hit. how 

8 And Saul arose from the . great things he must suffer for my 
parth- and when his eyes were name's sake. 

Tpet'd, he saw no man :'but they 17 And Ananias went his way 
led him by the hand, and brought and entered ^""' fe house , and 
him into Damascus. puttmg his hands on him, said. 



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! Brother Saul, the Lord, even Jesus 
I that appeared unto thee in the way 
I as thou earnest, hath sent me, that 
I thou mightest receive thy sight, 
I and be filled with the Holy Ghost. 
I 18 And immediately there fell 

from his eyes as it had been scales ; 

and he received sight forthwith, 

and arose, and was baptized. 
19 And when he had received 

meat, he was strengthened. Then 
! was Saul certain days with the 
I disciples which where at Damas- 
j cus. 

I 20 And straightway he preached 
j Christ in the synagogues, that he 
is the Son of God. 

21 But all that heard him were 
I amazed, and said. Is not this he 

that destroyed them which called 
on this name in Jerusalem, and 
came hither for that intent, that he 

I might bring them bound unto the 

\ chief priests ? 

22 But Saul increased the more 
I in strength, and confounded the 
I Jews which dwelt at Damascus, 

proving that this is very Christ. 

23 And after that many days 
were fulfilled, the Jews took coun- 
cil to kill him : 

24 But their laying await was 
known of Saul : and they watched 



the gates day and night to kill him> 

25 Then the disciples took him 
by night, and let him down by the 
wall in a basket, 

26 And when Saul was come 
to Jerusalem, he assayed to join 
himself to the disciples : but they 
were all afraid of him, and be- 
lieved not that he was a disciple. 

27 But Barnabas took him, and 
brought Aim to the apostles, and de- 
clared unto them how he had seen 
the Lord in the way, and that he 
had spoken to him, and how he 
had preached boldly at Damascus 
in the name of Jesus. 

28 And he was v/ith them 
coming in and going out at Jerusa- 
lem. 

29 And he spake boldly in the 
name of the Lord Jesus, and dis- 
puted against the Grecians : but 
they went about to slay him. 

30 Which when the brethren 
knew, they brought him down to 
Cesarea, and sem him forth to 
Tarsus. 

31 Then had the churches rest 
throughout all Judea, and Galilee, 
and Samaria, and were edified ; 
and walking in the fear of the Lord, 
and in the comfort of the Holy 
Ghost, were multiplied. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
GENESIS VI. 



AND it came to pass, when men 
began to multiply on the face of 
the earth, and daughters were born 
unto them, 

2 That the sons of God saw the 
daughters of men that they were 



fair ; and they took them wives of 
all which they chose. 

3 And the Lord said, My Spirit 
shall not always strive with man, 
for that he also is flesh : yet his 

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daysshallbeanhundredandtwenn- l 14 Make thee an arkof gopher 

wood ; rooms shalt thou make m 

4 There were ^iants m the the ark, and shaU pitch it within 
earth in those davs Tand also after and without with pitch. 

that, when the sons of God came 15 And this zs thefashwnM 
in unto the daughters of men, and thou shalt make it of: The length 
thev bare chil^rn, to them, the of the ark shall k three hundred 
sZ bZrne mi.htv men which ^ cubns, the breadth oi it fitty ctibits, 
v^ere of old, men'of renown. i and the height ol it thirty cubits 

5 \nd God saw that the wicked- : 16 A wmdow shalt thou make 
ness of man iras great in the earth, to the ark. and m a cubit shalt thou 
and thni even- imagination of the finish it above ; and the door of the 
thoughts of his heart i,as only evil ; ark shah thou set m the side here- 
continually. : oi ; ov. second and third 

6 And It repented the Lord that ; stones shalt tnou make it. 

he h'ad made man on the earth, and ; IT And. beheld. I, even I, do 
ft oTieved him at his heart. : bring a flood ot -^^ters upon the 

7 Ind the Lord said, I ^vm earth, to destroy all ilesh, wherem 
destroy man. whom I have created, is the breath ot bte.froin under 
from the face of the earth; both heaven : a,id every thmg that is m 
man, and beast, and the creeping the earth shall die. 

thmg, and the fowls of the air ; for ! IS But with thee will I e abl sh 
it repenteth me that I have made : my covenant ; and thou shalt come 
ip, f : into the ark. thou, and thy sons, 

8 But \oah found grace in the '.and thy wife, and thy sons wives 
eyes of the Lord. ; with thee „f 

' 9 These a re the generations of ^ 19 And of eveiy hvmg thing of 
Noah; Noah was a just man : all flesh, two ot ever)- .or^ shalt 
perfectinhisaenerations,.;KZNoah thou bring into the ark, to keep 
Sed with God. ! tJ^en, alive with thee ; they snail be 

10 And Noah begat three sons,: male and ieraale , . ,. , , 
Shem, Ham. and Japheth. i 20 Of fowls after therr kind, and 

n The earth also was corr.pt ^ of cattle alter their kind, of eve^ 
before God; and the earth was creeping thmg ot the earth after 
filled with violence. Ws kmd, two of e-ery ..r shdl 

12 And God looked upon the come unto thee, to keep //if //i aln e 
earth, 'and. behold, it was corrupt : 21 And take thou unto thee of 
for all flesh had corrupted his way all food that is e^^ten, and shalt ga- 
npon the earth. : ther it to thee ; and it shall be for 

13 And God said imto Noah, food tor thee, and for them. 

The end of all flesh is come before ^ 22 Thus did Noah ; according 
me; for the earth is filled with to all that God commanded him, so 
violence through them: and, behold, , did he. 
I will destroy "them with the earth. 1 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
I TIMOTHY VI. 



LET as many servants as are 
under the yoke count their own 
masters worthy of all honour, that 
the name of God and his doctrine 
be not blasphemed. 

2 And they that have believing 
masters, let them not despise them, 
because they are brethren ; but 
rather do them, service, because 
they are faithful and beloved, par- 
takers of the benefit. These things 
teach and exhort. 

3 If any man teach otherwise, 
and consent not to wholesome 
words, even the words of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, and to the doctrine 
which is according to godliness ; 

4 He is proud, knowing noth- 
ing, but doting about questions and 
strifes of words, whereof cometh 
envy, strife, railings, evil sur- 
misings, 

5 Perverse disputings of men 
of corrupt minds, and destitute of 
the truth, supposing that gain is 
godlmess : from such withdraw 
thyseif. 

6 But godliness with content- 
ment is great gain. 

7 For we brought nothing into 
this world, and it is certain we can 
carry nothing out. 

8 And having food and raiment, 
let us be therewith content. 

9 But they that will be rich fall 
into temptation, and a snare, and 
into many foolish and hurtful lusts, 
which drown men in destruction 
and perdition. 

10 For the love of money is the 
root of all evil ; which while some 



coveted after, they have erred from 
the faith, and pierced themselves 
through v/ith many sorrows. 

11 But thou, O man of God, 
flee these things ; and follow after 
righteousness, godliness, faith, 
love, patience, meekness. 

12 Fight the good fight of faith, 
lay hold on eternal life, where- 
unto thou art also called, and hast 
professed a good profession before 
many witnesses. 

13 I give thee charge in the 
sight of God, who quickeneth all 
things, and before Christ Jesus, 
who before Pontius Pilate wit- 
nessed a good confession, 

14 That thou keep this com.- 
mandment without spot, unrebuke- 
able, until the appearing of our 
Lord Jesus Christ : 

15 Which in his times he shall 
shew, who is the blessed and only 
Potentate, the King of kings, and 
Lord of lords ; 

16 Who only hath immortality, 
dwelling in the light which no 
man can approach unto ; whom no 
man hath seen, nor can see : to 
whom be honour and power ever- 
lasting. Amen. 

17 Charge them that are rich 
in this world, that they be not 
high-minded, nor trust in uncertain 
riches, but in the living God, who 
giveth us richly all things to en- 
joy i 

1 8 That they do good, that they 
be rich in good works, ready to 
distribute, willing to communicate|; 

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selves a good foundation against 
the time to come, that they may 
lay hold on eternal life. 

20 O Timothy, keep that which 
is committed to thy trust, avoiding 
profane and vain babblings, and 



oppositions of science falsely so 
called : 

2 1 Which some professing, have 
erred concerning the faith. Grace 
be with thee. Amen. 



THE SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
GENESIS IX. to Y. 20. 



AND God blessed Noah and 
his sonSy and said unto them, Be 
fruitful and multiply, and replenish 
the earth. 

2 And the fear of you and the 
dread of you shall be upon every 
beast of the earth, and upon every 
fowl of the air, upon all that moveth 
upon the earth, and upon all the 
fishes of the sea ; into your hand 
are they delivered. 

3 Every moving thing that 
liveth shall be meat for you ; even 
as the green herb have I given you 
all things. 

4 But flesh with the life thereof, 
which is the blood thereof, shall 
ye not eat. 

5 And surely your blood of your 
lives will I require : at the hand 
of every beast will I require it, 
and at the hand of man : at the 
hand of every man's brother will 
I require the life of man. 

6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, 
by man shall his blood be shed : 



for in the image of God made he 
man. 

7 And you, be ye fruitful, and 
muhiply ; bring forth abundantly 
in the earth, and mAiltiply therein. 

8 And God spake unto Noah, 
and to his sons with him, saying, 

9 And I, behold, I establish my 
■ covenant with you, and with your 

seed after you. 

10 And with every living crea- 
ture that is with you, of the fowl, 
of the cattle, and of every beast of 
the earth with you ; from all that 
go out of the ark, to every beast of 
the earth. 

11 And I will estabUsh my 
covenant with you ; neither shall 
all flesh be cut ofl* any more by 
the Avaters of a flood ; neither shall 
there any more be a flood to des- 
troy the earth. 

12 And God said. This is the 
token of the covenant which I 
make between me and you and 
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you, for perpetual generations ; \ I may remember the everlasting 

13 I do set my how in the cloud, j covenant between God and every 
and it shall be for a token of a living creature of all flesh that is 
covenant between me and the earth. : upon the earth. 

14 And it shall come to pass, I 17 And God said unto Noah, 
when I bring a cloud over the ; This is the token of the covenant, 
earth, that the bow shall be seen which I have established betweea 
in the cloud : j me and all flesh that is upon the 

15 And I will remember my j earth. 

covenant, which is between me | 18 And the sons of Noah, thaf 
and you, and every living creature | went forth of the ark, were Shem, 
of all flesh ; and the waters shall | and Ham, and Japheth : and Ham 
no more become a flood to destroy is the father of Canaan, 
all flesh. 19 These are the three sons of 

16 And the bow shall be in the ' Noah : and of them was the whole 
cloud ; and I will look upon it, that earth overspread. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ACTS X. 



THERE was a certain man in 
Cesarea called Cornelius, a cen- 
turion of the band called the Ita- 
lian band, 

2 A devout mart, and one that 
feared God with all his house, 
wliich gave much alms to the peo- 
ple, and prayed to God alway : 

3 He saw in a vision evidently, 
about the ninth hour of the day, 
an angel of God coming in to him, 
and saying unto him, Cornelius. 

4 And when he looked on him, 
he was afraid, and said, AVhat is 
it, Lord ? And he said unto him. 
Thy prayers and thine alms are 
come up for a memorial before 
God. 

5 And now send men to Joppa, 
and call for one Simon, whose sur- 
name is Peter ; 

6 He lodgeth with one Simon 
a tanner, whose house is by the 



sea-side : he shall tell thee what 
thou oughtest to do. 

7 And when the angel which 
spake unto Cornelius was departed, 
he called two of his household 
servants, and a devout soldier of 
them that waited on him continu- 
ally ; 

8 And when he had declared 
all these things unto them, he sent 
them to Joppa. 

9 On the morrow, as they went 
on their journey, and drew nigh 
unto the city, Peter went up upon 
the house-top to pray about the 
sixth hour : 

1 And he became very hungry, 
and would have eaten : but, while 
they made jeady, he fell into a 
trance, 

1 1 And saw heaven opened, and 
a certain vessel descending unto 
him, as it had been a great sheet, 

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knit at the four comers, and let 
down to the earth ; 

12 Wherein were all manner of 
four-footed beasts of the earth, and 
wild beasts, and creeping things, 
and fowls of the air. 

13 And there came a voice to 
him, Rise, Peter ; kill, and eat. 

14 But Peter said. Not' so, 
Lord ; for I have never eaten any 
thing that is common or unclean. 

15 And the voice spake unto him 
again the second time, What God 
hath cleansed, that call not thou 
common. 

16 This was done thrice : and 
the vessel was received up again 
into heaven. 

17 Now, while Peter doubted 
in himself what this vision which 
he had seen should mean, behold, 
the men which were sent from 
Cornelius had made enquiry for 
Simon's house, and stood before 
the gate, 

18 And called, and asked wheth- 
er Simon, which was surnamed 
Peter, lodged there. 

19 While Peter thought on the 
vision, the Spirit said imto him. 
Behold, three men seek thee. 

20 Arise therefore, and get thee 
down, and go with them, doubting 
nothing : for I have sent them. 

21 Then Peter went down to 
the men which were sent unto him 
from Cornelius, and said. Behold, 
I am he whom ye seek : what 25 
the cause wherefore ye are come ? 

22 And they said, Cornelius the 
centurion, a just man, and one that 
feareth God, and of good report 
among all the nation of the Jews, 
was warned from God by an holy 
angel to send for thee into his 
house, and to hear words of thee. 

23 Then called he them in, and 



lodged them. And on the morrow 
Peter went away with them, and 
certain brethren from Joppa ac- 
companied him. 

24 ^nd the morrow after they 
entered into Cesarea. And Cor- 
nelius waited for them, and had 
called together his kinsmen and 
near friends. \ 

25 And as Peter was coming 
in, Cornelius met him, and fell | 
down at his feet and worshipped , 
hivi. 

26 But Peter took him up, say- i 
ing, Stand up : I myself also am 
a man. ■ 

27 And as he talked with him, 
he went in, and found many that j 
were come together. .i 

28 And he said unto them, Ye i 
know how that it is an unlawful 
thing for a man that is a Jew to 
keep company, or come unto one | 
of another nation ; but God hath | 
shewed me that I should not call | 
any man common or unclean. j 

29 Therefore came I u7ito you | 
without gainsaying, as soon as I 
was sent for : I ask therefore for 
what intent ye have sent for me ? , 

30 And Cornelius said, Four | 
days ago I was fasting until this j 
hour ; and at the ninth hour I ] 
prayed in my house, and behold, 
a man stood before me in bright 
clothing. 

31 And said, Cornehus, thy 
prayer is heard, and thine alms 
are* had in remembrance in the 
sight of God. 

32 Send therefore to Joppa, and 
call hither Simon, whose surname 
is Peter ; he is lodged in the house 
of one Simon a tanner, by the sea- 
side : who, when he cometh, shall 
speak unto thee. 

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to thee ; and thou hast well done 
that thou art come. Now there- 
fore are we all here present before 
God, to hear all things that are 
commanded thee of God. 

34 Then Peter opened mouth, 
and said, Of a truth I perceive that 
God is no respecter of persons : 

35 But in every nation he that 
feareth him, and worketh righte- 
ousness, is accepted with him. 

36 The word which God sent 
unto the children of Israel, preach- 
ing peace by Jesus Christ ; (he is 
Lord of all ;) 

37 That word I say, ye know, 
which was published throughout 
all Judea, and began from Galilee, 
after the baptism which John 
preached ; 

38 How God anointed Jesus of 
Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, and 
withpower ; who went about doing 
good, and healing all that were 
oppressed of the devil : for God 
was with him. 

39 And we are witnesses of all 
things which he did both in the 
land of the Jews, and in Jerusalem ; 
whom they slew, and hanged on a 
tree : 

40 Him God raised up the third 
day, and shewed him openly ; 

4 1 Not to all the people , but unto 



witnesses chosen before of God, 
even to us, who did eat and drink 
with him after he rose from the 
dead. 

42 And he commanded us to 
preach unto the people, and to 
testify that it is he which was or- 
dained of God to he the Judge of 
quick and dead. 

43 To him give all the prophets 
witness, that, through his name, 
whosoever believeth in him shall 
receive remission of sins. 

44 While Peter yet spake these 
words, the Holy Ghost fell on all 
them which heard the word. 

45 And they of the circumcision 
which believed were astonished, 
as many as came with Peter, be- 
cause that on the Gentiles also 
was poured out the gift of the Holy 
Ghost. 

46 For they heard them speak 
with tongues, and magnify God. 
Then answered Peter, 

47 Can any man forbid water, 
that these should not be baptized, 
which have received the Holy 

i Ghost as well as we ? 

48 And he commanded them to 
be baptized in the name of the 
Lord. Then prayed they him to 
tarry certain days. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
GENESIS XV. to V. 19. 



AFTER these things the word 
of the Lord came unto Abram in 
a vision, saying, Fear not, Abram, 
I am thy shield, and thy exceed- 
ing great reward. 



2 And Abram said, Lord God 
what wilt thou give me, seeing I 
go childless, and the steward of my 
house is this Eliezer of Damas- 
cus ? 



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3 And Abram said, Behold, to 
me thou hast given no seed ; and 
io, one born in my house is mine 
heir. 

4 And, behold, the word of the 
Lord came unto him, saying, This , 
shall not be thine heir : but he that ! 
shall come forth out of thine out | 
bowels shall be thine heir : 

5 And he brought him forth ■ 
abroad, and said, Look now toward : 
heaven, and tell the stars, if thou \ 
be able to number them : and he ; 
said unto him, So shall thy seed be. ; 

6 And he believed in the Lord ; 
and he counted it to him for righte- 1 
ousness. j 

7 And he said unto him, I am 
the Lord that brought thee out of 
Ur of the Chaldees, to give thee i 
this land to inherit it. , 

8 And he said, Lord God, 
whereby shall I know that I shall : 
inherit it ? i 

9 And he said unto him. Take 
me an heifer of three years old, 
and a she goat of three years old, 
and a ram of three years old, and a 
turtle-dove, and a young pigeon. 

10 And he took unto him all 
these, and divided them in the 
midst, and laid each piece one 
against another ; but the birds di- 
vided he not. 

11 And when the fowls came 



down upon the carcasses, Abram 
drove them away. 

12 And when the sun was go- 
ing down, a deep sleep fell upon 
Abram; and,lo, an horror of great 
darkness fell upon him. 

13 And he said unto Abram, 
Know of a surety that thy seed 
shall be a stranger in a land that 
is not theirs, and shall serve them ; 
and they shall afflict them four hun- 
dred years : 

14 And also that nation, whom 
they shall serve, will I judge ; and 
afterward shall they come out 
with great substance. 

15 And thou shalt go to thy 
fathers in peace ; thou shalt be 
buried in a good old age. 

16 But in the fourth generation, 
they shall come hither again : for 
the iniquity of the Amorites is not 
yet full. 

17 Audit came to pass that when 
the sun went down, and it was 
dark, behold, a smoking furnace, 
and aburninglamp that passed be- 
tween these pieces. 

I 18 In that same day the Lord 
made a covenant with Abram, say- 
ing, Unto thy seed have I given 
this land ; from the river of Eg)^t 
unto the great river, the river Eu- 
phrates . 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
II TIMOTHY II. 

THOU therefore, my son, be heard of me among many wit- 
strong in the grace that is in Christ nesses, the same commit thou to 
Jesus. faithful men, who shall be able to 

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3 Thou therefore endure hard- 
ness, as a good soldier of Jesus 
I Christ. 

ii 4 No man that warreth en- 
I tangleth himself with the affairs of 
j this life, that he may please him 
who hath chosen him to be a sol- 
dier. 

5 And if a man also strive for 
masteries, yet is he not crowned, 
except he strive lawfully. 
' 6 The husbandman that labour- 
I eth must be first partaker of the 
fruits. 

7 Consider what I say ; and 
I the Lord give thee understanding 

in all things. 
I 8 Remember that Jesus Christ, 
! of the seed of David, was raised 
from the dead, according to my 
gospel : 

I 9 Wherein I suffer trouble, as 
; an evil doer, even unto bonds ; but 
; the word of God is not bound. 

10 Therefore I endure all things 
for the elect's sake, that they may 
also obtain the salvation which is 
in Christ Jesus with eternal glory. 

11 It is faithful saying : For 
if we be dead with him, we shall 
also live with him : 

12 If we suffer, we shall also 
reign with hi7n : if we deny him, 
he also will deny us : 

13 If we believe not, yet he 
abideth faithful ; he cannot deny 
himself. 

14 Of these things put them in 
remembrance, charging them before 
the Lord that they strive not about 
words to no profit, but to the sub- 
verting of the hearers. 

1.5 Study to shew thyself ap- 
proved unto God, a workman that 
needeth not to be ashamed, rightly 
dividing the word of truth. 



16 But shun profane and vain 
babblings ; for they will increase 
unto more ungodliness. 

17 And their word will eat as 
doth a canker ; of whom is Hyme- 
neus, and Philetus : 

18 Who concerning the truth 
have erred, saying that the resur- 
rection is past already ; and over- 
throw the faith of some. 

19 Nevertheless the foundation 
of God standeth sure, having this 
seal. The Lord knoweth them that 
are his. And, let every one that 
nameth the name of Christ depart 
from iniquity. 

20 But in a great house there 
are not only vessels of gold and of 
silver, but also of wood and of 
earth ; and some to honour, and 
some to dishonour. 

21 If a man therefore purge 
himself from these, he shall be a 
vessel unto honour, sanctified, and 
meet for the master's use and pre- 
pared unto every good work. 

22 Flee also youthful lusts : but 
follow righteousness, faith, charity, 
peace, with them that call on the 
Lord out of a pure heart. 

23 But foolish and unlearned 
questions avoid, knowing that they 
do gender strifes. 

24 And the servant of the Lord 
must not strive ; but be gentle unto 
all men, apt to teach, patient ; 

25 In meekness instructing those 
that oppose themselves ; if God 
peradventure will give them re- 
pentance to the acknowledging of 
the truth ; 

26 And that they may recover 
themselves out of the snare of the 
devil, who are taken captive by him 
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THE THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRLMTY. 



FIRST LESSON FOU MORNING. 
GENESIS XXXYII. 

AND Jacob dwelt in the land minion OA'er us ? And tliey hated 
'wherein his father was a stranger, him yet the more for his dreams, 
in the land of Canaan. and for his words. 

2 These are the generations, of 9 And he dreamed yet another 
Jacob. Joseph, hevng seventeen dream, and told h his brethren, 
years old, was feeding the flock and said, Behold. I have dreamed 
w-ith his brethren; and the lad a dream more : and behold, the sim 
uas whh the sons of Bilhah, and and the moon, and the eleven stars, 
with the sons ofZilpah, his father's made obeisance to me. 

wives; and Joseph brouoiit mito 10 And he told to his father and . 
his father their evil report. to his brethren : and his father re- | 

3 Xowlsraelloved Joseph more buked him, and said mito him, 
than all his children, because he Yvliat is this dream that thou hast 
tr^z5the son of his old age: and dreamed? Shall I, and thy mother, j 
he made him a coat of many co- and thy brethren, indeed come to \ 
iours. bow down ourselves to thee to the 

4 And when his brethren saw earth ? 

that their father loved him more 11 And his bretliren envied 
than all his brethren, they hated him; but his father observed the 
him, and couldnotspeakpeaceably saying. 

imto him. 12 And his brethren went to feed 

5 And Joseph dreamed a dream, their father's flock in Shechem. 
and he told i^^ his brethren ; and 13 And Israel said unto Joseph, 
thev hated him yet the more. Do not thy brethren feed the flock 

6 And he said unto them, Hear, in Shechem ? come, and I will sen-" 
I prav you, this dream which I thee unto them. And he said t 
have dre'amed : him. Here am I. 

7 For behold, we were binding 14 And he said to him, Go, 
sheaves in the field, and lo, my pray thee, see whether it be we 
sheaf arose, and also stood upright : with thy brethren, and well wit 
and behold, your sheaves stood the flocks; and bring me woi 
round about, andmade obeisance to again, So he sent him out of t] 
my sheaf. ; vale of Hebron, and he came 

8 And his brethren said unto . Shechem. 

him, Shalt thou indeed reign over , 15 And a certain man found hi 
US ] or shalt thou indeed have do- , and behold was wandering 



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the field : and the man asked him, 1 
saying, What seekest thou ? 

16 And he said, I seek my bre- 
thren ; tell me, I pray thee, where 
they feed their flocks, 

17 And the man said, they are 
departed hence ; for I heard them 
say. Let us go to Dothan. And 
Joseph went after his brethren, and 
found them in Dothan. 

18 And when they saw him 
afar off, even before he came near 
unto them, they conspired against 
him to slay him. 

19 And they said one to another, 
Behold, this dreamer cometh. 

20 Come now therefore, and let 
us slay him, and cast him into some 
pit, and we will say, Some evil beast 
hath devoured him : and we shall 
see w^hat will become of his 
dreams. 

21 And Reuben heard it, and 
he delivered him out of their hand ; 
and said, Let us not kill him. 

22 And Reuben said unto them. 
Shed no blood, hut cast him into 
this pit that is in the wilderness, 
and lay no hand upon him : that 
he might rid him out of their 
hands, to deliver him to his father 
again. 

23 And it came to pass, when 
Joseph was come unto his brethren, 
that they stripped Joseph out of his 
coat, his coat of many colours, 
that was on him ; 

24 And they took him, and cast 
him into a pit ; and the pit loas 
empty, there ivas no water in it. 

25 And they sat down to eat 
bread : and they lifted up their 
eyes and looked, and behold, a 
company of Ishmaelites came from 
Gilead, with their camels bearing 
spiceryandbalm, and myrrh, going 
to carry it down to Egypt. 

26 And Judah said unto his 



brethren, What profit is it if we 
slay our brother, and conceal his 
blood? 

27 Come, and let us sell him to 
the Ishmaelites, and let not our 
hand be upon him : for he is our 
brother, and our flesh : and his 
brethren were content. 

28 Then there passed by Mi- 
dianites, merchant-men ; and they 
drew and lifted up Joseph out 
of the pit, and sold Joseph to 
the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces 
of silver : andthey brought Joseph 
into Egypt. 

29 And Reuben returned unto 
the pit ; and behold, Joseph was 
not in the pit : and he rent his 
clothes. 

30 And he returned unto his 
brethren, and' said, The child is 
not : and I, whither shall I go 1 

3 1 And they took Joseph's coat 
and killed a kid of the goats, and 
dipped the coat in the blood ; 

32 And they sent the coat of 
7?iany colours, and they brought it 
to their father : and said. This have 
we found ; know now whether it 
be thy son's coat or no. 

33 And he knew it, and said, 

, It is my son's coat : an evil beast 
hath devoured him ; Joseph is 
without doubt rent in pieces. 

34 And Jacob rent his clothes, 
and put sackcloth upon his loins, 
and mourned for his son many 
days, 

35 And all his sons and all his 
daughters, rose up to comfort him ; 
but he refused to he comforted : and 
he said. For I will go down into 
the grave unto my son mourning. 
Thus his father wept for him. 

36 And the Midianites sold him 
into Egypt unto Potiphar, an of- 
ficer of Pharaoh's and captain of 
the guard. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ACTS XI. 



AND the apostles and brethren | 
that Avere in Judea heard that the \ 
Gentiles had also received the | 
vrord of God. | 

2 And when Peter was come i 
up to Jerusalem, they that were of, 
the circumcision contended with| 
him . i 

3 Sayino-, Thou wentest in to' 
men uncircumcised. and didst eat ^ 
with them. I 

4 ButPeterrehearsed //iG//e/" ; 
from the beginning, and expounded : 
it by order unto them, saying, 

5 I was in the chy of Joppa 
praying : and in a trance I saw a 
vision,'^ A certain vessel descend, 
as it had been a great sheet, let 
doAvn from heaven by four corners : 
and It came even to me : 

6 Upon the which when I had 
fastened mine eyes. I considered, 
and saw four-footed beasts of the 
earth, and wild beasts, and creep- 
things, and fowls of the air. 

7 "And I heard a voice saying 
unto me, Arise, Peter ; slay, and 
eat. 

8 But I said, Xot so. Lord : for 
nothing common or unclean hath at 
anv time entered into my mouth. 

9 Bin the voice answered me 
a sain from heaven, what God hath 
cleansed, that call not thou com- 
mon. 

10 And this was done three 
times : and all were drawn up 
again into heaven. 

11 And behold, immediately 
there were three men already come 
unto the house where I was, sent 
from Cesarea unto me 



12 And the Spirh bade me go 
with them, nothing doubting. ]\Iore- 
over these six brethren accom- 
panied me, and ^ve entered into 
the man's house : 

1.3 And he shewed us how he 
had seen an angel in his house, 
, vv-hich stood and said unto him, 
end men to Joppa. and call for 
Simon, whose simiame is Peter : 
I 14 Who shall tell thee words 
wherebv thou and all thy house 
: shall be saved. 

I 15 And as I began to speak, 
I the Holy Ghost fell on them as 
on us at the beginning. 

16 Then remembered I the 
word of the Lord, how that he said, 
John indeed baptized with water ; 
I but ve shall be baptized with the 
; Holy Ghost. 

' 17 Forasmuchthen as God gave 
' them the like gifi as he did unto us, 

■ who believed on the Lord Jesus 
I Christ, what was L that I could 

■ withstand C4od ? 
1 8 When theyheardthese things 

thev held their peace, and glorified 
God, savmo-. Then hath God also 
to the Gentiles granted repentance 
unto life. 

; 19 Xow they which were scat- 
I tered abroad, upon the persecution 
: that arose about Stephen, travelled 
! as far as Phenice. and Cyprus, and 
Antioch. preaching the word to 
none but unto the Jews only. 

20 And some of them were men 
of Cyprus and Gyrene, which 
when' thev were come to Antioch, 
spake unto the Grecians, preach^ 
in or the Lord Jesus, 



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21 And the hand of the Lord 
was with them : and a great num- 
ber believed, and turned unto the 
Lord. 

22 Then tidings of these things 
came unto the ears of the church 
which was in Jerusalem ; and they 
sent forth Barnabas, that he should 
go as far as Antioch : 

23 Who, when he came, and 
had seen the grace of God, was 
glad, and exhorted them all, that 
with purpose of heart they would 
cleave unto the Lord. 

24 For he was a good man, and 
full of the Holy Ghost, and of faith; 
and much people was added unto 
the Lord. 

25 Then departed Barnabas to 
Tarsus, for to seek Saul : 

26 And when he had found him, 



he brought him unto Antioch. And 
it came to pass, that a whole year 
they assembled themselves with 
the church, and taught much peo- 
ple. And the disciples were called 
Christians first in Antioch. 

27 And in these days came pro- 
phets from Jerusalem unto Antioch, 

28 And there stood up one of 
them, named Agabus, and signified 
by the Spirit that there should be 
great dearth throughout all the 
world : which came to pass in the 
days of Claudius Cesar. 

29 Then the disciples, every 
man according to his ability, deter- 
mined to send relief unto the bre- 
thren which dwelt in Judea : 

30 Which also they did, and 
sent it to the elders by the hands 
of Barnabas and Saul. 



S^mST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
GENESIS XLII. 



NOW when Jacob saw that 
there was corn in Egypt, Jacob 
said unto his sons, Whydo ye look 
one upon another ? 

2 And he said. Behold, 1 have 
heard that there is corn in Egypt : 
get you down thither, and buy for 
us from thence ; that we may live, 
and not die. 

3 And Joseph's ten brethren 
went down to buy corn in Egypt. 

4 But Benjamin, Joseph's bro- 
ther, Jacob sent not with his bre- 
thren : for he said. Lest perad- 
venture mischief befall him. 

5 And the sons of Israel came 
to buycomamongthosethatcame : 



for the famine was in the land of 
Canaan. 

6 And Joseph was the governor 
over the land, and he it was that 
sold to all the people of the land ; 
and Joseph's brethren came, and 
bowed down themselves before 
him, with their faces to the earth. 

7 And Joseph saw his brethren, 
and he knew them, but made him- 
self strange unto them, and spake 
roughly unto them ; and he said 
unto them, Whence come ye ? 
And they said, From the land of 
Canaan to buy food. 

8 AndJosephknewhisbrethren, 
but they knew not him. 

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9 And Joseph remembered the 
dreams which he dreameth of them, 
and said unto them, Ye are spies ; 
to see the nakedness of the land 
ye are come. 

10 And they said unto him, Nay, 
my lord ; but to buy food are thy 
serv^ants come. 

11 We are all one man's sons : 
we are true men, thy servants are 
no spies. 

12 And he said unto them, Nay, 
but to see the nakedness of the 
land ye are come. 

13 And they said, Thy servants 
are twelve brethren, the sons of 
one man, in the land of Canaan: 
and behold, the youngest is this day 
with our father, and one is not. 

14 And Joseph said unto them, 
That is it that I spake unto you, 
saying, Ye are spies. 

15 Hereby ye shall be proved ; 
By the life of Pharaoh ye shall 
not go forth hence, except your 
youngest brother come hither. 

16 Send one of you, and let 
him fetch your brother, and ye 
shall be kept in prison, that your 
words may be proved, whether 
there he g?^?/ truth in you: or else, 
by the life of Pharaoh, surely ye 
are spies. 

17 And he put them all together 
into ward three days. 

18 And Joseph said unto them 
the third day. This do, and live : 
fori fear God. 

19 If ye heime m.en, let one of 
your brethrenbe bound in the house 
of your prison : go ye, carry corn 
for' the famine of your houses. 

20 But bring your youngest 
brother unto me ; so shall your 
words be verified, and ye shall 
not die. And they did so. 

21 And they said one to another. 



We are verily guilty concerning 
our brother, in that we saw the 
anguish of his soul, when he be- 
sought us, and we would not hear ; 
therefore is this distress come upon 



22 x\nd Reuben answered them, 
saying. Spake I not unto you, say- 
ing. Do not sin against the child 1 
and ye would not hear ; therefore, 
behold, also his blood is requir- 
ed. 

23 And they knew not that Jo- 
seph understood therti ; for he spake 
unto them by an interpreter. 

24 And he turned himself about 
from them, and wept ; and returned 
to them again, and communed with 
them, and took from them Simeon, 
and bound him before their eyes. 

25 Then Joseph commanded to 
fill their sacks with corn, and to 
restore every man's money into 
his sack, and to give them provi- 
sion for the way ; and thus did he 
unto him. 

26 And they laded their asses 
with the corn, and departed thence. 

27 And as one of them opened 
his sack, to give his ass provender 
in the inn, he espied his money; 
for, behold, it icas in his sack's 
mouth. 

28 And he said unto his bre- 
thren, My money is restored : and 
lo, it is even in my sack : and their 
heart failed the?n., and they were 
afraid, saying one to another, 
What is this that God hath done 
unto us ? 

29 And they came unto Jacob 
their father unto the land of Canaan, 
and told him all that befell unto 
them, saying, , . ^ , , . 

30 The man, who is the lord ot 
the land, spake roughly to us, and 
took us for spies of the country. 



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267 



31 And we said unto him, We 
aretYue men ; we are no spies. 

32 We be twelve brethren, sons 
of our father : one is not, and the 
youngest is this day with our fa- 
ther in the land of Canaan. 

33 And the man, the lord of the 
country, said unto us. Hereby shall 
I know that ye areixue men : leave 
one of your brethren here with me, 
and take food for the famine of 
your households, and be gone. 

34 And bring your youngest 
brother unto me ; then shall I know 
that ye are no spies, but that ye 
are true men : so will I deliver you 
your brother and ye shall traffick 
in the land. 

35 And it came to pass, as they 
emptied their sacks, that, behold, 
every man's bundle of money loas 



in his sack : and when both they 
and their father saw the bundles 
of money, they were afraid. 

36 And Jacob their father said 
unto them, Me have ye bereaved 
of my children : Joseph is not, and 
Simeon is not, and ye will take 
Benjamin aicay. All these things 
are against me. 

37 And Reuben spake unto his 
father, saying. Slay my two sons, 
if I bring him not to thee : deliver 
him into my hand, and I will bring 
him to thee again. 

38 And he said, My son shall 
not go down with you ; for his 
brother is dead, and he is left alone : 
if mischief befall him by the way 
in the which ye go, then shall ye 
bring down my gray hairs with 
sorrow to the grave. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
II TIMOTHY III and IV. to v. 9. 



THIS know also, that in the 
last days perilous times shall come ; 

2 For men shall be lovers of 
their own selves, covetous,boasters, 
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to 
parents, unthankful, unholy. 

3 Without natural affection, 
truce-breakers, false accusers, in- 
continent, fierce, despisers of those 
that are good, 

4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, 
lovers of pleasures more than lovers 
of God ; 

5 Having a form of godliness, 
but denying the power thereof : 
from such turn away. 

6 For of this sort are they which 
creep into houses, and lead captive 



silly women laden with sins, led 
away with divers lusts ; 

7 Ever learning, and never able 
to come to the knowledge of the 
truth. 

8 Now as Jannes and Jambres 
withstood Moses, so do these also 
resist the truth : men of corrupt 
minds, reprobate concerning the 
faith. 

9 But they shall proceed no 
further : for their folly shall be 
manifest unto all men, as theirs 
also was. 

10 But thou hast fully known 
my doctrine, manner of life, pur- 
pose, long-suffering, charity, pa* 
tie nee, 



268 T R I X 

11 Persecutions, afflictions, 
which came unto me at Antioch, at 
Iconium, at Lystra : what persecu- 
tions I endured : but out of them 
all the Lord delivered me. 

12 Yea, and all that will Hve 
godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer 
persecution. 

13 But evil men and seducers 
shall wax worse and worse, de- \ 
ceiving, and being deceived. 

14 But continue thou in the 
things wliich thou hast learned and 
hast been assured of, knowing of 
whom thou hast learned them; 

15 And that from a child thou 
hast known the holy scriptures, 
which are able to make thee wise 
unto salvation through faith which 
is in Christ Jesus. 

16 All scripture is given by in- 
spiration of God, and is profitable 
for doctrine, for reproof, for correc- 
tion, for instruction in righteous- 
ness ; 

17 That the man of God maybe 
perfect, thoroughly furnished unto 
all good works. 

I CHARGE thee therefore be- 
fore God, and the Lord Jesus 



I T Y . 

Christ, who shall judge the quick 
and the dead at his appearing and 
his kingdom ; 

2 Preach the word ; be instant 
in season, out of season ; reprove, 
rebuke, exhort, with all long-suf- 
fering and doctrine. 

3 For the time will come when 
they will not endure sound doctrine; 
but'after their own lusts shall they 
heap to themselves teachers,having 
itching ears ; 

4 And they shall turn away 
their ears from the truth, and shall 
be turned unto fables. 

5 But watch thou in all things, 
endure afflictions, do the work of 
an evangelist, make full proof of 
thy ministry. 

'G For I am now ready to be 
offered, and the time of my depar- 
tiu"e is at hand. 

7 I have fought a good fight, I 
have finished my course, I have 
kept the faith : 

8 Henceforth there is laid up 
for me a crown of righteousness, 
which the Lord, the righteous 
Judge, shall give me at that day ; 
and not to me only, but unto all 
them also that love his appearing. 



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269 



THE FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



GENESIS XLIIL 



AND the famine ^fl^5 sore in the ' 
land. 

2 And it came to pass, when 
they had eaten up the corn which 
they had brought out of Egypt, 
their father said unto them, Go 
again, buy us a little food. 

3 And Judah spake unto him, 
saying, The man did solemly pro- 
test unto us saying, Ye shall not 
see my face, except your brother 
he with you. 

4 If thou wilt send our brother 
with us, we will go down, and by 
thee food ; 

5 But if thou wilt not send him 
we will not go down ; for the man 
said unto us, Ye shall not see my 
face, except your brother be with 
you. 

6 And Israel said. Wherefore 
dealt ye so ill with me, as to tell 
the man whether ye had yet a 
brother ? 

7 And they said, The man asked 
us straitly of our state, and of our 
kindred, saying. Is your father yet 
alive ? have ye another brother ? 
and we told him according to the 
tenor of these words. Could we 
certainly know that he would say, 
Bring your brother down 1 

8 And Judah said unto Israel 
his father, Send the lad with me, 
and we will arise and go ; that we 



may live and not die, both we and 
thou, and also our little ones. 

9 I will be surety for him ; of 
my hand shalt thou require him : 
if I bring him not unto thee, and 
set him before thee, then let me 
bear the blame for ever \ 

10 For except we had lingered, , 
surely now we had returned this 
second time. 

11 And their father Israel said 
unto them, If it must he so now^ 
do this : Take of the best fruits in 
the land in your vessels, and car- 
ry down the man a present, a little 
balm, and a little honey, spices 
and myrrh, nuts, and almonds. 

12 And take double money in 
your hand; and the money that 
was brought again in the mouth of 
your sacks, carry it again in your 
hand : perad venture iiwasdi,n over- 
sight. 

13 Take also your brother, and 
ari«e, go a gam unto the man ; 

14 And God Almighty give you 
mercy before the man, that he may 
send away your other brother 
and Benjamin. If I be bereaved 
of my children^ I am bereaved. 

15 And the men took that pre- 
sent, and they took double money 
in their hand, and Benjamin ; and 
rose up, and went down to Egypt, 

1 and stood before Joseph. 



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16 And when Joseph sawBenja- 
niin with them, he said to the ruler 
of his house, Bring these men home, 
and slay, and make ready, for these 
men shall dine with me at noon. 

17 And the man did as Joseph 
bade; and the man brought the 
men into Joseph's house. 

1 8 And the men.were afraid, be- 
cause they were brought into Jo- 
seph's house : and they said, Be- 
cause of the money that was re- 
turned in our sacks at the first tmie 
are we brought in, that he may 
seek occasion against us, and fall 
upon us, and take us for bond- 
men, and our asses. 

19 And they came near to the 
steward, of Joseph's house, and 
they communed with him at the 
door of the house. 

2a And said, O sir, we came 
indeed down at the first time to 
buy food : 

21 And it came to pass, when 
-we came to the inn, that we open- 
ed our sacks, and behoM, every 
man's money was in the mouth of 
his sack, our money in full weight : 
and Ave hare brought it again in 
our hand. 

22 And other money have we 
brought dow^n in our hands to buy 
food": w^e cannot tell who put our 
money in our sacks. 

23 And he said, Peace be to 
you, fear not ; your God, and the 
*God of your father, hath given you 
treasure in your sacks; I had your 
money. And he brought Simeon 
out unto them. 

24 And the man brought the men 
into Joseph's house, and gave them 
^vater, and they washed their feet ; 
and he gave their asses provender. 

25 And they made ready the 
present against Joseph came at 



noon; for they heard that they 
should eat bread there. 

26 And when Joseph came home 
they brought him the present^ 
which was in their hand into the 
house, and bowed themselves to 
him to the earth. 

27 And he asked them of their 
welfare, and said. Is your father 
well, the old man of whom ye 
spake ? is he yet alive 1 

28 And they answered, Thy 
servant our father is in good health, 
he is yet alive ; and they bowxd 
down their heads, and made obeis- 
anc e . 

29 And he lifted up his eyes, 
and saw his brother Benjamin, his 
mother's son, and said, Is this your 
younger brother, of whom ye spake 
unto me % And he said, God be 
gracious unto thee, my son. 

aO Arid Joseph made haste ; 
for his bowels did yearn upon his 
brother ; and he sought ichere to 
weep; and he entered into his 
chamber, and w^ept there. 

31 And hewashedhisface, and 
w^ent out, and refrained himself, 
and said, Set on bread. 

32 And they set on for him by 
himself, andforthem by themselves 
and for the Egyptians which 
did eat wath him by themselves : 
because theEg}-ptians mightnot eat 
bread with the Hebrews ; for that Z5 
an abomination unto the Egyptians. 

33 And they sat before him, the 
first-born according to his birthright 
and the youngest according to his 
youth ; and the men marvelled one 
at another. 

34 Ai'Ah^Xook and sent messes 
unto them from before him ; but 
Benjamin's mess was five times so 
much as any of theirs. And they 
drank, and were merry with him. 



TR I N I T 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ACTS XIY. 



AND it came topass in Iconium, 
that they went both together into 
the synagogue of the Jews, and so 
spake, that a great multitude both 
of the Jews and alsoof the Greeks 
believed. 

2 But the unbelieving Jews 
stirred up the Gentiles, and made 
their minds evil affected against 
the brethren. 

3 Long time therefore abode 
they speaking boldly in the Lord, 
which gave testimony unto the 
word of his grace, and granted 
signs and wonders to be done by 
their hands. 

4 But the multitude of the city 
was divided : and part held with 
the Jews, and with the apostles. 

5 And when there was an assault 
made both of the Gentiles, and 
also of the Jews, with their rulers, 
to use them despitefully, and to 
stone them, 

6 They were ware of it, and 
fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities 
of Lycaonia, and unto the region 
that lieth round about. 

7 And there they preached the 
gospel. 

8 And there sat a certain man 
at Lystra, impotent in his feet, 
being a cripple from his mother's 
womb, who never had walked : 

9 The same heard Paul speak ; 
who stedfastly beholding him, and 
perceiving that he had faith to be 
healed, 

1 Said with a loud voice. Stand 
upright on thy feet. And he leaped 
and' walked. 



1 1 And when the people &aw 
what Paul had done, they lifted up 
their voices, saying in the speech 
of Lycaonia, the gods are come 
down to us in the likeaess of men 

12 And they called Barnabas^ 
Jupiter ; and Paul, Mercurius, be- 
cause he was the chief speaker. 

13 Then the priest of Jupiter^ 
which wasbefore their city, brouglit 
oxen and garlands unto the gates, 
and would have done sacrifice with 
the people. 

14 Which whem the apostles, 
Barnabas and Paul,. heard of, they 
rent their clothes, and ran in 
among the people, crying out, 

15 And saying. Sirs, Why do 
ye these things ? We also are men 
of like passions with you, and 
preach unto you, that ye should 
turn from these vanities unto the 
living God, which made heaven, 
and earth, and the sea, and all 
things that are therein ; 

16 Who in times past suffered 
all nations to walk in their own 
ways. 

17 Nevertheless he left not him^ 
self without witness, in that he 
did good, and gave us rain from 
heaven, and fruitful seasons, fill- 
ing our hearts with food and glad- 
ness. 

1 8 And with these sayings scarce 
restrained they the people, that 
they had not done sacrifice unto 
them. 

19 And there came thither cer- 
tain Jews from Antioch and Iconic 
um, who persuaded the people, and 



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having Stoned Paul, drew Ai/7i out | mended them to the Lord, on 

of the cit>-, supposmg he had been | whom they beheved. 

^^^^ .T J ^ And after they had passed 

20 Howbeit, as the disciples ; throughout Pisidia, they came to 
stood round about him, he rose up, I Pamphylia. , ^ , . , 
and came mto the citv : and the i 25 And when they had preached 
next day he departed with Barnabas jthewordm Perga, they wentdown 
to Derbe Attaha ; 

21 \nd when thev had preached i 26 Andthence sailed to Antioch, 
the i^ospel to that* city, and had j from whence they had been re- 
taucrht nianv, thev returned again ; commended to the gj^^^ f 

to Lvstra, and /^Iconmm, and to for the work which they fulfilled. 
^^x(o<i\i i 27 And when they were come, 

22 Confirming the souls of the and had gathered the church toge- 
disciples, exhorting them to , ther, they rehearsed aU that bod 
continue in the faith, and that we had done with them, and how he 
must through much tribulation had opened the door of faith unto 
enter into the kingdom of God. ^ the Gentiles _ 

23 And when they had ordained ; 28 And there they abode long 
them elders in every church, and time with the disciples. 

had prayed with fasting, they com- i 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
GENESIS XLY. 

THEN Joseph could not refrain he said, I am Joseph your brother, 
himself before all them that stood ; whom ye sold into Eg}-pt. ^ 
rhSi: andhe cried, Cause every! 5 Now therefore be not gneved 
man to go out from me. And there \ nor angry with yourselves that ye 
Sood no man with him, while Jo- ' sold me hither : for God did send 
seph made himself knoi^m unto his me before you to Preserve lite, 
brethren ' ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^'^ ^'^^^'^ Aa/A the 

2 \nd he wept aloud : and the famine been in the land: and yet 
E^'ptians and the house of Pha- there are five years, m the which 
raoh heard. there shall neither he earmg nor 

3 -Vnd Joseph said unto his bre- ' harvest. 

thren, I avi Joseph ; doth my father | 7 And God sent me before you 
vet live ? And his brethren could ; to preserve you a posterity m tne 
not answer him: for they were earth, and to save yom lives by a 



great deliverence. 

8 So now it teas not you that 
bxethien; Come near to me, I pray sent me hither, but ^od , and he 
you. Akd they came near-. And hath made me a father to Phaiaoh,. 



troubled at his presence. 

4 And Joseph said unto his 



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JL lord of all his house, and a 
ruler throughout all the land of 
Egypt. 

9 Haste ye, and go up to my 
father, and say unto him, Thus 
saith thy son Joseph, God hath 
made me lord of all Egypt : come 
down unto me, tarry not : 

10 And thou shalt dwell in the 
land of Goshen, and thou shalt be 
near unto me, thou, and thy chil- 
dren, and thy children's children, 
and thy flocks, and thy herds, and 
all that thou hast : 

11 And there will I nourish 
thee ; for yet there are five years 
of famine ; lest thou, and thy house- 
hold, and all that thou hast, come 
to poverty. 

12 And behold, your eyes see, 
and the eyes of my brother Benja- 
min, that it is my mouth that 
speaketh unto you. 

13 And ye shall tell my father 
of all my glory in Egypt, and of 
all that ye have seen ; and ye shall 
haste, and bring down my father 
hither. 

14 And he fell upon his brother 
Benjamin's neck, and wept ; and 
Benjamin wept upon his neck. 

15 Moreover, he kissed all his 
brethren, and wept upon them : 
and after that his brethren, talked 
with him. 

16 And the fame thereof was 
heard in Pharaoh's house, saying, 
Joseph's brethren are come : and it 
pleased Pharaoh well, and his 
servants. 

17 And Pharaoh said unto Jo- 
seph, Say unto thy brethren. This 
do ye ; lade your beasts, and go, 
get you unto the land of Canaan ; 

18 And take your father and 
your households, and come unto 
j?^e : and I will give you the good 



of the land of Egypt, and ye shall 
eat the fat of the land. 

19 Now thou art commanded, 
this do ye ; Take you waggons out 
of the land of Egypt for your little 
ones, and for your wives, and bring 
your father, and come. 

20 Also regard not your stuff: 
for the good of all the land of Egypt 
is yours. 

2 1 And the children of Israel 
did so : and Joseph gave them 
waggons, according to the com- 
mandment of Pharaoh, and gave 
them provision for the way. 

22 To all of them he gave each 
man changes of raiment ; but to 
Benjamin he gave three hundred 
pieces silver, and five changes of 
raiment. 

23 And to his father he sent 
after this manner ; ten asses laden 
with the good things of E gypt, and 
ten she-asses laden with corn, and 
bread and meat for his father by 
the way. 

24 Sohe sent his brethren aw ay, 
and they departed : and he said 
unto them. See that ye fall not out 
by the way. 

25 And they went up out of 
Egypt, and came into the land of 
Canaan unto Jacob their father, 

26 And told him, saying, Joseph 
is yet alive,and he is governor over 
all the land of Egypt- And Jacob's 
heart fainted, for he believed them 
not. 

27 And they told him all the 
words of Joseph, which he had 
said unto them : and when he saw 
the waggons which Joseph had 
sent to carry him, the spirit of Ja- 
cob their father revived. 

28 And Israel said. It is 
enough: Josephmy son wyet alive: 
, I will go and see him before I die. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



TITUS IL and III. to v. 10. 



BUT speak thou the things 
which become sound doctrine : 

2 That the aged men be sober, 
grave, temperate, sound in faith, 
in charity, in patience. 

3 The aged women likewise, 
that ihey he in behaviour as be- 
cometh holiness, not false accusers, 
not given to much wine, teachers 
of good things ; 

4 That they may teach the 
young women to be sober, to love 
their husbands, to love their chil- 
dren, 

5 To he discreet, chaste, keep- 
ers at home, good, obedient to their 
own husbands, that the w^ord of 
God be not blasphemed. 

6 Young men likewise exhort 
to be sober-minded. 

7 In all things shewing thyself 
a pattern of good works : in doc- 
trine shewing uncorruptness, gra- 
vity, sincerity, 

8 Soimd speech, that cannot be 
condemned ; that he that is of the 
contrary part may be ashamed, 
having no evil thing to say of you. 

9 Exhort servants to be obe- 
dient unto their own masters, and 
to please them well in all things ; 
not answering again ; 

10 Not purloining, but showing 
all good fidelity; that they may 
adorn the doctrine of God our Sa- 
viour in all things. 

11 For the grace of God that 
bringeth salvation hath appeared 
to all men, 

12 Teaching us, that, denying 
\mgodliness and worldly lusts, we 



should live soberly, righteously, 
and godly, in this present w^orld ; 

13 Looking for that blessed 
hope, and the glorious appearing 
of the great God and our Saviour 
Jesus Christ ; 

14 Who gave himself for us, 
that he might redeem us from all 
iniquity, and purify unto himself 
a peculiar people, zealous of good 
works. 

15 These things speak, and ex- 
hort, and rebuke with all authority. 
Let no man despise thee. 



PUT them in mind to be sub- 
ject to principalities and powers, 
to obey magistrates, to be ready 
to every good work, 

2 To speak evil of no man, to 
be no brawlers, hut gentle, shew- 
ing all meekness unto all men. 

3 For we ourselves also w^ere 
sometimes foolish, disobedient, de- 
ceived, serving divers lusts and 
pleasures, hving in malice and 
emy, hateful, and hating one an- 
other. 

4 But after that the kindness 
and love of God our Saviour to- 
ward man appeared, 

5 Not by works of righteous- 
ness which we have done, but ac- 
cording to his mercy he saved us, 
by the washing of regeneration, 
and renewing of the Holy Ghost ; 

6 Which he shed on us abun- 
dantly through Jesus Christ our 
Saviour ; 

7 That, being justified by his 
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cording to the hope of eternal 
life. 

8 This is a faithful saying, and 
these things I will that thou affirm 
constantly, that they which have 
believed in God might be careful 
to maintain s^ood works : these 



things axe good and profitable unto 
men, 

9 But avoid foolish questions 
and genealogies, and contentions^ 
and strivings about the law ; for 
they are unprofitable and vain. 



THE FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
GENESIS XLIX. 



! 

AND Jacob called unto his 
sons, and said^ Gather yourselves 
together, that I may tell you that 
which shall befall you in the last 
days. 

2 Gather yourselves together 
and hear, ye sons of Jacob ; and 
hearken unto Israel your father. 

3 Reuben, thou art my first- 
bom, my might, and the beginning 

I of my strength, the excellency of 
dignity, and the excellency of 
power : 

4 Unstable as water, thou shalt 
not excel, because thou wentest up 
to thy father's bed, then defildst 
thou it : he went up to my couch. 

5 Simeon and Levi are bre- 
I thren ; instruments of cruelty are 

in their habitations. 
I 6 O my soul, come not thou 
I into their secret ; unto their as- 
sembly, mine honour, be not thou 
united : for in their anger they 



slew a man, and in their self-will 
they digged down a wall. 

7 Cursed be their anger, for it 
was fierce ; and their wrath ^ for it 
was cruel : I will divide them in 
Jacobj and scatter them in Israel. 

8 Judah, thou art he whom thy 
brethren shall praise ; thy hand 
shall be m the neck of thine ene- 
mies : thy father's children shall 
bow down before thee. 

9 Judah is a lions whelp : from 
the prey, my son, thou art gone 
up : he stooped down, he couched 
as a lion, and as an old lion ; Avho 
shall rouse him up? 

10 The sceptre shall not depart 
from Judah, nor a lawgiver from 
between his feet, until Shiloh 
come ; and unto him shall the 
gathering of the people be : 

11 Binding his foal unto the 
vine, and his ass's colt unto the 
choice vine ; he washed his gar- 



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merits in wine, and his clothes in 
the blood of grapes : 

12 His eyes shall he red wita 
v/ine, and his teeth white with 
milk. 

13 Zebulun shall dwell at the 
haven of the sea ; and he shall be 
for an haven of ships ^ and his border 
shall be unto Zidon. 

14 Issacher is a strong ass 
couching down between two bur- 
dens : 

15 And he saw that rest icas 
good, and the land that it was plea 
sant ; and bowed his shoulder to 
bear, and became a servant unto 
tribute. 

16 Dan shall judge his people, 
as one of the tribes of Israel, 

17 Dan shall be a serpent by 
the wav, an adder in the path, that | 
biteth the horse-heels, so that his 
rider shall fall backward. 

18 I have waited for thy salva- 
tion^ O Lord. 

19 Gad, a troop shall overcome 
him ; but he shall overcome at the 
last. 

20 Outof Asher his bread shati 
be fat, and he shall yield royal 
dainties. 

21 Napthaliis a hind let loose : 
he giveth goodly words. 

22 Joseph is a fruitful bough, 
even a fruitful bough by a well, 
^vhose branches run over the wall. 

23 The archers have _ sorely 
grieved him, and shot at hivh and 
hated him : 

24 But his bow abode in strength, 
and the arms of his hands were 
made strong by the hands of the 
mightv Godo^ Jacob : (from thence 
is the" Shepherd, the stone of Is- 
rael :) 

25 Even by the God of thy fa- 



ther, who shall help thee ; and by 
the Almighty, who shall bless thee 
with blessings of heaven above, 
blessings of the deep that lieth un- 
der,blessings of the breasts, and of 
the womb. 

26 The blessings of thy father 
have prevailed above the blessings 
of my progenitors unto the utmost 
bound of the everlasting hills : 
thev shall be on the head of Jo- 
seph, and on the crown of the head 
of him that was separate from his 
brethren. 

27 Benjamin shall ravin as a 
wolf: in the morning he shall de- 
vour the prey, and at night he shall 
divide the spoil. 

28 All these are the twelve 
tribes of Israel : and this is inhat 
their father spake unto them, and 
blessed them ; every one according 
i to his blessing he blessed them. 

29 And he charged them, and 
said unto them, I am to be gather- 
ed unto my people : bury me with 
my fathers in the cave that is m 
the field of Epliron the Hittite ; 

30 In the cave that is in the 
field of ^lachpelah. which is before 
}ylamre, in the land of Canaan, 
which Abraham bought with the 
field of Ephron the Hittite, for a 
possession of a burying-place. 

31 There they buried Abraham 
and Sarah his "wife ; there they 
buried Isaac and Rebekah his 
wife ; and there I buried Leah. 

32 The purchase of the field, 
and of cave that is therein, was 
from the children of Heth. 

33 And when Jacob had made 
an end of commanding his sons, 
he gathered up his feet into the 
bed, and yielded up the ghost, and 
was gathered unto his people. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ACTS XV. ' 



AND certain men, which came 
down from Judea, taught the bre- 
thren, and said, Except ye be cir- 
cumcised after the manner of 
Moses, ye cannot be saved. 

2 When therefore Paul and Bar- 
nabas had no small dissension and 
disputation with them, they de- 
termdned that Paul and Barnabas, 
and certain other of them, should 
go up to Jerusalem unto the apos- 
tles and elders about this question. 

3 And being brought on their 
way by the church, they passed 
through Phenice and Samaria, 
declaring the conversation of the 
Oentiles : and they caused great 
joy unto all the brethren. 

4 And when they were come to 
Jerusalem, they Avere received of 
the church, and of the apostles and 
elders, and they declared all things 
that God had done with them. 

5 But there rose up certain of 
the sect of the Pharisees which 
believed, saying. That it was need- 
ful to circumxise them, and to 
command them to keep the law of 
Moses. 

6 And the apostles and elders 
came togethet for to consider of 
this matter. 

7 And when there had been 
much disputing, Peter rose up, and 
said unto them. Men and brethren, 
ye know how that a good while 
ago God made choice among us, 
that the Gentiles by my mouth 
should hear the word of the gospel, 
and believe. 



8 And God, which knoweth the 
hearts, bare them witness, giving 
them the Holy Ghost, even as he 
did unto us ; 

9 And put no difierencebetv/een 
us and themx, purifying their hearts 
by faith. 

1 Nov/ therefore Vv hy tempt ye 
God, to put a yoke upon the neck 
of the disciples, which neither our 
fathers nor we were able to bear ? 

11 But we believe that, through 
the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, 
we shall be saved, even as they. 

12 Then all the multitude kept 
silence, and gave audience to Bar- 
nabas and Paul, declaring what 
miaacles and wonders God had 
v/rought amiong the Gentiles by 
them. 

1 3 And after they had held their 
peace, James answered, saying, 
Men and brethren, hearken unto 
me. 

14 Simeon hath declared how 
God at the first did visit the Gen- 
tiles, to take out of them a people 
for his name. 

15 And to this agree the w^ords 
of the prophets ; as it is written, 

16 After this I will return, and 
will build again the tabernacle of 
David which is fallen down ; and 
I will build again the ruins there- 
of, and I will set it up ; 

17 That the residue of men 
might seek after the Lord, and all 
the Gentiles, upon whom my name 
is called, saith the Lord, who doeth 
all these things. 

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18 Known unto God are all his 
works from the beginning of the 
world. 

19 Wherefore my sentence is, 
that we trouble not them which 
from among the Gentiles are 
turned to God : 

20 But that we write unto them,^ 
that thev abstain from pollutions of 
idols, and from fornication, and 
from things strangled, and from 
blood. 

21 For Moses of old tnne hath 
in every city them that preach him, 
beingread in the synagogues every 
sabbath-day. 

22 Then pleased it the apostles 
and elders, with the whole church, 
to send chosen men of their own 
company to Antioch with Paul and 
Barnabas ; namely, Judas surnam- 
ed Barsabas, and Silas, chief men 
among the brethren. 

23 x\nd they wrote letters by 
them after this manner : The apos- 
tles, and elders-, and brethren, send 
greeting unto the brethren which 
are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and 
Syria^ and Cilicia; 

24 Forasmuch as wehaveheara, 
that certain which went out from 
us have troubled you with words, 
subverting your souls, saying. Ye 
must be circumcised, and keep the 
law ; to whom we gave no such 
commandment : 

25 It seemed good unto us, be- 
ing assembled vrith one accord, to 
send chosen men unto you, wuh 
our beloved Barnabas and Paul ; 

26 Men that have hazarded their 
lives for the name of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

27 We have sent therefore 
Judas and Silas, who shall also tell 
Uou the same things by mouth. 

28 For it seemed good to ihe 



Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon 
you no greater burden than these 
necessary things ; 

29 That ye abstain from meats 
offered to idols, and from blood, 
and from things strangled, and from 
fornication : from which if ye keep 
yourselves, ye shall do well Fare 

ye well. 

30 So when they were dismissed^ 
they came to Antioch ; and when 
they had gathered the muhitude 
together, they delivered the epis- 
tle, 

31 WJiich when they had read, 
they rejoiced for the consolation. 

32 And Judas and Silas, being 
prophets also themselves, exhorted 
the brethren with many words, and 
confirmed ihem, 

33 And after they had tarried 
there a space, they were let go in 
peace from the brethren unto the 
apostles, 

3 4 Notwithstanding, it pleased 
Silas to abide there still. 

35 Paul also and Barnabas con- 
tinued in Antioch, teaching and 
preaching the word of the Lord, 
with many others also. 

36 And some days after, Paul 
said unto Barnabas, Let us go again 
and visit our brethren in every city 
where we have preached the word 
of the Lord, and. see how they do. 

37 And Barnabas determined to 
take with them Jolin, whose sur- 
name w^as Mark. 

38 But Paul thought not good to 
take him with them, who departed 
from them from Pamphyha, and 
went not with them to the work. 

39 And the contention was so 
sharp between them, that they de- 
parted asunder one from the other : 
and so Barnabas took Mark, and 
sailed unto Cyprus ; 



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40 And Paul chose Silas, and 
departed, being recommended by 
the brethren unto the grace of God. 



41 And he went through Syria, 
and Cilicia, confirming the 
churches. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 

GENESIS L. 



AND Joseph fell upon his fa- 
ther's face, and wept upon him and 
kissed him. 

2 And Joseph commanded his 
servants the physicians to embalm 
his father : and the physicians 
embalmed Israel. 

3 And forty days were fulfilled 
for him : for so are fulfilled the 
days of those which are embalmed ; 
and the Egyptians mourned for 
him threescore and ten days. 

4 And when the days of his 
mourning were past, Joseph spake 
unto the house of Pharaoh, saying, 
If now I have found grace in 
your eyes, speak, I pray you, in 
the ears of Pharaoh, saying, 

5 My father made me swear 
saying, Lo, I die; in my grave 
which I have digged for me in the 
land of Canaan, there shalt thou 
bury me. Now therefore let me 
go up, I pray thee, and bury my 
father and I will come again. 

6 And Pharaoh said, Go up and 
bury thy father, according as he 
made thee swear. 

7 And Joseph went up to bury 
his father ; and with him went up 
all the servants of Pharaoh, the 
elders of his house, and all the el- 
ders of the land of Egypt, 

8 And all the house of Joseph, 
^ni his brethren, and his father's 



house : only their little ones, and 
their flocks, and their herds, they 
left in the land of Goshen. 

9 And there went up with him 
both chariots and horsemen ; and 
it was a very great company. 

1 And they came to the thrash- 
ing-floor of Atad, which is beyond 
Jordan ; and there they mourned 
with a great and very sore lamen- 
tation : and he made a mourning 
for his father seven days. 

1 1 And when the inhabitants of 
the land, the Canaanites, saw the 
mourning in the floor of Atad, they 
said, This is a grievous mourning 
to the Egyptians :. wherefore the 
name of it was called Abel-miz- 
raim, which is beyond Jordan. 

12 And his sons did unto him 
according as he commanded them ; 

13 For his sons carried him 
into the land of Canaan, and bu- 
ried him in the cave of the field 
of Machpelah, which Abraham 
bought with the field, for a posses- 
sion of a burying-place,of Ephron 
the Hittite, before Mamre. 

14 And Joseph returned into 
Egypt, he, and his brethren, and 
all that went up with him to bury 
his father, after he had buried hi3 
father. 

1 5 And when Joseph's brethren 
savy that their father was dead, 



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they said, Joseph will peradven- 
ture hate us, and will certainly re- 
quite us all the evil which we did 
unto him. 

16 And they sent messengers 
imto Joseph, saying, Thy father 
did command before he died, say- 
ing, 

17 So shall ye say unto Joseph, 
Forgive, I pray thee now, the tres- 
pass of thy brethren, and their sin : 
for they did unto thee evil : and 
now, we pray thee, forgive the tres- 
pass of the servants of the God of 
thy father. And Joseph wept when 
they spake unto him. 

f 8 And his brethren also Vv^ent 
and fell down before his face ; 
and they said, Behold, we he thy 
servants. 

19 And Joseph said untothemx, 
Fear not ; for am 1 in the place of 
God? 

20 But as for you, ye thought 
e^-il against me ; 'hut God meant 
it unto good, to bring to pass as it 
is this day, to save much people 
alive. 



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21 Now therefore fear ye not ; 
I will nourish you, and your little 
ones. And he comforted them, 
and spake kindly unto them. 

22 And Joseph dweU in Eg}T)t, 
he and his father's house; and 
Joseph lived an hundred and ten 
years. 

23. And Joseph saw Ephraim's 
children of the third ge'iuration'. 
the children also of Machir, the 
son of Manasseh were brought up 
upon Joseph's knees. 

24 And Joseph said unto his 
brethren, I die ; and God will sure- 
ly visit you, and Bring you out of 
this land unto the land wliich he 
sware to x\braham, to Isaac, and 
to Jacob. 

35 And Joseph took an oath of 
the children of Israel, saying, God 
will surely visit you, and ye shall 
carry up my bones from hence. 

26 So Joseph died, being an 
hundred and ten years old : and 
they embalmed him, and he was 
put in a cofhn in Egypt 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
HEBREWS X. 



FOR the law having a shadow 
of good things to come, and not 
the very image of the things, can 
never with those sacrifices, v/hich 
they offered year by year con- 
tinually, make the comers there- 
unto perfect : 

2 For then would they not have 
ceased to be offered? because that 
the worshippers, once purged should 



have had no more conscience af 
sins. 

3 But in those sacrifices there is 
a remembrance again made of sins 
every year. 

4 For it is not possible that the 
blood of bulls and of goats should 
take away sins. 

5 Wherefore, when he cometh 
into the world, he saith, Sacrifice 



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and offering thou wouldest not, 
I but a body hast thou prepared me : 
' 6 In burnt-offerings and sacri- 
i Jices for sin thou hast had no plea- 
I sure : 

I 7 Then said I, Lo, I come (in 

! the volume of the book it is written 
of me) to do thy will, O God. 

8 Above, when he said. Sacri- 
fice, and offering, and burnt-offer- 
ings, and offering for sins, thou 
wouldest not, neither hadst plea- 

I sure therein; which are offered 

I by the law ; 

I 9 Then said he, Lo,„ I come to 
' dd thy will, O God; He taketh 
' away the first, that he may establish 

the second. 
I 10 By the which will we are 

sanctified, through the offering of 

the body of Jesus Christ once /(?r 

all. 

I 11 And every priest standeth 
daily ministering,, and offering 
oftentimes the same sacrifices, 
which can never take away sins : 

12 But this man, after he had 
offered one sacrifice for sins, for 
ever sat down on the right hand 
of God; 

13 From henceforth expecting 
till his enemies be made his foot- 
stool. 

14 For by one offering he hath 
perfected for ever them that are 
sanctified. 

15 Whereof the Holy Ghost 
also is a witness to us : for after 
that he had said before, 

16 This is the covenant that I 
will make with them after those 
days, saith the Lord ; I will put 
my laws into their hearts, and in 

j their minds will I write them ; 
! 1 7 And their sins and iniquities 
I will I remember no more, 
j IB Now, where remission of 

i 



these is, there is no more offering 
for sin. 

19 Having therefore, brethren, 
boldness to enter into the holiest 
by the blood of Jesus, 

20 By a new and living way, 
which he hath consecrated for us 
through the vail, that is to say, his 
flesh ; 

21 And having an high priest 
over the house of God ; 

22 Let us draw near with a 
true heart, in full assurance of 
faith, having our hearts sprinkled 
from an evil conscience, and our 
bodies washed with pure water. 

23 Let us hold fast the profes- 
sion of our faith without wavering ; 
(for he is faithful that promised ;) 

24 And let US- consider one ano- 
ther, to provoke - unto love, and to 
good works ; 

25 Not forsaking the as- 
sembling of ourselves together, as 
the manner of some is ; but ex- 
horting one another : and so much 
the more, as ye see the day ap- 
proaching. 

26 For if we sin wilfully after 
that we have received the know- 
ledge of the truth, there remaineth 
no more sacrifice for sins, 

27 But a certain fearful looking 
for of judgment and fiery indig- 
nation, which shall devour the 
adversaries. 

28 He that despised Moses' 
law died without mercy under two 
or three witnesses ; 

29 Of how much sorer punish- 
ment, suppose ye, shall he be 
thought worthy who hath trodden 
under foot the Son of God, and 
hath counted the blood of the cove- 
nant, wherewith he was sancti- 
fied, an unholy thing, and hath 
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30 For we know him that hath 
said. Vengeance belo/igeth unto 
me, I will recompense, saith the 
Lord. And again, The Lord shall 
judge his people. 

31 It is d. fearfid thing to fall, 
into the hands of the living God. | 

32 But call to remembrance; 
the former days, in which, after | 
ye were illuminated, ye endured a ', 
great fight of afflictions ; j 

33 Partly, whilst ye were made 
a gazing stock, both by reproaches 
and afflictions ; and partly, whilst 
ye became companions of them that 
were so used. 

34 For ye had compassion of me 
in my bonds, and took joyfully the 
spoiling of your goods, knowing in 
yourselves that ye have in heaven 



a better and an enduring substance. 

35 Cast not away therefore 
your confidence, which hath great 
recompence of reward. 

36 Forye have need of patience, 
that, after ye have done the will 
of God, ye might receive the pro- 
mise. 

37 For yet a little while, and 
' he that shall came will come, and 
j will not tarry. 

I 38 Now, the just shall live by 
' faith : bui^ if a?i2/ man draw back, 
; my soul shall have no pleasure in 
' him. 

39 Bitt we are not of them who 
draw back imto perdition ; but af 
them that believe to the saving of 
the soul. 



THE SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
EXODUS III. 

NOW Aloses kept the flock of, 3 And Moses said, I will now 
Jethro his father-in-law, the priest ^ tarn aside and see this great sight, 
of Midian ; and he led the flock to \ why the bush is not burnt, 
the back side of the desert, and | 4 And when the Lord saw tha 
came to the mountain of God, even\\ie turned aside to see, God called 
to Horeb I ^^^to him out of the midst oi the 

2 And the Angel of the Lord bush, and said, Moses, Moses. And 
appeared unto him in a flame of he said. Here am L 



fire out of the midst of a bush ; and 
he looked, and behold, the bush 



5 And he said. Draw not nigh 
hither : put off thy shoes from ofi' 



burned with fire, aad the bush im.-jthy feet ; for the place whereon 
jwi consumed 1 thou standest is holy ground. 



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6 Moreover he said, I am the 
I God of thy father, the God of Abra- 
! ham, the God of Isaac, and the 
! God of Jacob. And Moses hid his 

face ; for he was. afraid to look upon 
God. 

7 And the Lord said,. I have 
surely seen the affliction of my peo- 
ple which are in Egypt, and have 
heard their cry by reason of their 
taskmasters ; for I know their sor- 
rows : 

8 And I am come down to de- 
liver them out of the hand of the 
Egyptians, and to bring them up 
out of that land unto a good land 
and a large, unto a land flow- 
ing with milk and honey; unto 
the place of the Ganaanites, and 
the Hittites, and the Amorites, 
and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, 
and the Jebusites. 

9 Now therefore, behold, the 
cry of the children of Israelis come 
unto me : and I have also seen the 
oppression wherewith the Egyp- 
tians oppress them. 

10 Come now therefore, and I 
will send thee unto Pharaoh, that 
thou may est bring forth my people, 
the children of Israel out of Egypt. 

11 And Moses said unto God, 
Who am I, that I should go unto 
Pharaoh, and that I should bring 
forth the children of Israel out of 
Egypt ? 

12 And he said, Certainly I will 
be with thee ; and this shall be a 
token unto thee that I have sent 
thee ; When thou hast brought forth 
the people out of Egypt, ye shall 
serve God upon this mountain. 

13 And Moses said unto God, 
Behold, when I come unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, and shall say unto 
them. The God of your fathers 
hath sent me unto you ; and they 



shall say to me, What is his name? 
what shall I say unto them ? 

14 And God said unto Moses, 
I AM THAT I AM : and he said, 
Thus shalt thou say unto the chil- 
dren of Israel, I AM hath sent me 
unto you. 

15 And God said moreover unto 
Moses Thus shalt thou say unto 
the children of Israel, the Lord 
God of your fathers, the God of 
Abraham, the God of Isaac, and 
the God of Jacob, hath sent me 
unto you : this is my name for ever^ 
and this is my memorial unto all 
generations. 

16 Go, and gather the elders of 
Israel together^ and say unto them, 
The Lord God of your fathers, 
the God of Abraham, of Isaac, and 
of Jacob, appeared unto me, saying, 
I have surely visited you, and seen 
that which is done to you in Egypt : 

1 7 And I have said, I will bring 
you up out of the affliction of 
Egypt, unto the land of the Cana- 
anites, and the Hittites, and the 
Amorites, and the Perizzites, and 
the Hivites, an-d the Jebusites, unto 
a land flowing with milk and 
honey. 

18 And they shall hearken to 
thy voice : and thou shalt come, 
thou and the elders of Israel, unto 
the king of Egypt, and ye shaU 
say unto him. The Lord God of 
the Hebrews hath met with us."^ 
and now let us go, we beseech thee, 
three days' journey into the wilder- 
ness, that we may sacrifice to the 
Lord our God. 

19 And I am sure that the king 
of Egypt will not let you go, no, 
not by a mighty hand. 

20 And I will stretch out my 
hand, and smite Egypt with all 
my wonders wliich I will do in. 



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the midst thereof : and after that he 
will let you go. 

21 And I will give tins people 
favour in the sight of the Egypt- 
ians : and it shall come to pass, 
that, when ye go, ye shall not go 
empty : 

22' But every woman shall bor- 



I T Y. 

row of her neighbour, and of her 
that sojourneth inher house, jewels 
of silver,, and jewels of gold, and 
raiment :. and ye shall put them 
upon, your sons, and upon your 
daughters ; and ye shall spoil the 
Egj^pUans. 



SECOND LESSON 
ACTS 

NOW, when they had passed | 
through Amphipolis and Apollonia, 
they came to Thessalonica, w^here 
was a synagogue of the Jews ; 

2 And Paul, as his manner was, 
went in unto them, and three sab- 
bath-days reasoned with them out 
of the scriptures ? 

3 Opening and alleging that 
Christ must needs have suffered, 
and risen again from the dead ; 
and that this Jesus, whom I preach 
unto you, is Christ. 

4 And some of them believed, 
and consorted with Paul and Si- 
las : and of the devout Greeks a 
great multitude, and of the chief 
women not a few. 

5 But the Jews which believed 
not, moved with envy, took unto 
them certain lewd fellows of the 
baser sort, and gathered a com- 
pany, and set all the city on an 
uproar, and assaulted the house of 
Jason, and sought to bring them 
out to the people. 

6 And when they found them 
not, they drew Jason and certain 
brethren unto the rulers of the city, 
crying. These that have turned 



FOR MORNING. 
XVII. 

the world upside down are come 
hither also ; 

7 Whom Jason hath received ; 
and these all do contrary to the 
decrees of Cesar, saying, Tl^t 
there is another king, one Jesus. 

8 And they troubled the people 
and the rulers of the city,, whea. 
they heard these things. 

9 And when they had taken 
security of Jason, and of the other, 
they let them go. 

1 And the brethren immediate- 
ly sent away Paul and Silas by 
night unto Berea: who, coming 
thither, went into the synagogue 
of the Jews. 

1 1 These were more noble than 
those in Thessalonica, in that they 
received the word with all readi- 
ness of mind, and searched the 
scriptures daily, whether those 
thing were so. 

12 Therefore many of them, be- 
Ueved ; also of honourable women 
which were Greeks, and of men 
not a few. 

1 3 But when the Jews of Thes- 
salonica, had knowledge that the 
Avordof God was preached of Paul:: 



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at Berea, they came thither also, 
and stirred up the people. 
I 14 Then immediately the breth- 
j ran sent away Paul, to go as it 
were to the sea ; but Silas and 
Timotheus abode there still. 

1 5 And they that conducted Paul 
\ brought him unto Athens ; and re- 
! ceiving a commandment unto Silas 
I and Timotheus for to comiC to him 

with all speed, they departed. 
I 16 Now, while Paul waited for 
1 them at Athens, his spirit was stir- 
red in him, when he saw the city 
wholly given to idolatry. 

17 Therefore disputed he in the 
synagogue withthe .Tews, and with 
the devout persons, and in the mar- 
ket daily with them that met with 
him. 

18 Then certain philosophers 
j of the Epicureans, and of the 

Stoicks, encountered him. And 
$ome said, What will this babbler 
say? other some. He seemeth to 
be a setter forth of strange gods : 
because he preached unto them Je- 
sus, and the resurrection. 

19 And they took him and brought 
him unto Areopagus, saying, May 
we know what this new doctrine, 
whereof thou speakest, is ? 

20 For thou bringest certain 
strange things to our ears ; we 
would know therefore what these 
things mean. 

21 (For all the Athenians, and 
strangers, which were there, spent 
their time in nothing else, but 
either to tell, or to hear some new 

i thing.) 

I 22 Then Paul stood in the midst 
i of Marshill, and said. Ye men of 
j Athens, I perceive that in all things 
I ye are too superstitious. 
I 23 For as I passed by, and be- 
I hold your devotionsj I found an 



altar with this inscription, TQ 
THE UNKNOWN GOD. Whom 
therefore ye ignorantly worship, 
him declare I unto you. 

24 God, that made the world, 
and all things .therein, seeing that 
he is Lord of heaven and earthy 
dvv^elleth not in temples made with 
hands : 

25 Neither is worshipped with 
men's hands, as though he needed 
any thing, seeing he giveth to all 
life, and breath, and all things : 

26 And hath made of one blood 
all nations of men for to dwell on 
all the face of the earth, and hath 
determined the times before ap- 
pointed, and the bounds of their 
habitation : 

27 That they should seek the 
Lord, if haply they might feel after 
him, and find him, though he be 
not far from every one of us ; 

28 For in him we live, and 
move, and have our being : as cer- 
tain also of your own poets have 
said. For we are also his offspring. 

29 Forasmuch then as we are 
the offspring of God, we ought 
not to think that the Godhead is 
like unto gold, or silver, or stone, 
graven by art and man's device. 

30 And the times of this ignor- 
ance God winked at : but now 
commandeth all man every where 
to repent ; 

31 Because he hath appointed 
a day, in the which he will judge 
the world in righteousness by that 
man whom he hath ordained : 
whereof he hath given assurance 
unto all men, in that he hath rais- 
ed him from the dead. 

32 And when they heard of the 
resurrection of the dead, some 
mocked ; and others said, We will 
hear thee again of this maUai\ 



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33 So Paul departed from among 
them. 

34 Howbeit certain men clave 
unto him, and believed : among 



the which was Dionysius the 
Areopagite, and a woman named 
Damaris, and others with them. 



FIRST LESSOIS FOR EVENING. 



EXODUS y. 



AND afterwards Moses and 
Aaron went in, and told Pharaoh, 
Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, 
Let my people go, that they may 
hold a' feast unto me in the wilder- : 
ness. ! 

2 And Pharaoh said, Who is the 
Lord, that 1 should obey his voice 
to let Israel go ? I know not the 
Lord, neither will I let Israel go. 

3 And they said, The God of the 
Hebrews hath met with us : let us 
go, we pray thee, three days' jour- 
ney into the desert, and sacrifice 
unto the Lord our God, lest he fall 
upon us with pestilence, or with 
the sword. 

4 And the king of Egypt said 
unto them. Wherefore do ye, Moses 
and Aaron, let the people from 
their works ? get you unto your 
burdens, 

5 And Pharaoh said, Behold, 
the people of the land now are. 
inanv, and ye make them rest from 
their burdens. 

6 And Pharaoh commanded the 
same day the taskmasters of the 
people, and their officers, saying, 

7 Ye shall no more give the 
people straw to make brick, as 
heretofore : let them go and gather 
straw for themselves. 

^ And the tale of the bricks, 
which they did make heretofore, 



ye shall lay upon them, ye shall 
not diminish ough t thereof : for they 
he idle ; therefore they cry, saying, 
Let us go a /id sacrifice to our God. 

9 Let there more work be laid 
upon the men, that they may la» 
bour therein ; and let them not re- 
gard vain words. 

10 And the taskmasters of the 
people went out, and their officers, 
and they spake to the people, say- 

i inff, Thus saith Pharaoh, I will 
I not give you straw. 
I 11 Go ye, get you straw where 
I ye can find it : yet not aught of 
I your work shall be diminished, 
i 12 So the people were scattered 
' abroad throughout all the land of 
I Egypt to gather stubble instead of 
, straw. 

j 13 And the taskmasters hasted 
; them, saying, Fulffi your works, 
: your daily tasks, as when there was 
' straw. 

14 And the officers of the chil- 
jdren of Israel, which Pharaoh's 
i taskmasters had set oyer them, 
iwere beaten, a7id demanded, 
' Wherefore have ye not fulfilled. 
I your task in making brick both 
i yesterday and to-day, as hereto- 
fore : 

15 Then the officers of the chil- 
dren of Israel came and cried unto 
Pharaoh, saying, Wherefore deaL 



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est th6u thus with thy servants ? 

16 There is no straw given un- 
I to thy servants, and they say to 
i us, Make brick : and behold, thy 
I servants are beaten ; but the fault 
! is in thine own people. 

17 But he said, Ye are idle, ye 
are idle ; therefore ye say. Let us 
go, and do sacrifice to the Lord. 

1 8 Go therefore now and vvork : 
for there shall no straw be given 

I you, yet shall ye deliver the tale of 
1 bricks. 

ij 19 And the officers of the chil- 
dren of Israel did see that they 

i were in evil case, after it was said, 
Ye shall not minish aught ftom 
your bricks of your daily task. 
20 And they met Moses and 



Aaron, who stood in the way, as 
they came forth from Pharaoh : 

21 And they said unto them, 
The Lord look upon you, and 
judge ; because ye have made our 
savour to be abhorred in the eyes 
of Pharaoh) and in the eyes of his 
servants, to put a sword in their 
hand to slay us. 

22 And Moses returned unto 
the Lord, and said, Lord, where- 
fore hast thou so evil entreated this 
people ? why is it that thou hast 
sent me ? 

23 For since I came to Pharaoh 
to speak in thy name, he hath done 
evil to this people : neither hast 
thou delivered thy people at all. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
HEBREWS XL 



NOW faith is the substance of 
things hoped for, the evidence of 
things not seen. 

2 For by it the elders obtained 
a good report. 

3 Through faith we understand 
that the worlds were framed by 
the word of God ; so that things 
which are seen were not made of 
things which do appear. 

4 By faith Abel offered unto 
God a more excellent sacrifice 
than Gain, by which he obtained 
witness that he was righteous, 

I God testifying of his gifts ; and 
; by it he, being dead, yet speaketh. 
I 5 By faith Enoch was trans- 
j lated that he should not see death ; 
I and was not found, because God 
1 had translated him : for before his 



translation he had this testimony, 
that he pleased God. 

6 But without faith it is impos- 
sible to please him for he that 
cometh to God must believe that 
he is, and that he is a rewarder 
of them that diligently seek him. 

7 By faith Noah, being warned 
of God of things not seen as yet, 
moved with fear, prepared an ark 
to the saving of his house ; by the 
which he condemned the world, 
and became heir of the righteous- 
ness which is by faith. 

8 By faith Abraham, when he 
was called to go out into a place 
which he should after receive for 
an inheritance, obeyed ; and he 
went out, not knowing whither he 
went. 



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9 By faith he sojourned m the 
land of promise, as in a strange 
country, dweUing in tabeni'^-l ^ 
Avith Isaac and Jacob, the L :,:- 
with him of the same promise : j 

10 For he looked for a city i 
which hath foundations, vdiose 
builder and maker is God. 

11 Through faith also Sarah 
herself received strength to con- 
ceive seed, and was delivered of a 
child when she was past age. be- 
cause she judged him faithful avIio 
had promised. 

12 Therefore sprang there even 
of one, and him as good as dead. 
so many as the stars of the sky in 
muhhude, and as the sand T>-hich 
is bv the sea-shore innumerable. 

13 These all died in faith, not 
liavinof received the promises, but 
having seen them afar off. and 
were persuaded of iJizVu and em- 
braced them, and confessed that 
they were strangers and pilgrims 
on the earth. 

14 For rhey that say such things 
declare plainly that they seek a 



I dead; from whence also he re- 
i ceived him in a figure. 
' 20 Bv faith Isaac blessed Ja- 



and^ Esau concerning things 



countrv. 

15 And truly, if they had been 
mindful of that co u n i ry from vrhenc e 
thev came out, they might have 
had opportunity to have returned ; 

16 But now they desire a better 
country, that is, an heavenly: 
wherefore God is not ashamed to 
be called their God : for he hath 
prepared for them a chy. 

17 By faith Abraham, when he 
was tried, offered up Isaac : and 
he that had received the promises 
offered up his only begotten son, 

18 Of whom it was said, That 
in Isaac shall thy seed be 
called : 

19 Accounting that God icas 
able to raise him up, even from the 



cob 

: to come. 

I 21 Bv fauh Jacob, when he 
' vras a d'-'ing. blessed both the sons 
I of Josei^h : and worshipped, Itci'ti' 
' ins upon the top of his staff. 
I 22 ^Bv faith Joseph, when he 
I died, made mention of the depart- 
I ing of the children of Israel : and 
o-ave coimnandment concerninghis 
bones. 

23 Bv faith Closes, when he 
vras born, was hid three months 
iof his parents, because they saw" 
j /?? v:o.s a proper child ; and they 
hvere not afraid of the king's com- 
; inandment. 

24 By faith ^vloses, when he 
was come to years, refused to be 
called the son of Pharaoh's 
daughter; 

25 Choosing rather to suffer 
affliction with the people of God, 
than to enjoy the pleasures of sin 
for a season ; 

26 Esteeming the reproach of 
Christ gi-eater riches than the trea- 
sures in Egypt ; for he had respect 
unto the recompence of the reward. 

27 Bv faith he forsook Eg}-pt, 
not fearing the wrath of the king : 
for he endured, as seeing him who 
is invisible. 

28 Throuo-h faith he kept the 
passover, and the sprinkling of 
blood, lest he that destroyed the 
first-born should touch them. 

29 By faith they passed through 
the Red'sea as by dr}* land ; which 
the Egyptians assaying to do were 
drowned. 

30 Bv faith the walls of Jeri- 
cho fell down, after they were^ 
compassed about seven days. 



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'31 By faith the harlot Rahab 
! perished not with them that be- 
i lieved not, when she had received 
I the spies with peace, 
'j 32 And what shall I more say ? 
I for the time would fail me to tell 
of Gideon, and of Barak, and of 
Samson, and of Jepthae ; of Da- 
vid also, and Samuel, and of the 
prophets : 

33 Who through faith subdued 
; kingdoms, wrought righteousness, 

, obtained promises, stopped the 
I mouths of lions, 

34 Quenched the violence of 
I fire, escaped the edge of the sword, 

out of weakness were made strong, 
waxed valiant in fight, turned to 
flight the armies of the aliens. 

35 Women received their dead 
raised to life again: and others 

I were tortured, not accepting deli- 



verance ; that they might obtain 
a better resurrection : 

36 And others had trial of cruel 
mockings and scourgings, yea, 
moreover of bonds and imprison- 
ment : 

37 They were stoned, they 
were sawn asunder, w-ere tempted, 
were slain with the sword : they 
wandered about in sheep-skins and 
goat-skins ; being destitute, afflict- 
ed, tormented ; 

38 (Of whom the world w^as 
not worthy :) they wandered in 
deserts, and in mountains, and in 
dens and caves of the earth. 

39 And these all, having ob- 
tained a good report through faith, 
received not the promise ; 

40 God having provided some 
better thing for us, that they with- 
out us should not be made perfect. 



THE SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



^IRST LESSON FOR MORNING, 



EXODUS IX, 



THEN the Lord said unto 
Moses, Go in unto Pharoah, and 
tell him thus saith the Lord God 
of the Hebrews, Let my people go, 
that they m.ay serve me. 

2 For if thou refuse to let ihevi 
go, and wilt hold them still, 

3 Behold, the hand of the Lord 
is upon thy cattle which is in the 
field, upon the horses, upon the 
asses, upon the camels, upon the 



oxen, and upon the sheep; there 
shall be a very grievous murrain. 

4 And the Lord shall sever be- 
tween the cattle of Israel and the 
cattle of Egypt ; and there shall 
nothing die of all that is the chil- 
dren's of Israel. 

5 And the Lord appointed a 
set time, saying, To-morrow the 
Lord shall do this thing in the 
land. 

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6 And tlie Lord did that thing 
on the raoiTOw, and all the cattle 
of E^-pt died: but of the cattle 
of the 'children, of Israel died not 
one. 

7 And Pharaoh sent, and be- 
hold there was not one of the cat- 
tle of the Israelites dead. And 
the heart of Pharaoh was harden- . 
ed,and he did not let the people go. 

8 And the Lord saidnnto. Moses 
and unto Aaron, Take to you hand- 
fuls of ashes of the furnace, and 
let ]\Ioses sprmkle it toward the 
heaven in the sight of Pharaoh. 

9 And it shall become small dust 
in all the land of Eg^-pt, and shall 
be a boil breaking forth ^ith blams 
upon maUjanduponbeast, through- 
out aU the land of Eg^'pt. 

10 And they took ashes of the 
furnace, and stood before Pharaoh, 
and rvloses sprinkled it up toward 
heaven: and it became a boil 
breaking forth tcith blains upon 
man and upon beast. 

1 1 And the magicians could not 
stand before Moses because of the 
boil : for the boil was upon the 
magicians, and upon all the Egwp- 
tains. 

12 And the Lord hardened the 
heart of Pharaoh, and he hearken- 
ed not unto them: as the Lord 
had spoken unto Aloses. 

13 And the Lord said unto 
;Moses, Pise up early in the morn- 
ing, and stand before Pharaoh, and 
say unto him, Thussahh the Lord 
God of the Hebrews, Let my peo- 
ple go. that they may seiwe me. 

14 For I will at this time send 
all my plagues upon thine heart, 
and upon thy servants, and upon 
thy people ; that thou mayest know 
that there is none like me in all the 
earth. 



15 For now I will stretch out 
my hand, that I may smite thee 
and thy people with pestilence ; 
and thou shalt be cut off from the 
earth. 

16 And m very deed for this 
cause have I raised thee up, for to 
shew i/t thee my povrer ; and that 
mv name may be declared thi'ough-- 
out all the earth. 

17 As yet exaltestthou thyself 
acrainst my people, that thou wilt 
not let them go ? 

18 Behold, to-morrow about this 
time I win cause it to rain a very 
i grievous hail, such as hath not 

been in Eg}'pt since the founda* 
tion thereof even until now. 

19 Send therefore now and 
' gather thy cattle, and all that thou 

hast in the field : for upon every 
man and beast which shall be 
found in the field, and shall not be 
brought home, the hail shall come 
do\^T:i upon them, and they shall 
die. 

20 He that feared the word of 
the Lord among the servants of 
Pharaoh made his servants and his 
cattle tiee into the houses : 

21 And he that regarded not 
the word of the Lord left his ser- 
vants and his cattle in the field. 

22 And the Lord said unto 
Aloses, Stretch forth thine hand 
toward heaven, that there may be 
hail m all the land of Eg}-pt, upon 
man, and upon beast, and upon 
every herb of the iield, throughout 
the land of Eg>'pt. 

23 And Moses stretched forth 
his rod toward heaven: and the 
Lord sent thunder and hail and 
the fire ran along upon the ground ; 
and the Lord rained hail upon the 
land of Egypt. 

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291 



mingled with the hail, very gre- 
vious, such as there was none like 
it in all the land of Egypt since 
it became a nation. 

25 And the hail smote through- 
out all the land of Egypt, all that 
loas in the field, both man and 
beast : and the hail smote every 
herb of the field, and brake every 
tree of the field. 

26 Only in the land of Goshen, 
where the children of Israel were^ 
was there no hail, 

27 And Pharaoh sent, and call- 
ed for Moses and Aaron, and said 
unto them, I have sinned this time ; 
the Lord 25 righteous, and I and 
my people are wicked, 

28 Entreat the Lord (for it is 
enough) that there be no more 
mighty thunderings and hail : and 
I will let you go, and ye shall stay 
no longer. 

29 And Moses said unto him. 
As soon as I am gone out of the 
city, I will spread abroad my hands 
unto the Lord ; and the thunder 
ghall cease, neither shall there be 



any more hail ; that thou mayest 
know how that the earth is the 
Lord's. 

30 But as for thee and thy ser- 
vants, I know that ye will not yet 
fear the Lord God. 

3 1 And the flax and the barley 
was smitten ; for the barley was 
in the ear, and the flax teas boiled. 

32 But the wheat and the rye 
were not smitten ; for they were 
not grown up. 

33 And Moses went out of the 
city from Pharaoh, and spread 
abroad his hands unto the Lord : 
and the thunders and hail ceased, 
and the rain was not poured out 
upon the earth. 

34 And when Pharaoh saw 
that the rain, and the hail, and the 
thunders were ceased, he sinned 
yet more, and hardened his heart, 
he and his servants. 

35 And the heart of Pharaoh 
was hardened, neither would he 
let the children of Israel go ; as 
the Lord had spoken by Moses. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ACTS XX. 



AND after the uproar was 
ceased, Paul called unto him the 
disciples, and embraced them, and 
departed for to go into Macedonia. 

2 And when he had gone over 
those parts, and had given them 
much exhortation, he came into 
Greece, 

3 And i^Aere abode three months : 
and when the Jews laid wait for 
bimj as be was about to sail into 



Syria, he purposed to return 
through Macedonia. 

4 And there accompanied him 
into Asia, Sopater of Berea ; and 
of the Thessalonians, Aristarchus 
and Secundus ; and Gains of 
Derbe, and Timotheus ; and of 
Asia, Tychicus and Trophimus. 

5 These going before tarried 
for us at Troas. 

6 And we sailed away from 



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Philippi after the days of unleaven- 
ed bread, and came unto them to 
Troas in live days ; where we 
abode seven days. 

7 And upon the first day of the 
week, when the disciples came 
together to break bread, Paul 
preached unto them, ready to de- 
part on the morrow, and continued 
his speech until midnight. 

8 And tliere were many lights 
in the upper chamber, were they 
were gather-ed together. 

9 And there sat in a window a 
certain young man named Euty- 
chus, being fallen into a deep sleep : 
and as Paul was long preachingr, 
he sunk do^^-n with sleep, and fell 
down from the third loft, and was 
taken up dead. 

10 And Paul went down, and 
fell on him, and embracing hiin^ 
said, Trouble not yourselves : for 
his life is in him. 

11 When he therefore was 
come up again, and had broken 
bread, and eaten, and talked a 
long while, even till break of day, 
so he departed. 

12 And they brought the young 
man alive, and were nor a little 
comforted. 

13 And we went before to ship, 
and sailed unto Assos, there in- 
tending to take in Paul ; for so, had 
he appointed, minding himself to 
go afoot. 

14 And when he met with us at 
Assos, we took him in, and came 
to Mitylene. 

15 And we sailed thence, and 
came the next day over against 
Chios ; and the next day we ar- 
rived at Samos, and tarried at 
Trogyllium ; and the next day we 
came to ^Miletus. 

16 For Paul had determined to 



I T Y 

sail by Ephesus, because he wouM 
not spend the time in Asia ; for he 
hasted, if it were possible for him, 
to be at Jerusalem the day of 
Pentecost. 

17 And from Miletus he sent to 
Ephesus, and called the elders of 
the church. 

18 And when they were come 
to him, he said unto them, Ye 
know, from the first day that I 
came into Asia, after what manner 
I have been with you at all seasons, 

19 Serving the Lord with all 
humility of mind, and with many 
tears and temptations, which befell 
me by the lying in wait of the 
Jews : 

2Q And how I kept back nothing 
that was profitable wato you, but 
have shewed you, and have taught 
you publickly, and from house to 
house, 

21 Testifying box:, to the Jews, 
and also to the Greeks, repentance j 
toward God, and faith toward our ) 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

22 And now, behold, I go bound 
in the spirit unto Jerusalem, not 
knowing the thinors that shall befall 
me there : 

23 Save that the Holy Ghost 
witnesseth in every city, saying 
that bonds and afflictions abide 
me. 

24 But none of these things 
move me, neither count I my life 
dear unto myself, so that I might ^ 
finish my course with joy, and the 
ministry which I have received of ^ 
the Lord Jesus, to testify the gos- , 
pel of the grace of God. j 

25 And now, behold, I know 
that ye all, among whom I have 
gone preaching the kingdom of 
God, shall see my face no nriore. 

26 Wherefore 1 take you to r^* 



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29^ 



cord tMs day, that I am pure from 
the blood of all men, 

27 For I have not shunned to 
declare unto you all the counsel of 
God. 

28 Take heed therefore unto 
yourselves, and to all the flock 
over the which the Holy Ghost 
hath made you overseers, to feed 
the church of God, which he hath 
purchased with his own blood. 

29 For I know this, that after 
my departing shall grievous wolves 
enter in among you, not sparing 
the flock. 

30 Also of your own selves shall 
men arise, speaking perverse 
things, tOv draw, away disciples 
after them. 

31 Therefore watch,, and re- 
member, that, by the space of three 
years, I ceased not to warn every 
one night and day with tears. 

32 And now, brethren, I com- 
mend you to God, and to the word 
of his grace, which is abletobuild 



you up, and to give you an inhe- 
ritance among all them which are 
sanctified. 

33 1 have coveted no man's sil- 
ver, or gold, or apparel. 

34 Yea, ye yourselves know, 
that these hands have ministered 
unto my necessities, and to them 
that were with me. 

35 I have shewed you all things, 
how that so labouring ye ought to 
support the weak, and to remem- 
ber the words of the Lord Jesus, 
how he said^ It is more blessed to- 
give than to receive,, 

36 And when he had thus 
spoken, he kneeled down, and 
prayed with them all, 

3T And they all wept sore, and 
fell on Paul's neck, and kissed 
him ; 

38 Sorrowing most of all for the 
words which he spake, that they 
should see his face no more. And 
they accompanied him unto the 
ship.. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
EXODUS X. 



AND the Lord said unto Moses, I 
Go in unto Pharaoh ; for I have 
hardened his heart, and the heart 
of his servants, that I might shew 
these my signs before him : 

2 And that thou mayest tell in 
the ears of thy son, and of thy son's 
son, what things I have . wrought 
in Egypt, and my signs which I 
have done among them ; that ye 
may know how that I am the Lord. 

3 And Moses and Aaron came 
in unto Pharaohj and said unto him, 



Thus saith the Lord God of the 
Hebrews, How long wilt thou re- 
fuse to humble thyself'before me ? 
Let my people go, that they may 
serve me. 

4 Else, if thou refuse to let my 
people go, behold, to-morrow will 
I bring the locusts into thy coast : 

5 And they shall cover the face 
of the earth, that one cannot be 
able to see the earth : and they 
shall eat the residue of that which 
is escaped, which remaineth unta 

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you from the hail, and shall eat 
every tree ^vhich groweth for you 
out of the field. 

6 And they shall fill thy houses, 
and the houses of all thy servants, 
and the houses of all the Eg\'pt- 
ians ; which neither thy fathers, 
nor thy fathers' fathers have seen, 
since the day that they were upon 
the earth unto this day. And he 
turned liimself, and went out from 
Pharaoh. 

7 And Pharaoh's sen^ants said 
imto him. How long shall this man 
be a snare unto us ? let the men go, 
that they may serve the Lord 
their God : knowest thou not yet 
that Eg}^pt is destroyed ? 

8 And r\Ioses and Aaron were 
brought again unto Pharaoh : and 
he said unto them, Go, serve the 
Lord your God : hut who are 
they that shall go ? 

9 And ]yIoses said, We will go 
whh our young and with our old, 
-with our sons and with our daugh- 
ters, with our flocks and with our 
herds will we go : for v.^e must hold 
a feast unto the Lord. 

10 And he said unto them, Let 
the Lord be so with you, as I will 
let you go, and your little ones : 
look to it ; for evil is before you. 

11 Not so : go now ye that are 
men, and serve the Lord ; for that 
ye did desire. And they were 
driven out from Pharaoh's pre- 
sence. 

12 And the Lord said unto 
Moses, Stretch out thine hand over 
the land of Eg>'pt for the locusts, 
that they may come up upon the 
land of Eg>'pt, and eat every herb 
of the land, even all that the hail 
hath left. 

13 And ]\Ioses stretched forth 
his rod over the land of Eg>'pt, 



and the Lord brought an east wind 
upon the land all that day, and all 
that night ; and when it was morn- 
ing, the east wind brought the lo- 
custs. 

1 4 And the locusts went up over 
all the land of Eg}^pt, and rested 
in all the coasts of Eg}'pt : very 
grievous were they ; before them 
there were no such locusts as they, 
neither after them shall be such. 

15 For they covered the face 
of the whole' earth, so that the 
land was darkened ; and they did 
eat every herb of the land, and all 
the fruit of the trees which the hail 
had left : and there remained not 
any green thing in the trees, or in 
the herbs of the field, through all 
the land of Egypt. 

16 Then Pharaoh called for 
Moses and Aaron in haste ; and 
he said, I have sinned against the 
Lord your God, and against you. 

17 Now therefore forgive, I 
pray thee, my sin only this once, 
and entreat the Lord your God, 
that he may take away from me 
this death only. 

18 And he went out from Pha- 
raoh, and entreated the Lord. 

19 And the Lord turned a 
mighty strong west wind, which 
took away the locusts, and cast 
them into the Red Sea ; ^ there re- 
mained not one locust in all the 
coasts of Egypt. 

20 But the Lord hardened 
Pharaoh's heart, so that he would 
not let the children of Israel go. 

21 And the Lord said unto 
Moses,. Stretch out thine hand to- 
ward heaven, that there may be 
darkness oyer the land of Egypt, 
even darkness which may be felt. 

22 And Moses stretched forth 
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was a thick darkness in all the 
land of Egypt three days. 

23 They saw not one another, 
neither rose any from his place for 
three days : but all the children of 
Israel had light in their dwellings. 

24 And Pharaoh called unto 
Moses, and said, Go ye, serve the 
Lord ; only let your flocks and 
your herds be stayed : let your 
little ones also go with you. 

25 And Moses said, Thou must 
give us also sacrifices and burnt- 
offerings, that we may sacrifice 
unto the Lord our God. 

26 Our cattle also shall go with 
us ; there shall not an hoof be left 



behind : for thereof must we take 
to serve the Lord our God ; and 
we know not with what we must 
serve the Lord, until we come 
thither. 

17 But the Lord hardened Pha- 
raoh's heart, and he would not let 
them go. 

28 And Pharaoh said unto him, 
Get thee from me, take heed to 
thyself, see my face no more : for 
in that day thou seest my face thou 
shalt die. 

29 And Moses said, Thou hast 
spoken well, I will see thy fa^^^ 
again no more. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING, 



HEBREWS XII. 



WHEREFORE, seeing we also 
are compassed about with so great 
a cloud of witnesses, let us lay 
aside every weight, and the sin 
which doth so easily beset us, and 
let us run with patience the race 
that is set before us, 
I 2 Lookingunto Jesus, the author 
and finisher of our faith ; who, for 
i the joy that was set before him, 
endured the cross, despising the 
shame, and is set down at the right 
' hand of the throne of God. 

3 For consider him that endured 
such contradiction of sinners 
against himself, lest ye be wearied 
I and faint in your minds, 
i 4 Ye have not yet resisted unto 
I blood, striving against sin. 
I 5 And ye have forgotten the ex- 
I hortation which speaketh unto 
j you as unto children, My son, | 



despise not thou the chastening of 
the Lord, nor faint when thou art 
rebuked of him : 

5 For whom the Lord loveth he 
chasteneth, and scourgeth every 
son whom he receiveth. 

7 If ye endure chastening, God 
dealeth with you as with sons ; for 
what son is he whom the father 
chasteneth not ? 

8 But if ye be without chastise 
ment, whereof all are partakers, 
then are ye bastards, and not sons. 

9 Furthermore, we have had 
fathers of our flesh which cor- 
rected uSj and we gave them re- 
verence : shall we not much rather 
be in subjection unto the Father of 
spirits, and live ? 

10 For they verily for a few 
days chastened us after their owii 
pleasure ; but he. for our profitj. 



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that we might be partakers of his 
holiness. 

11 Now, no chastening for the 
present seemeth to be joyous, but 
grievous : nevertheless afterward 
it yieldeth the peaceable fruit of 
righteousness unto them which are 
exercised thereby. 

12 Wherefore"^ lift up the hands 
which hang down, and the feeble 
knees ; 

13 And make straight paths for 
your feet, lest that which is lame 
be turned out of the w^ay ; but let 
it rather be healed. 

14 Follow peace with all men, 
and holiness, without which no 
man shall see the Lord : 

15 Looking diligently, lest any 
man fail of the grace of God ; lest 
any root of bitterness springing up 
trouble you, and thereby many be 
defiled : 

16 Lest there he any fornicator, 
or profane person, as Esau, who 
for one morsel of meat sold his 
birthright. 

17 For ye know how that after- 
ward, when he would have inheri- 
ted the blessing, he was rejected: 
for he found no place of repent- 
ance, though he sought it carefully 
with tears. 

18 For ye are not come unto 
the mount that might be touched, 
and that burned Avith hre, nor unto 
blackness, and darkness, and tem- 
pest, 

19 And the sound of a trumpet, 
and the voice of words ; which 
voice they that heard entreated that 
the word should not be spoken to 
them any more ; 

20 (For they could not endure 



that which was conmianded, And 
if so much as a beast touch the 
mountain, it shall be stoned, or 
thrust through with a dart : 

21 And so terrible was the sight, 
that Moses said, I exceedingly 
fear and quake :) 

22 But ye are come unto mount 
Sion, and unto the city of the living 
God, the heavenly Jerusalem, and 
to an innumerable company of 
angels, 

23 To the general assembly and 
church of the first-born, which are 
written in heaven, and to God the 
Judge of all, and to the spirits of 
just men made perfect,. 

24 And to Jesus the mediator of 
the new covenant, and to the blood 
of sprinkling, that speaketh better 
things than .that of Abel. 

25 See that ye refuse not him 
that speaketh : for if they escaped 
not who refused him that spake on 
earth, much more shall not we 
escape, if we turn away from him 
that speaketh from heaven ; 

26 Whose voice th^n shook the 
earth : but now he hath promised, - 
saying. Yet onc€ more I shake 
not the earth only, but also heaven. 

27 And tliis word, Yet once 
more, signifieth the removing of 
those thmgs that are shaken, as of 
things that are made, that those 
things which cannot be shaken 
may remain. 

28 Wherefore, we receiving a 
kingdom which cannot be moved, 
let "us have grace, whereby we 
may serve God acceptably with 
reverence and godly fear: 

29 For our God is a consmning 
fire. 



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1 THE EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

i 

I _ 

FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
EXODUS XIV. 



j AND the Lord spake unto 
J Moses, saying, 

ij 2 Speak unto the children of 
Israel, that they turn and encamp 

I before Pi-hahiroth,betweenMigdol 
and the sea, over against Baal- 
zephon ; before it shall encamp by 
the sea, 

3 For Pharaoh will say of the 
children of Israel, They are en- 

I tangled in the land, the wilderness 
hath that shut them in. 

4 And I will harden Pharaoh's 
heart, that he shall follow after 
them ; and I will be honoured up- 
on Pharaoh, and upon all his host; 
that the Egyptains may know that 
I am the Lord. And they did 
so. 

5 And it was told the king of 
Egypt that the people fled, and the 
heart of Pharaoh and of his ser- 
vants was turned against the peo- 
ple, and they said. Why have we 
done this that we have let Israel 
go from serving us ? 

6 And he made ready his 
chariot, and took his people with 
him : 

7 And he took six hundred 
I chosen chariots, and all the chariots 
; of Egypt, and captains over every 
I one of them. 

j 8 And the Lord hardened the 
I heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt, 
I and he pursued after the children 

1 



of Israel : and the children of 
Israel went out with an high hand, 

9 But the Egyptians pursued 
after them, all the horses and 
chariots of Pharaoh, and his horse- 
men, and his army, and overtook 
them encamping by the sea, beside 
Pi-hahiroth, before BaaUzephon. 

10 And when Pharaoh drew 
nigh, the children of Israel lifted 
up their eyes, and, behold, the 
Egyptians marched after them: 
and they were sore afraid ; and 
the children of Israel cried out 
unto the Lord, 

1 1 And they said unto Moses, 
Because there were no graves iu 
Egypt, hast thou taken us away to 
die in the wilderness ? wherefore 
hast thou dealt thus with us, to 
carry us forth out of Egypt ? 

1 2 /s not this the word that we 
did tell thee in Egypt, saying. Let 
us alone, that we may serve the 
Egyptians ? For it had been better 
for us to serve the Egyptians, than 
that we should die in the wilder- 
ness. 

13 And Moses said unto the 
people, Fear ye not ; stand still, 
and see the salvation of the Lord, 
which he will shew to you to day ; 
for the Egyptians whom ye have 
seen to day, ye shall see them 
again no more for ever. 

H The Lord sliall figh,t fo? 



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vou, and ve shall hold your peace, of the sea, eveyi all Pharaoh'-s. 

15 And the Lord said unto : horses, his chariots and his horse- 
Aloses, Wherefore criest thouimto , men. 

me ' speak unto the children of 24 And it came to pass, that m 
Israel, that thev go foward ; the monimg watch the Lord look- 

16 But lift thou up thy rod, and ed unto the host of the Lg^'ptians 
stretch out thine hand over the through the pillar ot tire and ot the 
sea, and divide it : and the chil- cloud, and troubled the host of the 
dren of Israel shall 20 on dry Egyptians. „, , . , . 
^^roi./w'throushthe midst of the sea, 25 And took ofi their chariot 

17 \nd I. behold, I will harden wheels, that they drave them 
the hearts of the Egyptians, and heavily : so that the Eg>-ptians 
they shall follow them; and L said. Let us flee from the face of 
will get me honour upon Pha- Israel : for the Lord fighteth for 
raoh, and upon all his host, upon them against the Egyptians. 

his chariots, and upon his horse-; 26 And the Lord said unto 
jjjgjj Moses, Stretch out thine hand over 

18 \nd the Egyptians shall the sea, that the waters may come 
know that I ftM the "Lord, when: again upo'n the Egyptians, upon 
1 have gotten me honour upon ! their chariots, and upon their horse- 
Pharaoh, upon his chariots, and j men. 

upon his horsemen. I 27 And Moses stretched forth 

19 \nd the angel of God, which his hand over the sea, and ttie sea 
went before the camp of Israel, re- , returned to his strength vvhe_n the 
moved and went behind them; and morning appeared ; and the Ji,g>P' 
the pillar of the cloud wem from tians fled against it ; and the Lord 
before their face, and stood behind , overthrew the Egyptians m the 
lY^Qxa ■ ! midst of the sea. 

20\nd it came between the J 28 And the waters returned 
camp of the Effvptians and the : and covered the chariots and 
camp of Israel ;'^and it was a cloud ^ the horsemen, and ail^ the host ot 
and darkness to rhenu but it gave ; Pharaoh that came into the sea 
light by ni^ht to these ; so that the ! after them ; there remained not so 
one came not near the other all ; much as one of them, 
tl^g j,i„ht ' 29 But the children of Israel 

2l\nd Aloses stretched out ! walked upon dry tei in the midst 
his hand over the sea: and the : of the sea ; and the waters i.ere a 
Lord caused the sea to go A- j wall unto themon their right hand, 
bv a strono- east wind all that night ; and on their left 
and made Ihe sea dry land, and; 30 Thus the Lord saved Israel 
the waters were divided. that day out of the hand of the 

22 And the children of Israel | Egyptians : and Israel sa« ttie 
went into the midst of the sea upon i Egyptians dead tipon sea-shore 
the Ary ground; and the waters! 31 And Israel saw that great 
,.e.ea wall unto them on their i work which the Lo^^ did upon 
right hand, and on their left. I the Egyptians ; and the people 

23 And the Egyptians pursued ; feared the Lord, and believed the 
and went in after them to the midst I Lord, and his servant .Moses. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ACTS 

AND after five days Ananias the 
high priest descended with the 
elders, and ivith a certain orator 
named Tertullus, who informed the 
governor against Paul. 

2 And when he was called forth, 
Tertullus began to accuse him, 
saying. Seeing that by thee we 
enjoy great quietness, and that very 
Worthy deeds are done unto this 
nation by thy providence, 

3 We accept it always, and in 
all places, most noble Felix, with 
all thankfulness. 

4 Notwithstanding, that I be not 
further tedious unto thee^ I pray 
thee that thou wouldest hear us of 
thy clemency a few words. 

5 For we have found this man 
a pestilent felloio, and a mover of 
sedition among all the Jewsthrough- 
out the world, and a ringleader of 
the sect of the Nazarenes : 

6 Who also hath gone about to 
profane the temple ; whom we took, 
and would have judged according 
to our law : 

7 But the chief captain Lysias 
came upon us, and with great vio- 
lence took him away out of our 
hands. 

8 Commanding his accusers to 
€ome unto thee : by examining of 
whom thyself mayest take know- 
ledofe of all these things whereof 
we accuse him. 

9 And the Jews also assented, 
saying that these things were so. 

10 Then Paul, after that the 
governor had beckoned unto him 
to speak, answered. Forasmuch as 



XXIV, 

I know that thou hast been of many 
years a judge unto this nation, I 
do the more cheerfully answer for 
myself : 

11 Because that thou mayest 
understand, that there are yet but 
twelve days since 1 went up to Je- 
rusalem for to worship. 

12 And they neither found me 
in the temple disputing with any 
man, neither raising up the people, 
neither in the Synagogues, nor in 
the city : 

13 Neither can they prove the 
things whereof they now accuse 
me. 

14 But this I confess unto thee, 
that after the way which they call 
heresy, so worship I the God of 
my fathers, believing all things 
which are written in the law and 
in the prophets : 

15 And have hope toward God, 
which they themselves also allow, 
that there shall be a resurrection 
of the dead, both of the just and 
unjust. 

16 And herein do I exercise 
myself, to have always a con- 
science void of offence toward 
God, and toicard men. 

17 Now, after many years, I 
came to bring alms to my nation, 
and offerings. 

18 Whereupon certain Jews 
from Asia found me purified in the 
temple, neither with multitude, nor 
with tumult : 

1 9 Who ought to have been here 
before thee, and object, if they had 
aught against me. 



SOD "^^^ ^ 

20 Or else let these same here 
say, if they have found any evil 
doing in me, while I stood before 
the council, 

21 Exceptitbeforthis one voice-, 
that I cried standing among them. 
Touching the resurrection of the 
dead I am called in question by 
you this day. 

22 And when Felix heard these 
things, having more perfect know- 
lenge of that way, he deferred them, 
and said. When Lysias the chief 
captain shall come down, I will 
know the uttermost of your matter. 

23 And he commanded a cen- 
turion to keep Paul, and to let hir/i 
have liberty, and that he should 
forbid none of his acquaintance to 
minister or come imto him. 



I T Y 

24 And after certain days, wheri 
Felix came Avith his wife Drusilla, 
who was a Jewess, he sent for 
Paul, and heard him concerning 
the faith in Christ. 

25 And as he reasoned of righte- 
ousness, temperance, and judgment 
to come, Felix trembled, and an- 
swered, Go thy way for this time ; 
when I have a convenient season 
I will call for thee. 

26 He hoped also that money 
shouldhavebeengivenhim of Paul, 
that he might loose him : where^ 
fore he sent for him the oftener, and 
communed with him. 

27 But after two years Porcius 
Festus came into Felix' room : and 
Felix, willing to shew the Jews a 

'pleasure, left Paul bound. 



riRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



EXODUS XV. 



THEN sang Moses and the 
children of Israel this song unto 
the Lord and spake, saying I will 
sing unto the Lord, for he hath 
triumphed gloriously : the horse 
and his rider hath he thrown into 
the sea. 

2 The Lord is my strength and 
song, and he is become my salva- 
tion : he is my God, and I will pre- 
pare him an habitation ; my father's 
God, and I will exaU him. 

3 The Lord is a man of war : 
The Lord is his name. 

4 Pharaoh's chariots and his 
host hath he cast into the sea : his 
chosen captains also are drowned 
in the Red sea. 

5 The depths have covered them : 
they sank into the bottom as a stone. 



6 Thy right hand, O Lord, is 
become 'glorious in power: thy 
hand, O Lord, hath dashed in 
pieces the enemy. 

7 And in the greatness of thine 
excellency thou hast overthrown 
them that rose up against thee : 
thou sentest forth thy wrath, 
consumed them, as stubble. 

8 And with the blast of thy nos- 
trils the waters were gathered to- 
gether, the floods stood upright as 
an heap, and the depths were con- 
gealed in the heart of the sea. 

9 The enemy said, I will pur- 
sue, I will overtake, I will divide 
the spoil ; my lust shall be satisfied 
upon them ; *I will draw my sword, 
my hand shall destroy them. 

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wind, the sea covered them ; they 
sank as lead in the mighty waters. 

11 Who is like unto thee, O 
Lord, among the gods ? who is 
like thee, glorious in holiness, fear- 
ful in praises, doing wonders ? 

12 Thou stretchedst out thy 
riffht hand, the earth swailov/ed 
them. 

13 Thou in thy mercy hast led 
forth the ^eo^le which thou hast 
redeemed : thou hast guided them 
inthystrengthuntothy holy habita- 
tion. 

14 The people shall hear, and 
be afraid : sorrow shall take hold 
on the inhabitants of Palestina. 

15 Then the dukes of Edom 
shall be amazed ; the mighty men 
6f Moab, trembling shall take hold 
upon them : all the inhabitants of 
Canaan shall melt away. 

16 Fear and dread shall fall 
upon them : by the greatness of 
thine arm they shall be as still as 
a stone ; till thy people pass over, 
t) Lord, till the people pass over, 
9^jhich thou hast purchased. 

17 Thou shalt bring theni in, 
and plant them in the mountain of 
thine inheritance, in the place, O 
Lord, which thou hast made for 
thee to dwell in ; in the sanctuary, 
O Lord, which thy hands have 
established. 

18 The Lord shall reign for 
ever and ever. 

19 For the horse of Pharaoh 
went in with his chariots and with 
his horsemen into the sea, and the 
Lord brought again the waters of 
the sea upon them ; but the chil- 
dren of Israel went on dry land in 
the midst of the sea. 

20 And Miriam the prophetess, 



the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel 
in her hand ; and all the women 
went out after her with timbrels 
and with dances, 

21 And Miriam answered them. 
Sing ye to the Lord, for he hath 
triumphed gloriously; the horse 
and his rider hath he thrown into 
the sea. 

22 So Moses brought Israel 
from the Red sea ; and they went 
out into the wilderness of Shur : 
and they went three days in the 
wilderness, and found no water. 

23 And when they came to 
Marahj they could not drink of the 
waters of Marah, for they^ were 
bitter : therefore the name of it was 
called Marah. 

24 And the people murmured 
against MoseSj saying, What shall 
we drink ? 

25 And he cried unto the Lord ; 
and the Lord shewed him a tree, 
which when he had cast into the 
waters, the waters were made 
sweet ; there he made for them a 
statute and an ordinance, and there 
he proved them. 

26 And said, If thou wilt dili- 
gently hearken to the voice of the 
Lord thy God, and wilt do that 
which is right in his sight, and 
wilt give ear to his commandments, 
and keep all his statutes, I will put 
none of these diseases upon thee, 
which I have brought upon the 
Egyptians : for I a7n the Lord that 
healeth thee. 

27 And they came to Elim, 
where were twelve wells of water, 
and threescore and ten palm trees : 
and they encamped there by the 
waters. 

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SECOND LESSOX FOR EVENING. 



HEBREWS XIIL 



LET brotherly love continue. 

2 Be not forgetful to entertain 
strangers : for thereby some have 
entertained angels unaAvares. 

3 Remember them that are in 
bonds, as bound with them ; a /id 
them which suffer adversity, as 
being yourselves also in the body. 

4 ^Marriage is honom'able in all, 
and the bed undefiled : but vrhore- 
mongers and adulterers God will 
judge. 

5 Let your conversation he 
without covetousness ; and he con- 
tent with such things as ye have : 
for he hath said, I will never 
leave thee, nor forsake thee. 

6 So that we may boldly say, 
The Lord 25 my helper, and I will 
not fear what man shall do unto 
nie. 

7 Remember them which hare 
the rule over you, who have spoken 
unto you the word of God ; vrhose 
•faith follow, considering the end 
of their conversation ; 

8 Jesus Christ the same yes- 
terday, and to-day, and for ever. 

9 Be not carried about with 
divers and strange doctrines ; for 
it is a good thing that the heart be 
established with grace : not with 
meats, which have not profited 
them that have been occupied 
therein. 

10 We have an altar, whereof 
they have no right to eat which 
serve the tabernacle. 

11 For the bodies of those 
beasts, whose blood is brought 
into the sanctuary by the high 



priest for sin, are burned without 

the camp, 

12 Wherefore Jesus also, that 
he might sanctify the people with 
his own blood, suffered vvithout the 
gate. 

13 Let us go forth therefore 
imto him without the camp, bear- 
ing his reproach= 

14 For here have we no con- 
tinuing city, but we seek one to 
come. 

15 By him therefore let us ofier 
the sacrifice of praise to God con- 
tinually, that is the fruit of our 
lips, giving thanks to his name. 

16 But to do good, and com- 
municate forget not ; for with such 
sacrifices God is well pleased. 

17 Obey them that have the 
rule over you, and submit your- 

: selves : for they watch for yoiu* 
I souls, as they that must give ac- 
i count ; that they may do it with 
I joy, and not with grief : for that is 
I unprofitable for you. 
I 1 8 Pray for U6 : for we trust 
I we have a good conscience, in all 
i things willing to live honestly, 
j 19 But I beseech the rather 
: to do this, that I may be restored 
to you the sooner, 

20 Now the God of peace, that 
brought again from the dead our 
Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd 
of the sheep, through the blood of 
the everlasting covenant, 

21 Make you perfect in every 
good work to do his will, working 
in you that which is well-pleasing 
in his sight, through Jesus Christ; 



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to whom he glory for ever and 
ever. Amen. 

22 And I beseech you, brethren, 
suffer the word of exhortation ; for 
I have written a letter unto you in 
few words. 

23 Know ye that our brother 
Timothy is set at liberty; with 



whom, if he come shortly, I will 
see you. 

24 Salute all them that have 
the rule over you, and all the saints. 
They of Italy salute you. 

25 Grace be with you all. 
Amen. 

Written to the Hebrews from 
Italy by Timothy. 



THE NINTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
NUMBERS XVI. 



NOW Korah, the son of Izhar, 
the son of Kohath, the son of 
Levi ; and Dathan and Abiram, 
the sons of Eliab ; and On the son 
of Peleth, sons of Reuben, took 
men; 

2 And they rose up before Mo- 
ses, with certain of the children of 
Israel, two hundred and fifty princes 
of the assembly, famous in the con- 
gregation, men of renown : 

3 And they gathered themselves 
together against Moses, and against 
Aaron, and said unto them, Ye 
take too much upon you, seeing all 
the congregation are holy, every 
one of them, and the Lord is among 
them : wherefore then lift ye up 
yourselves above the congregation 
of the Lord ? 

4 And when Moses heard i/, he 
fell upon his face : 

5 And he spake unto Korah, and 



unto all his company, saying, Even 
to-morrow the Lord will shew 
who are his, and who is holy ; and 
will cause him to come near unto 
him: even him whom he hath 
chosen will he cause to come near 
unto him. 

6 This do : Take you censers, 
Korah, and all his company ; 

7 And put fire therein, and put 
incense in them before the Lord 
to-morrow : and it shall be, that 
the man whom the Lord doth 
choose, he shall he holy : ye take 
too much upon you, ye sons of 
Levi. 

8 And Moses said unto Korah, 
Hear, I pray you, ye sons of Levi; 

9 Seemeth it hut a small thing 
unto you, that the God of Israel 
hath separated you from the con- 
gregation of Israel, to bring you 
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of the tabernacle of the Lord, and 
to stand before the congregation to 
minister unto them ? 

10 And he hath brought thee 
near to him, and all thy brethren 
the sons of Levi with thee : and 
seek ye the priesthood also ? 

11 For which cause, both thou 
and all thy company o.re gathered 
together against the Lord : and 
what is Aaron, that ye murmur 
against him ? 

12 And ?>Ioses sent to call 
Dathan and Abiram the sons of 
Eliab ; which said, We will not 
come up : 

13 Is it small thing that thou 
hast brought us up out of a land 
that floweth with milk and honey, 
to kill us in the wilderness, except 
thou make thyself ahogether a 
prince over us ? 

14 Moreover, thou hast not 
brought us into a landthatfloweth 
with milk and honey, or given us 
inheritance of fields and vineyards : 
wilt thou put out the eyes of these 
men 1 we will not come up. 

15 And Moses was very wroth, 
and said unto the Lord, Respect 
not thou their offering : I have not 
taken one ass from them, neither 
Lave I hurt one of them. 

16 And Moses said unto Korah; 
Be thou and all thy company be- 
fore the Lord, thou, and they, and 
Aaron, to-morrow : 

17 And take every man his 
censer, and put incense in them, 
and bring ye before the Lord 
every man his censer, two hun- 
dred and fifty censers ; thou also, 
and Aaron, each of you his censer. 

18 And they took every man 
his censer, and put fire in them, 
and laid incense thereon, and stood 
in the door of the tabernacle of 



the congregation with Moses and 
Aaron. 

1 9 And Korah gathered all the 
congregation against them unto 
the door of the tabernacle of the 
congregation : and the glory of the 
Lord appeared unto all the con- 
gregation. 

20 And the Lord spake unto 
Moses and unto Aaron, saying, 

21 Separate yourselves from 
among this congregation, that I 
may consume them in a moment. 
I 22 Andtheyfellupontheir faces, 

and said, God, the God of the 
spirits of all flesh, shall one man 
I sin, and wilt thou be wTOth with 
I all the congregation ? 
j 23 And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

24 Speak unto the congregation, 
saying, Get you up from about the 
tabernacle of Korah, Dathan, and 
Abiram. 

25 And Mosesroseup, and went 
unto Dathan and Abiram ; and the 
elders of Israel followed him. 

26 x\nd he spake unto the con- 
gregation, saying, Depart, I pray 
you, from the'tents of these wicked 
men, and touch nothing of theirs, 
lest ye be consumed in all their 
sins. 

27 So they gat up from the 
tabernacle of Korah, Dathan and 
Abiram, on every side ; and Da- 
than and Abiram came out, and 
stood in the door of their tents, and 
their wives, and their sons, and 
their little children, 
j 28 And Moses said. Hereby ye 
'shall know that the Lord hath 
i sent me to do all these works ; for 
' / have not do7ie them of mine own 
I mind ; 

j 29 If these men die the com- 
i mon death of all men, or if they be 



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II visited after the visitation of all 
I men, then the Lord hath not sent 
i! me. 

30 But if the Lord make a new- 
thing, andthe earth open her mouth, 
and swallow them up, with all that 
appertain unto them, and they go 
down quick into the pit, then ye 
shall understand that these men 
have provoked the Lord* 

31 And it came to pass, as he 
had made an end of speaking all 
these words, that the ground clave 
asunder that was under them : 

32 And the earth opened her 
I mouth, and swallowed them up, 

and their houses, and all the men 
that appertained unto Korah, and 
all their goods. 

33 They, and all that appertain- 
ed to them, went down alive into 

! the pit, and the earth closed upon 
I them : and they perished from 
j among the congregation, 

34 And all Israel that ivere 
round about them fled at the cry of 
them : for they said, Lest the earth 
swallow us up also,. 

35 And there came out a fire 
from the Lord, and consumed the 
two' hundred and fifty men that 
offered incense. 

' 36 And the Lord spake unto 
I Moses, saying, 

, 37 Speak unto Eleazar the son 
\ of Aaron the priest, that he take 
' up the censers out of the burning, 

and scatter thou the fire yonder : 

for they are hallowed. 

38 The censers of these sinners 
against their own souls, let them 
make them broad plates for a cover- 
ing of the altar ; for they offered 
them before the Lord, therefore 
they are hallowed : and they shall 
be a sign unto the children of Israel. 

39 And Eleazar the priest took 



the brasen censers, wherewith they 
that were burnt had offered ; and 
they were made broad plates for a 
covering of the altar ; 

40 To he a memorial unto the 
children of Israel, that no stranger, 
which is not of the seed of Aaron, 
come near to offer incense before 
the Lord, that he be not as Korah, 
and as his company ; as the Lord 
said to him by the hand of Moses. 

41 But on the morrow^ all the 
congregation of the children of Is- 
rael mxurmured against Moses, and 
against Aaron, saying. Ye have 
killed the people of the Lord. 

42 And it cam.e to pass, w^hen 
the congregation was gathered 
against Moses, and against Aaron, 
that they looked toward the taber- 
nacle of the congregation : and be- 
hold, the cloud covered it, and the 
glory of the Lord appeared. 

43 And Moses and Aaron came 
before the tabernacle of the congre- 
gation. 

44 And the Lord spake unto 
Moses, saying, 

45 Get you up from among this 
congregation, that I may consume 
them as in a moment. And they 
fell upon their faces. 

46 And Moses said unto Aaron, 
Take a censer, and put fire therein 
from off the aUar, and put on in- 
cense, and go quickly unto the con- 
gregation, and make an atonement 
for them : for there is wTath gone 
out from the Lord ; the plague is 
begun. 

47 And Aaron took as Moses 
commanded, and ran into the midst 
of the congregation ; and behold, 
the plague was begun among the 
people : and he put on incense, and 
made an atonement for the people. 

48 And he stood between the 

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dead and the imng ; and the plague died about the matter of Korali, 
was stayed. 50 And Aaron returned unto 

49 Now they that died in the Moses, unto the door of the taber- 
plague were fourteen thousand and ; nacle of the congregation : and the 
seven hundred, beside them that | plague was stayed. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ACTS XXYL 



THEN Agrippa said unto Paul, 
Thou art permitted to speak for 
thyself. Then Paul stretched 
forth the hand, and answered for 
himself : 

2 I think myself happy, king 
Agrippa, because I s-hall answer 
for myself this day before thee, 
touching all the things whereof I 
am accused of the Jews 

3 Especially because I knoic 
thee to be expert, in all customs 
and questions Avhich are among the 
Jews : wherefore I beseech thee 
to hear me patiently, 

4 My manner of life from my 
youth, which was at the first 
among mine own nation at Jeru- 
salem, know all the Jews : 

5 Which knew me from the be- 
ginning, (if they would testify.) 
that after the most straitest sect of 
our religion, I lived a Pharisee. 

6 And now I stand and am 
judged for the hope of the proiidse 
made of God unto our fathers : 

7 Unto which promise our twelve 
tribes, instantly serving God day 
and night, hope to come : for 
which hope's sake. King Agrippa, 
I am accused of the Jews. 

8 Why should it be thought a 
thing incredible with you, that 
God should rai--" the dead ? 



9 I verily thought with myself, 
that I ought to do many things 
contrary t^ the name of Jesus of 
Nazareth. 

10 Wbich tiling I also did in 
Jerusalem : and many of the- saints 
did I shut up in prison, having re- 
ceived authority from the chief 
priests ; and when they were put 
to death, I gave my voice against 
them, 

1 1 And I punished them oft in 
every synagogue, and compelled 
them to blaspheme : and, being 

! exceedingly mad against them, I 
persecuted them even unto strange 
cities. 

12 Whereupon as I Avent 'to 
Damascus with authority and com- 

! mission from the chief priests, 
I 13 At mid-day, king, I saw 
I in the way a light from heaven, 
I above the brightness of the sun, 
I shining round about me, and them 
j which journeyed with me. 
I 1 4 And when we were all fallen 
1 to the earth, I heard a voice speak- 
iing unto me, and saying, in the 
Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul, why 
persecutest thou me ? It is hard 
for the^ to kick against the pricks. 

15 And I said. Who art thou^ 
Lord ? And he said, I am Jesus^ 
i ^^'hom thou persecutest. 



16 But rise, and stand upon thy 
feet ; for I have appeared unto 
thee for this purpose, to make thee 
a minister and a witness both of 
these things which thou hast seen, 
and of those things in the which I 
will appear unto thee ; 

17 Delivering thee from the 
people, and from the Gentiles, 
unto whom now I send thee, 

18 To open their eyes, and to 
turn them from darkness to light, 
and/rom the power of Satan unto 
God, that they may receive for- 
giveness of sins, and inheritance 
among them which are sanctified 
by faith that is in me. 

19 Whereupon, king Agrippa, 
I was not disobedient unto the 
heavenly vision : 

20 But shewed first unto them 
of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, 
and throughout all the coasts of 
Judea, and then to the Gentiles, 
that they should repent and turn 
to God, and do works meet for re- 
pentance, 

21 For these causes the Jewsj 
caught me in the temple, and went 
about to kill me. \ 

22 Having therefore obtained 
help of God, I continue unto this 
day, witnessing both to small and 
great, saying none other things 
than those which the prophets and 
Moses did say should come ; 

23 That Christ should suffer, 
and that he should be the first that 
should rise from the dead, and 



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should shew light unto the people, 
and to the Gentiles. 

24 And as he thus spake for 
himself, Festus said with a loud 
voice, Paul, thou art beside thy- 
self; much learning doth make 
thee mad. 

25 But he said, I am not mad, 
most noble Festus ; but speak forth 
the words of truth and soberness. 

26 For the king knoweth of 
these things, before whom also I 
speak freely ; for I am persuaded 
that none of these things are hid- 
den from him ; for this thing was. 
i^ot done in a corner. 

27 King Agrippa, believest thou 
the prophets ? I know that thou 
believest. 

28 Then Agrippa said unto 
Paul, Almost thou persuadest me 
to be a Christian. 

29 And Paul said, I would to 
God, that not only thou, but also 
all that hear me this day, were 
both almost, and altogether such 
as I am, except these bonds. 

30 And when he had thus 
i spoken, the king rose up, and the 
governor, and Bernice, and they 
that sat with them. 

21 And when they were gone 
aside, they talked between them- 
selves, saying. This man doeth 
nothing worthy of death, or of 
bonds. 

32 Then said Agrippa unto 
Festus, This man might have been 
set at liberty, if he had not appealed, 
unto Cesar. 



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FIRST LESSOX FOR EVEXIXG. 



:n UMBERS XXII. 



AXD the cliildreii of Israel set 
forward and pitclied in the plains 
of :Moab, on this side Jordan 
Jericho. 

2 And Bakk the son of Zippor 
saw ah that Israel had done to the 
Aniorites. 

3 And J>Ioab was sore afraid of rhe 
people because they many; 
and Aloab was distressed because 
of the children of Israel. 

4 And Aloab saidiintothe elders 
of Alidian. Xow" shah this company 
lick np ah rn^A a-, round about ns. 
as the ox hcketh up the grass of 
the held. And Balak the son of 
Zippor v:as king of the :\Ioabites 
at that time. 

5 He sent messengers therefore 
unto Balaam the son of Beer, to 
Pethor. which u by the river ot 
the land of the chhclren of his peo- 
ple, to call him. saying, Behold, 
there is a people come out from 
Eo-vpt : behold, they corerthe face 
of^the earth, and they abide over 
against me. 

6 Come now therefore, I pray 
thee, curse me this people ; for 
thev ^//vj too miodity for me; per- 
adventiire I shah prevail, ihat w-e 
mav smite them, and ihoA I may 
drive them out of the land ; for I 
wot that he whom thou blessest u 
blessed, and he wdrornthou cursest 
is cursed. 

7 And the elders of }^Ioab and 
the elders of :Midian departed whth 
the rew-ards of divination in then- 
hand : and they came unto Balaam, 
and spake unto him the w^ords of 
Balak. 



8 And he said unto them, Lodge 
here this night and I wih bring 
vou word ao-ain. as the Lord shall 
speak untoXie. And the princes 
of Moab abode with Balaam. 

9 And God came unto Balaam, 
and said, What men a these with 
thee ; 

1 And Balaam said unto ^ God, 
Balak the son of Zippor, king of 
Zvloab. hath sent unto me saying, 

iT Behold iJure is a people 
come out of Egypt, wdiich cover- 
eth the face oi' the earth; come 
now. curse me them ; peradventure 
I shall be able to overcome them, 
and drive them out. 



12 And God said unto Balaam 
Thou shah not go with them ; thou 
-halt no: curse the people : for 
thev ayt blessed. 

13 And Balaam rose up in the 
morning, and said unto the princes 
of Balak. Get you into your land ; 
for the Lord refuseth to give me 
leave to £"0 with you. 

14 And the princes of -Moab rose 
up. and thev went unto Balak, and 
said, Balaam refusethto come with 
us. 

15 A^rd Balak sent yet again 
princes, more, and more honour- 
able than thev. 

16 And thev came to Balaam, 
and said to liitn, Thus saith Balak 
the son of Zippor, Let nothing I 
prav thee, hinder thee from coming 
unto me : 

17 For I whll promote thee unto 
very great honour, and I will do 
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come therefore, I pray thee, curse 
me this people. 

18 And Balaam answered and 
said unto the servants of Balak, 
If Balak would give me his house 
full of silver and gold, I cannot go 
beyond the word of the Lord my 
God, to do less or more. 

19 Now therefore, I pray you 
tarry ye also here this night, that 
I may know what the Lord will 
say unto me more. 

20 And God came unto Balaam 
at night, and said unto him. If the 
men come to call thee, rise up, 
and go with them ; but yet the 
word which I shall say unto thee, 
that shalt thou do. 

21 And Balaam rose up in the 
morning, and saddled his ass, and 
went with the princes of Moab. 

22 And God's anger was 
kindled because he went : and the 
angel of the Lord stood in the 
way for an adversary against him. 
Now he was riding upon his ass, 
and his two servants were with 
him. 

23 And the ass saw the angel 
of the Lord standing in the way, 
and his sword drawn in his hand ; 
and the ass turned aside out of the 
way, and went into the field : and 
Balaam smote the ass to turn her 
into the way. 

24 But the angel of the Lord 
stood in a path of the vineyards, 
a wall being on this side and a 
wall on that side. 

25 And when the ass saw the 
angel of the Lord, she thrust her- 
self unto the wall, and crushed 
Balaam's foot against the wall ; 
and he smote her again. 

26 And the angel of the Lord 
went further, and stood in a nar- 
row place, where icas no way to 



turn either to the right hand or to 
the left. 

27 And when the ass saw the 
angel of the Lord, she fell down 
under Balaam : and Balaam's, 
anger was kindled, and he smote 
the ass with a staff. 

28 And the Lord opened the 
mouth of the ass ; and she said 
unto Balaam, What have I done 
unto thee that thou hast smitten me 
these three times 1 

29 And Balaam said unto the 
ass, Because thou hast mocked 
me ; I would there were a sword 
in mine hand, for now would I kill 
thee. 

30 And the ass said unto Ba- 
laam, Am not I thine ass, upon 
which thou has ridden ever since 
/ ivas thine unto this day ? was 
I ever wont to do so unto thee ? 
And he said Nay. 

31 Then the Lord opened the 
eyes of Balaam, and he saw the 
angel of the Lord standing in the 
way, and his sword drawn in his 
hand : and he bowed down his. 
head, and fell fiat on his face-,. 

32 And the angel of the Lord 
said unto him. Wherefore hast 
thou smitten thine ass these three 
times ? Behold I went out to with- 
stand thee, because thy way is 
perverse before me : 

33 And the ass saw me, and 
turned from me these three times ; 
unless she had turned from me, 
surely now also I had slain thee, 
and saved her alive. 

34 And Balaam said unto the 
angel of the Lord, I have sinned : 
for I knew not that thou stoodest 
in the way against me : now there- 
fore, if it displease thee, I will 
get me back again. 

35 And the angel of the Lord 



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said unto Balaam, Go with the Lo, I am come mito thee : have i 
men ; but only the word that I now any power at all to say any 
shall speak unto thee, that thou thing? the word that God putteth 
shah speak. So Balaam went in my mouth, that shall I speak, 
with the princes of Balak. . 39 And Balaam went with Balak, 

36 x\nd when Balak heard that and they came unto Kirjah-huz- 
Balaam was come, he went out to oth. 

meet him unto a city of :vIoab, 40 And Balak offered oxen and 
which istheborderoflrnon winch sheep, and sent to Balaam, and to 
is in the utmost coast, the princes that ivere with him. 

37 And Balaksaidunto Balaam, ' 41 And it came to pass on the 
Did I not earnestlv send unto thee morrow, that Balak took Balaam, 
to call thee? wherefore camest and brought him up into the high 
thou not unto me ? am I not able places of Baal, that thence he 
indeed to promote thee to honour ? might see the utmost part of the 

38 And Balaam said unto Balak , people. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
JAMES 1. 



JAMES, a servant of God and | 
of the Lord Jesus Christ, to the 
twelve tribes which are scattered 
abroad, greeting. 

2 ^Iv brethren, count it all joy 
when ye fall into divers tempta- 
tions ; 

3 Knowing ihis, that the trying 
of your faith worketh patience. 

4 But let patience have her per- 
fect work, that ye maybe perfect 
and entire, w^anting nothing. 

5 If any of you lack wisdom, 
let him ask of God, that giveth to 
all men liberally, and upbraideth 
not ; and it shall be given him. 

6 But let him ask in faith, no- 
thing wavering, for he that waver- 
eth is like a wave of the sea driven 
with the wind and tossed. 

7 For let not that man think 
that he shall receive any thing of 
the Lord, 



8 A double-minded man is un- 
stable in all his ways. 

9 Let the brother of low degi'ee 
rejoice in that he is exalted ; 

10 But the rich, in that he is 
made low : because as the flower 
of the grass he shall pass away. 

11 For the sim is no sooner 
risen with a burning heat, but it 
withereth the grass, and the flower 
thereof falleth,\nd the grace of the 
fashion of it perisheth : so also 
shall the rich man fade away in his 
ways. 

12 Blessed is the man that en* 
dureth temptation : for when he is 
tried, he shall receive the crown of 
life, which the Lord hath promised 
to them that love him. 

13 Let no man say, when he is 
tempted, I am tempted of God: 
for God cannot be tempted with 
evil, neither tempteth he any man ; 



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14 But evBry man is tempted, 
when he is drawn away of his own 
lust, and enticed. 

15 Then, when lust hath con- 
ceived, it bringeth forth sin, and 
sin when it is finished, bringeth 
forth death. 

16 Do not err, my beloved bre- 
thren. 

17 Every good gift and every 
perfect gift is from above, and 
Cometh down from the Father of 
iightSj with whom is no variable- 
ness, neither shadow of turning. 

18 Of his own will begat he us | 
with the word of truth, that we 
should be a kind of first-fruits of 
his creatures. 

19 Wherefore, my beloved bre- 
thren, let every man be swift to 
hear, slow to speak, slow to v/rath : 

20 For the wrath of man work- 
eth not the righteousness of God. 

21 Wherefore, lay apart all fil- 
thiness, and superfluity of naughti- 
ness, and receive with meekness 
the ingrafted word, which is able 
to save your souls. 



22 But be ye doers of the word, 
and not hearers only, deceiving 
your own selves. 

23 For if any be a hearer of the 
word, and not a doer, he is like 
unto a man beholding his natural 
face in a glass : 

24 For he beholdeth himself, 
and goeth his way, and straightway 
forgetteth what manner of man he 
was. 

25 But whoso looketh into the 
perfect law of liberty, and con- 
tinueth therein, he being not a for- 

Igetful hearer, but a doer of the 
work, this man shall be blessed in 
his deed. 

26 If any man among you seem 
to be religious, and bridleth not his 
tongue, but deceivethhis own heart, 
this man's religion is vain. 

27 Pure religion, and undefiled, 
before God and the Father, is this, 
To visit the fatherless and widows 
in their affliction, and to keep him- 
self unspotted from the world. 



THE TENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
NUMBERS XXIII. 



I AND Balaam said unto Balak, 
i build me here seven altars, and 
I prepare me here seven oxen and 
I seven rams. 

I 2 And Balak did as Balaam 
I hadspoken; and Balak and Balaam 

I 



ofi'ered on edery altar a bullock and 
a ram. 

3 And Balaam said unto Balak, 
Stand by thy burnt-ofi'ering, and 
I will go ; peradventure the Lord^ 
will come to meet me ; and what- 



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soever he slieweth me I will tell 
thee. And he ^vent to an high 
place. 

4 And God met Balaam: and 
he said mito him, I have prepared 
seven ahars. and I have offered 
upon every ahar a bullock and a 
ram. 

5 And the Lord put a word m 
Balaam's mouth, and said, Return 
unto Balak. thus thou shaU speak. 

6 And he returned unto him, 
and lo, he stood by his burnt-sa- 
crifice, he, and all the princes of 
Moab. 

7 And he took up his parable, 
and said, Balak the king of Moab 
hath brought me from Aram, out 
of the mountains of the east, 5^7?/- 
ing, Come, curse me Jacob ; and 
come, defv Israel. 

8 How shall I curse, whom 
God hath not cursed ? or how 
shall I defy, ichom the Lord hath 
not defied • 

9 For from the top of the rocks 
I see him, and from the hiUs I be- 
hold him ; lo, the people shall 
dwell alone, and shall not be reck- 
oned among the nations. 

10 Who'can count the dust of 
Jacob, and the number of the fourth 
fart of Israel? Let me die the 
death of the righteous, and let my 
last end be like his ! | 

1 1 And Balak said unto Balaam. ] 
What hast thou done unto me ? 1 1 
took thee to curse mine enemies, > 
and behold thou hast blessed th:m | 
aUogether. 

12 And he answered and soid, 
:Must I not take heed to speak that 
which the Lord hath put in my 
mouth ? 

13 And Balak said unto him, 
Come, I pray thee, with me unto 
another place, from whence thou 



mavest see them: thou shalt see 
but the utmost part of them, and 
shah not see them all; and curse 
me them from thence. 

14 And he brought him into the 
field of Zophim, to the top of Pis- 
aah, and built seven altars, and 
otfered a bullock and a ram on 
ever 11 altar. 

15 And he said unto Balak^, 
Stand here bv thv burnt-offering, 
while I meel the LORD yonder. 

16 And the Lord met Balaam, 
and put a word in his mouth, and 
said, Go again unto Balak and say- 
thus. 

17 And when he came to hinij 
behold he stood by his burnt-ofFer- 
ino-, and the princes of ^loab with 
him. And Balak said unto him, 
What hath the Lord spoken ? 

18 And he took up his parable, 
and said, Rise up, Balak, and hear ; 
hearken unto me, thou son of Zip- 
por : 

19 God is not a man, that he ■ 
should he ; neither the son ofmaii^ 
that he should repent; hath he . 
said, and shaU lie not do it ? or j 
hath he spoken, and shall he not | 
make h o-ood ? . ; 

20 Behold, I have received j 
commandment to bless : and he i 
hath blessed : and I cannotreverse \ 

I it. ... 

•21 He hath not beheld iniquity 
! m Jacob, neither hath he seen per- 
I Terseness in Israel ; the Lord his 
j God is with him, and the shout of 
1 a kino- is among them. 

22^God broucrht them, out ot 
Egypt: he hath as it were the 
strength of an unicorn. 

23'^Sm-ely there is no enchant- 
ment against Jacob, neither is there 
any divination against Israel ; ac- 
cording- to this time it shall be said 



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of Jacob and of Israel, What hath. 

God wrought ! 
I 24 Behold the people shall rise 
I up as a great lion and lift up him- 
i self as a young lion : he shall not 
! lie down until he eat of the prey, 

and drink the blood of the slain. 

25 And Balak said unto Balaam, 
) Neither curse them at all nor bless 

them at all. 

26 But Balaam answered and 
I said unto Balak, Told not I thee, 
I saying. All that the Lord speaketh, 
!i that I must do 

27 And Balak said unto Balaam 



I 

AND when they were escaped, 
then they knew that the island was 
called Melita. 

2 And the barbarous people 
shewed us no little kindness ; for 
they kindled a fire, and received 
us every one, because of the pre- 
sent rain, and because of the cold. 

3 And when Paul had gathered 
a bundle of sticks, and laid them 

\ on the fire, there came a viper out 
of the heat, and fastened on his 
hand. 

4 And when the barbarians saw 
the venomous beast hang on his 
hand, they said among themselves. 
No doubt this man is a murderer, 
whom, though he hath escaped the 

I sea, yet vengeance sufTereth not 
I to live. 

I 5 And he shook of!' the beast 
I into the fire, and felt no harm. 
I 6 Howbeit they looked when 
i he should have swollen, or fallen 

1 



Com_e, I pray thee, I will bring 
thee unto another place : peradven- 
ture it will please God that thou 
may est curse me them from 
thence. 

28 And Balak brought Balaam 
unto the top of Peor, that looketh 
toward Jeshimon. 

29 And Balaam said unto Balak, 
Build me here seven altars, and 
prepare me here seven bullocks and 
seven rams. 

30 And Balak did as Balaam 
had said, and offered a bullock and 
a ram on every altar. 



down dead suddenly : but, after 
they had looked a great while, and 
saw no harm come to him, they 
changed their minds, and said that 
he was a god. 

7 In the same quarters were 
possessions of the chief man of the 
island, whose name was Publius ; 
who received us, and lodged us 
three days courteously. 

8 And it came to pass, that the 
father of Publius lay sick of a 
fever, and of a bloody flux : to 
whom Paul entered in, and prayed, 
and laid his hands on him, and 
healed him. 

9 So when this was done, others 
also, Avhich had diseases in the 
island, came, and were healed : 

] Who also honoured us with 
many honours ; and when we de- 
parted, they laded us with such 
things as were necessary. 

1 1 And after three months we 
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ACTS XXVIII. 



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departed in a ship of Alexandria, 
which had wintered in the isle, 
whose sign was Castor and Pol- 
lux. 

12 And landing at Syracuse, 
we tarried there three daVs. 
I 13 x\nd from thence we fetched 
a compass, and came to Rhegium : 
and after one day the south ^vind 
blew, and we came the next day 
to Puteoli ; 

14 Where we found brethren, 
and wel-e desired to tarry with 
them seven days : and so we 
went toward Rome. 

15 And from thence, when the 
brethren heard of us, they came 
to meet us as far as Appii Forum, 
and the Three Taverns; whom 
when Paul saw, he thanked God, 
and took corn-age. 

16 And when we came to Rome, 
the centurion delivered the prison- 
ers to the captain of the guard: 
but Paul was suffered to dwell by 
himself with a soldier tha4 kept 
him. 

17 And it came to pass, that 
after three days, Paul called the 
chief of the Jews together: and j 
when the^ were come together,: 
he said 'unto them, ^le^i and \ 
brethren, though I have committed ; 
nothing against the people or cus- \ 
toms of otir fathers, yet was I de- 
livered prisoner from Jerusalem 
into the hands of the Romans : 

18 Who. when they had exa- 
mined me, would have let me go, 
because there was no cause of 
death in me. 

19 But when the Jews spake ^ 
against it, I was constrained to , 
appeal unto Cesar ; not that Ihad^ 
ought to accuse my nation of. | 

20 For this cause therefore j 
have I called for you, to see you,\ 



and to speak with you : because 
that for the hope of Israel I am 
bound with this chain. 

21 And they said unto him, W© 
neither received letters out of Ju- 
dea concerning thee, neither any 
of the brethren that cam_e shewed 
or spake any harm of the'e- 

22 But we desire to hear of 
I thee what thou thinkest : for as 
I concerning this sect, wx know that 
' every where it is spoken against. 
I 23 And when they had appoint- 
ed him a day, there came many to 
him into his lodging ; to whom he 
expounded and testified the king- 
dom of God, persuading them con- 
cerning Jesus, both out of the law 
of :\Ioses, and oui o/the prophets, 
from morning till evening. 

24 And some believed the things 
which were spoken, and some be- 
lieved not. 

25 And when they agreed not 
among themselves, they departed, 
after that Paul had spoken one 

I word, Weil spake the Holy Ghost 
I by Esaias the prophet unto our 
; fathers^, 

26 Savlncr^ Go unto this people, 
and say,' Hearing ye shall hear, 
and shall not understand ; and 
seeing ye shall see, and not per- 
ceive : 

27 For the heart of this people 
is waxed gross, and their ears are 
dull of hearing, and their eyes 

; have they closed ; lest they should 
see with their eyes, and hear with 
their ears, and' understand with 
their heart, and should be con- 
verted, and I should heal them. 

2S Be it known therefore imto 
vou, that the salvation of God is 
sent unto the Gentiles, and that 
they will hear it. 

29 And when he had said these 



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words, the Jews departed, and had 
great reasoning among themselves. 

30 And Paul dwelt two whole 
years in his own hired house, and 
received all that came in unto him, 



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31 Preaching the kingdom of 
God, and teaching those things 
which concern the Lord Jesus 
Christ, with all confidence, no 
man forbidding him. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
NUMBERS XXIV. 



AND when Balaam saw that it 
pleased the Lord to bless Israel, 
he went not, as at other times, to 
seek for enchantments, but he set 
his face toward the wilderness. 

2 And Balaam lifted up his eyes, 
and he saw Israel abiding in his 
tents according to their tribes ; and 
the Spirit of God came upon him. 

3 And he took up his parable, 
and said, Balaam the son of Beor 
hath said, and the man whose eyes 
are open hath said ; 

4 He hath said, which heard 
the words of God, which saw the 
vision of the Almighty, falling into 
a trance,h\it having his eyes open : 

5 How goodly are thy tents, 
Jacob ! and thy tabernacles, 
Israel ! 

6 As the valleys are they spread 
forth, as gardens by the river's side : 
as the trees of lign-aloes, which 
the Lord hath planted, and as ce- 
dar trees beside the waters. 

7 He shall pour the water out 
of his buckets, and his seed shail 
be in many waters ; and his king 
shall be higher than Agag, and his 
kingdom shall be exalted. 

8 God brought him forth out of 
Egypt ; he hath as it were the 
.Strength of an unicorn ; he shall 



eat up the nations his enemies, and 
shall break their bones, and pierce 
them through with his arrows. 

9 He couched, he lay down as 
a lion, and as a great lion : who 
shall stir him up T Blessed is he 
that blesseth thee, and cursed ishe 
that curseth thee. 

10 And Balak's anger was kin- 
dled against Balaam, and he smote 
his hands together ; and Balak said 
unto Balaam, I called thee to curse 
mine enemies, and, behold thou hast 
altogether blessed them these three 
times. 

11 Therefore now flee thou to 
thy place,! thought to prom.otethee 
unto great honour ; but lo, the 
Lord hath kept thee back from 
honour. 

12 And Balaam said unto Balak, 
Spake I not also to thy messengers, 
which thou sentest unto me, say- 
ings 

13 If Balak would give me his 
house full of silver and gold, I can- 
not go beyond the commandment 
of the Lord, to do either good or 
bad of mine own mind ; but what 
the Lord saith, that will I speak ? 

14 And now, beheld, I go unto 
my people ; come therefore, and I 
will advertise thee what this peo- 



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pie shall do to tliy people in tlie lat- 
ter days. 

15 And he took up his parable, 
and said, Balaam the son of Beor 
hath said, and the man whose eyes 
are open hath said; 

16 He hath said, which heard 
the words of God, and knew the 
knowledge of the most High, v:liich 
saw The vision of the Ahnighty. 
falling into a trance, but having 
his eyes open : 

it' I shall see him, but not now 
I shall behold him, but not nigh 
there shall come a Star out of Ja- 
cob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of 
Israel, and shall smite the corners 
of 'Mosh, and destroy all the chil- 
dren of Sheth. 

18 And Edomshallbe a posses- 
sion, Seir also shall be a posses- 
sion for his enemies ; and Israel 
shall do valiantly. 

19 Out of Jacob shall come he 
that shaU have dominion, and shall 



destroy him that remaineth of the 
city. 

20 And w-hen he looked on 
Amalek, he took up his parable, 
and said, Amalek was the first of 
the nations, but his latter end shall 
be that he perish for ever. 

21 x\nd he looked on the Ken- 
ites, and took up his parable, and 
said. Strong is thy dwelling-place, 
and thou puttest thy nest in a rock. 

22 Nevertheless the Kenite 
shall be wasted, until Asshm* shall 
carry thee away captive. 

23 And he took up his parable, 
and said, Alas ! who shall live when 
God doeth this ! 

24 And ships shall come from 
the coast of Chittim, and shall 
afflict Ashur, and shall afflict Eber, 
and he also shall perish for ever. 

25 And Balaam rose up, and 
went and returned to his place : 
and Balak also went his way. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING, 
JAMES II. 



MY brethren, have not the faith 
of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord 
of glory, with respect of persons. 

2 For if there come unto your 
assembly a man with a gold ring, 
in goodly apparel, and there come 
in also a poor man in vile rai- 
ment ; 

3 And ye have respect to him 
that weareth the gay clothing, and 
say unto him, Sit thou here in a good 
place; and say to the poor, Stand thou 
there, or sit here under my footstool : 



4 Are ye not then partial in 
yourselves, and are become judges 
of evil thoughts ? 

5 Hearken, my beloved brethren, 
Hath not God chosen the poor of 
this world rich in faith, and heirs 
of the kingdom which he hath pro- 
mised to them that love him 1 

6 But ye have despised the 
poor. Do not rich men oppress 
you, and draw you before the 
judgment-seats 1 

7 Do not they blaspheme that 



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worthy name by the which ye are 
called 1 

8 If ye fulfil the royal law ac- 
cording to the scripture, Thou 
shalt love thy neighbour as thy- 
self, ye do well : 

9 But if ye have respect of per- 
sons, ye commit sin, and are con- 
vinced of the law as transgressors. 

10 For whosoever shall keep 
the whole law, and yet offend in 
one point, he is guilty of all. 

11 For he that said, Do not 
commit adultery, said also, Do 
not kill. Now, If thou commit no 
adultery, yet if thou kill, thou art 
become a transgressor of the law. 

12 So speak ye, and so do, as 
they that shall be judged by the 
law of liberty. 

13 For he shall have judgment 
without mercy that hath shewed 
no mercy ; and mercy rejoioeth 
against judgment. 

14 What dolh it profit, my 
brethren, though a man say he 
hath faith, and have not works ? 
can faith save him ? 

15 If a brother or sister be na- 
ked, and destitute of daily food, 

16 And one of you say unto 
them, Depart in peace, be ye 
warmed and filled ; notwithstand- 

give them not those things 
which are needful to the body, 
what doth it profit ? 



17 Even so faith, if it hath not 
works, is dead, being alone. 

18 Yea, a man may say, Thou 
hast faith, and I have works : shew 
me thy faith without thy works, 
and I will shew thee my faith by 
my works. 

19 Thou believest that there is 
one God ; thou doest well : the 
devils also believe, and tremble. 

20 But wilt thou know, O vain 
man, that faith without works is 
dead ? 

21 Was not Abraham our father 
justified by works, when he had 
offered Isaac his son upon the 
altar ? 

22 Se est thou how faith wrought 
with his works,- and by works was 
faith made perfect? 

23 And the scripture was ful- 
filled which saith, Abraham be- 
lieved God, and it was imputed 
unto him for righteousness : and 
he was called the Friend of God« 

24 Ye see then how that by 
works a man is justified, and not 
by faith only. 

25 Likewise also was not Ra- 
hab the harlot justified by works, 
when she had received the mes- 
sengers, and had sent them out 
another way ? 

26 For as the body without the 
spirit is dead, so faith without works 
is dead also, 

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THE ELEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING- 



DEUTERONOMY IV. to V. 41. 

NOW therefore liearken, Is- ' them, as the Lord our C4od is m all 
rael, unto the statutes, and unto the : things tho.t we caU upon him for , 
judffmems, which I teach you, for 8 And what nation then so 
\o do them, that ve may lire, and , great, that hath ^-'^tute, ai^^i judg- 
go in and possess the land which ments so righteous as ^^.^ > 

the Lord God of vour fathers : which I set before you thi. dav : 
drethvou " i 9 Onlv take heed to thyself, and 

2 Ye shall not add unto the j keep thy soul diligently, lest thotv 
word which I command you, nei^ forget the things which thine eyes 
ther shaUve diminish aught from have seen,and lest they depart from 
it. that ve mav keep the command- : thy heart all the days ol thy li e : 
meiits 8f the Lord yom- God which but _teach them thy sons, and tn> 
I command vou. ' j son's sons: 

3 Your eves have seen what 10 Specmlbj the day that thoti 
the LoRDdidbecauseof Baal-peor; :stoodest before the Lord thv (jod 
for aU the men that foUowed Baal- : m Horeb, when tne Lord said un- 
peor. the Lord thv God hath des- to me, Gather me the people to- 
troved them from'among vou. ^ gether, and will make them hear 

i But ve that did cleave imto ray words, that they may learn to 
the Lord Vour God Are alive every fear me all the davs that they shall 
one of vou this dav. hve upon the earth and that they 

5 Behold, I have taught vou may teach their children, 
statutes and judgments, even' as , 11 And ye came near, and stood 
the Lord mv God commanded me, ' underthe mountam ; and the moun- 
that ve should do so in the land tain burned with fire unto the midst 
whither ye go to possess it. , of heaven, with darkness, clouds, 

6 Keep therefore, and do theni,- [ and thick darkness. 

for this is your wisdom and vour 12 And the Lord spake unto 
understanding in the sight of the you out of the midst of the hre : ye 
nations, which shall hear all these heard the voice ol the words, but 
statutes, and say, Surely this great , saw no similitude ; only ye ticaia 
nation is a wise and imderstanding a voice. , , i , 

people i 13 And he declared unto you 

.7 For what natiofi i» there so his co^^nant, which he command-, 
^reat, who hath God so nigh unto led you to perform, even tea com-- 



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mandments ; and he wrote them 
upon two tables of stone. 

14 And the Lord commanded 
me at that time to teach you statutes 
and judgments, that ye might do 
them in the land whither ye go 
over to possess it. 

1 5 Take ye therefore good heed 
unto yourselves, (for ye saw no 
manner of similitude on the day 
that the Lord spake unto you in 
Horeb out of the midst of the 

I fire,) 

16 Lest ye corrupt yourselves, 
and make you a gi'aven image, the 
similitude of any figure, the like- 
ness of male or female ; 

17 The likeness of any beast 
that is on the earth, the likeness of 
any winged fowl that flieth in the 
air ; 

18 The likeness of any thing 
that creepeth on the ground, the 
likeness of any fish that is in the 
waters beneath the earth : 

19 And lest thou lift up thine 
eyes imto heaven, and when thou 
seest the sun, and the moon, and 
the stars, even all the host of hea- 
ven, shouldest be driven to worship 
them, and serve them, which the 
Lord thy God hath divided unto 
all nations under the whole hea^'en. 

20 But the Lord hath taken 
you, and brought you forth out of 
the iron furnace, even out of Egypt, 
to be unto him a people of inherit- 
ance, as ye are this day. 

21 Furthermore, the Lord was 
angry with me for your sakes, and 
sware that I should not go over 
Jordan, and that I should not go 
in unto that good land which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee for an 
inheritance ; 

22 But I must die in this land, 
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shall go over, and possess that good 
land. 

23 Take heed unto yourselves, 
lest ye forget the covenant of the 
Lord your God, which he made 
with you, and make you a graven 
image, or the likeness of any thing, 
which the Lord thy God hath for- 
bidden thee. 

24 For the Lord thy God is a 
consuming fire, even a jealous God. 

25 When thou shalt beget chil- 
dren, and children's children, and 
ye shall have remained long in the 
land, and shall corrupt yourselves, 
and make a graven image, or the 
likeness of any thing, and shall da 
evil in the sight of the Lord thy 
God, to provoke him to anger : 

26 I call heaven and earth to 
witness against you this day, that 
ye shall soon utterly perish from 
off the land whereunto ye go over 
Jordan to possess it ; ye shall not 
prolong your days upon it, but shali 
utterly be destroyed. 

27 And the Lord shall scatter 
you among the nations, and ye 
shall be left few in number among 
the heathen, whither the Lord 
shall lead you. 

28 iVnd there ye shall serve 
gods, the work of men's hands,, 
wood and stone, Vi^hich neither see^ 
nor hear, nor eat, nor smell. 

29 But if from thence thou shalt 
seek the Lord thy God, thou shalt 
find him, if thou seek him with all 
thy heart, and with all thy soul. 

30 When thou art in tribulation,, 
and all these things are come upon 
thee, even in the latter days, if thou 
turn to the Lord thy God, and 
shalt be obedient unto his voice, 

31 (For the Lord thy God is a 
mercifid God,) he will not forsake- 
thee, neither destroy thee, nor foi^ 



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get the covenant of thy fathers, 
which he sware unto them. 

32 For ask now of the days that 
ar€ past, which were before thee, 
since the day that God created man 
upon the earth, and ask from the 
one side of heaven unto the other, 
whether there hath been any such 
thing as this great tiling or hath 
been heard like it ? 

33 Did ever people hear the 
voice of God speaking out of the 
midst of the fire,as thou hast heard, 
and live ? 

34 Or hath God assayed to go 
and take him a nation from the 
*nidst of a/iother nation, by tempta- 
tions, by signs, and by wonders, 
and by war, and by a mighty hand, 
and by a stretched-out arm, and by 
great terrors, according to all that 
the Lord your God did for you in 
Egypt before your eyes ? 

35 Unto thee it was shewed, 
that thou mightest know that the 
Lord he is God; there is none 
else besides him. 

36 Out of heaven he made thee 
to hear his voice that he might in- 



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struct thee ; and upon earth he 
shewed thee his great fire; and 
thou heardest his words out of the 
midst of the fire. 

37 And because he loved thy 
fathers, therefore he chose their 
seed after them, and brought thee 
out in his sight with his mighty 
power out of Egypt ; 

38 To drive out nations from 
before thee, greater and mightier 
than thou art, to bring thee in, to 
give thee their Id^nd for an inherit- 
ance, as it is this day. 

39 Know therefore this day, 
and consider it in thine heart, that 
the Lord he is God in heaven 
above, and upon the earth beneath : 
there is none else. 

40 Thou shalt keep therefore 
his statutes, and his command-- 
ments, which I command thee this 
day, that it may go well with thee^ 
and with thy children after thee^ 
and that thou mayest prolong thy 
days upon the earth, which the 
Lord thy God giveth thee, for 
ever. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
MATTHEW XVIIL 

AT the same time came the l not enter into the kingdom of hea- 
disciples unto Jesus, saying. Who ven. 

is the greatest in the kingdom of 4 Whosoever therefore shall 
heaven ? humble himself as this little child, 

2 And Jesus called a little child the same is greatest in the kingdom 
unto him and set him in the midst of heaven. 

of them, 5 And whoso shall receive one 

3 And said, Verily I say unto such little child in my name recei v- 
you, Except ye be converted, andjethme. 

become as little children, ye shall | 6 But whoso shall ofiend one of 



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these little ones which believe in 
me, it were better for him that a 
millstone were hanged about his 
neck, and that he were drowned 
in the depth of the sea. 

7 Woe unto the world because 
of offences ? for it must needs be 
that offences come : but woe to 
that man by whom the offence 
Cometh. 

8 Wherefore, if thy hand or thy 
foot offend thee, cut them off, and 
cast them from thee ; it is better 
for thee to enter into life halt or 
maimed, rather than having two 
hands, or two feet, to be cast into 
everlasting fire. 

9 And if thine eye offend thee, 
pluck it out, and cast it from thee : 
it is better for thee to enter into life 
with one eye, rather than having 
two eyes to be cast into hell-fire. 

10 Take heed that ye despise 
not one of these little ones ; for I 
say unto you. That in heaven their 
angels do always behold the face 
of my Father which is in heaven. 

11 For the Son of man is come 
to save that v/hich was lost. 

12 How think ye ? If a man 
have an hundred sheep, and one 
of them be gone astray, doth he 
not leave the ninety and nine, and 
goeth into the mountains, and seek- 
eth that which is gone astray ? 

13 And if so be that he find it, 
verily I say unto you, he rejoiceth 
more of that sheep, than of the 
ninety and nine which went not 
astray. 

14 Even so it is not the will of 
your Father which is in heaven, 
that one of these little ones should 
perish. 

15 Moreover, if thy brother 
shall trespass against thee, go and 
tell him his fault between thee and 



him alone : if he shall hear thee, 
thou hast gained thy brother. 

16 But if he will not hear thee^ 
then take with thee one or two 
more, that in the mouth of two or 
three witnesses every word may 
be established. 

17 And if he shall neglect to- 
hear them, tell it unto the church: 
but if he neglect to hear the church, 
let him be unto thee as an heathen 
man and a publican. 

1 8 Verily I say unto you, What« 
soever ye shall bind on earth shall 
be bound in heaven; and what- 
soever ye shall loose on earth 
shall be loosed in heaven. 

19 Again 1 say unto you, That 
if two of you shall agree on earth 
as touching any thing that they 
shall ask, it shall be done for them 
of my Father which is in heaven. 

20 For where two or three are 
gathered together in my name^ 
there am I in the midst of them. 

21 Then came Peter to him, 
and said Lord, how oft shall my 
brother sin against me, and I for- 
give him ! till seven times 1 

22 Jesus saith unto him, I say 
not unto thee, Until seven times : 
but, Until seventy times seven. 

23 Therefore is the kingdom of 
heaven likened unto a certain king, 
which would take account of his 
servants, 

24 And when he had begun to 
reckon, one was brought unto him 
which owed him ten thousand 
talents ; 

25 But forasmuch as he had^ 
not to pay, his lord commanded 
him to be sold, and his wife and 
children, and all that he had, and 
payment to be made. 

26 The servant therefore fell 
down and worshipped him^ sayings 



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Lord, have patience with me, andj 
I will pay thee all. 

27 Then the lord of that ser- 
vant was moved with compassion, 
and loosed him, and forgave him 
the debt. 

28 But the same servant went 
out, and found one of his fellow- 
servants, which owed him an hun- 
dred pence : and he laid hands on 
him, and took him by the throat, 
saying. Pay me that thou owest. 

29 "And his fellow servant fell 
fell down at his feet, and besought 
him saying. Have patience with 
me, and I will pay thee all 

30 And he would not ; butwent 
and cast him into prison, till he 
should pay the debt. 

31 So when his fellow-servants 



saw w^hat was done, they were 
very sorr}^ and came and told 
their lord all that was done. 

32 Then his lord, after that he 
had called him, said unto him,. O 
thou wicked servant, I forgave thee 
all that debt,becausethoudesiredst 
me : 

33 Shouldest not thou also have 
had compassion on thy fellow-ser- 
vant, even as I had pity on thee % 

34 And his lord was wroth, and 
; dehvered him to the tormentors, 
' till he should pay all that was due 
.unto him. 

I 35 So likewise shall my hea- 
venly Father do also unto you, if 
ye from your hearts forgive not 
every one his brother their tres- 
passes. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



DEUTERONOMY Y. 



AND Closes called all Israel, ' 
and said unto them. Hear, Is- : 
rael, the statutes and judgments I 
which I speak in your ears this \ 
day, that ye may learn them, and j 
keep and do them. 

2 The Lord our God made a; 
covenant with us in Horeb. 

3 The Lord made not this cove- 
nant with our fathers, but with us, 
avcii us, who are all of us here 
alive this day. 

4 The Lord talked with you 
face to face in the mount, out of 
the midst of the fire, 

5 (I stood between the Lord 
and you at that time, to shew you 
the word of the Lord : for ye 
\vere afraid by reason of the fire. 



and went not up into the mount,) 

saving, 

6 I am the Lord thy God, 
which brought thee out of the land 
of Eg>^pt, from the house of bondage. 

T^^Thou shalt have none other • 
gods before me. ki 
I 8 Thou shah not make thee a?i2/ ^ 
graven image, or any likeness o} . 
any thing that is in heaven above, |, 
or 'that is in the earth beneath, or 
that is in the waters beneath the \ 

9 Thou shalt not bow down 
thyself unto them, nor serve them : 
for I the Lord thy God am a 
jealous God, visiting the iniquity 
, of the fathers upon the childrQU 



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nhto the third and fourth generation 
\ of them that hate me, 
i 10 And shewing mercy unto 
I thousands of them that love me, 
I and keep my commandments. 
I 11 Thou shalt not take the 
name of the Lord thy God in vain : 
for the Lord will not hold him 
guiltless that taketh his name in 
vain. 

12 Keep the sabbath day to 
sanctify it, as the Lord thy God 
hath commanded thee. 

13 Six days thou shalt labour, 
and do all thy work : 

14 But the seventh day is the 
sabbath of the Lord thy God : in 
it thou shalt not do any work, thou, 
nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor 
thy man servant, nor thy maid ser- 
vant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, 
nor any of thy cattle, nor thy 
stanger that is within thy gates ; 
that thy man servant and thy maid 
servant may rest as well as thou. 

15 And remember that thou\vast 
a servant in the land of Egypt, and 
that the Lord thy God brought 
thee out thence through a mighty 
hand, and by a stretched-out arm : 
therefore the Lord thy God com- 
manded thee to keep the sabbath- 
day. 

16 Honour thy father and thy 
mother, as the Lord thyGodhath 
commanded thee ; that thy days 
may be prolonged, and that it may 
go well with thee, in the land 
which the Lord thy God giveth 
thee. 

17 Thou shalt not kill. 

18 Neither shalt thou commit 
adultery. ^ 

19 Neither shalt thou steal. 

20 Neither shalt thou bear false 
witness against thy neighbour. 

21 Neither shalt thou desire thy 



neighbour's wife, neither shalt thou 
covet thy neighbour's house, his 
field, or his man-servant, or his 
maid-servant, his ox, or his ass, or 
any thing that is thy neighbour's* 

22 These words the Lord spake 
unto all your assembly in the 
mount, out of the midst of the fire, 
of the cloud j and of the thick dark- 
ness, with a great voice ; and he 
added no more : and he wrote 
them in two tables of stone, and 
delivered them unto me. 

23 And it came to pasSj when 
ye heard the voice out of the midst 
of the darkness, (for the mountain 
did burn with fire,) that ye came 
near unto me, even all the heads 
of your tribes, and your elders ; 

24 And ye said, Behold, the 
Lord our God hath shewed us 
his glory and his greatness, and 
we have heard his voice out of the 
midst of the fire : we have seen 
this day that God doth talk with 
man, and he liveth. 

25 Now therefore why should 
we die 1 for this great fire will con- 
sume us if we hear the voice of 
the Lord our God any more^ then 
we shall die. 

26 For who is thereof all flesh, 
that hath heard the voice of the 
living God speaking out of the 
midst of the fire, as we have^ and 
lived ? 

27 Go thou near, and hear all 
that the Lord our God shall say : 
and speak thou unto us all that the 
Lord our God shall speak unto 
thee ; and we will hear it, and do 
it. 

28 And the Lord heard the 
voice of your words, when ye spake 
unto me ; and the Lord said unto 
me, I have heard the voice of the 
words of this people, which they 



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have spoken unto thee: they have 
well said allthat they have spoken. 

29 Oh that there were such an 
heart in them, that they wouldfear 
me, and keep all my command- 
ments ahvays, that it might be well 
with them, and with their children 
for ever ! 

30 Go say to them, Get you 
into your tents again. 

31 But as for thee, stand thou 
here by me, and I will speak unto 
thee all the commandments, and 
the statutes, and the judgments, 
which thou shalt teach them, that 



they may do them in the land 
which I give them to possess it. 

32 Ye shall observe to do there- 
fore as the Lord your God hath 
commanded you : ye shall not turn 
aside to the right' hand or to the 
left. 

33 Ye shall vvalk in all the 
wavs vvhich the Lord your God 
hath commanded you, that ye may 
live, and thcd it may be well with 
you, and that ye m.ay prolong your 
davs in the land wdiich ye shall 

I possess. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



JAMES III. 



MY brethren, be not many mas- 
ters, knowing that we shall receive 
the gTcater condemmation. 

2 For in many things we ofiend 
all. If any man offend not in 
word, the same is a perfect man, 
and able also to bridle the whole 
body. 

3 Behold, we put bits in the 
horses' mouths, that they may obey 
us ; and we turn about their whole 
body. 

4 Behold also the ships, Avhich 
though they he so great, and are 
driven of fierce winds, yet are they 
turned about with a very small 
helm, whithersoever the governor 
listeth. 

5 Even so the tongue is a little 
member, and boasteth great things. 
Behold how great a matter a little 
fire kindleth ! 

6 And the tongue is a fire, a 
world of iniquity ; so is the tongue 



among our members, that it defi- 
leth the whole body, and setteth on 
fire the course of nature ; and it is 
set on fire of hell. 

7 For every kind of beasts and 
of birds, and of serpents, and of 
things in the sea, is tamed, and 
hath been tamed of mankind : 

5 But the tongue can no man 
tame : it is an unruly evil, full of 
deadlv poison. 

9 Therewith bless v/e God, 
even the Father: and therewdth 
curse we men, which are made 
after the similitude of God. 

10 Out of the same mouth pro- 
ceedeth blessino-and cursing. My 
brethren, these things ought not so 
to be. 

11 Doth a fountain send forth 
at the same place sweet u^^i/cr and 

bitter 1 ^ ^ 

12 Can the fig-tree, my brethren 
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figs ? so can no fountain both yield 
both salt water and fresh. 

13 Who is a wise man, and en- 
dued with knowledge among you ? 
let him shew out of a good conver- 
sation his works with meekness of 
wisdom. 

14 But if ye have bitter envying 
and strife in your hearts, glory not, 
and lie not against the truth. 

15 This wisdom descendeth not 
from above but is earthly, sensual, 
devilish. 



16 For where envying and strif<5 
is, there is confusion, and every 
evil work. 

17 But the wisdom that is from 
above, is first pure, then peaceable, 
gentle and easy to be entreated, 
full of mercy and good fruits, with- 
out partiality, and without hypo- 
crisy. 

18 And the fruit of righteous- 
ness is sown in peace of them that 
make peace. 



THE TWELFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
DEUTERONOMY VL 



NOW these are the command- 
ments, the statutes, and the judg- 
ments, which the Lord your God 
I commanded to teach you, that ye 
might do them in the land whither 
i ye go to possess it ; 

2 That thou mightest fear the 
Lord thy God, to keep all his 
statutes, and his commandments, 
which I command thee ; thou, and 
thy son, and thy son's son, all the 
days of thy life, and that thy days 
I may be prolonged. 
I 3 Hear therefore, O Israel, and 
j observe to do it ; that it may be 
I well with thee, and that ye may 
I increase mightily, as the Lord 
j God of thy fathers hath promised 



thee, in the land that floweth with 
milk and honey, 

4 Hear, O Israel ; The Lord 
our God is one Lord : 

5 And thou shaltlove the Lord 
thy God with all thine heart, and 
with all thy soul, and with all thy 
might. ! 

6 And these words, which I 
command thee this day, shall be in 
thine heart : 

7 And thou shalt teach them 
diligently unto thy children, and 
shalt talk of them when thou set- 
test in thine house, and when thou 
walkest by the way, and when thou 
Rest down, and when thou risest up, 

8 And thou shalt bind them for 

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a sign upon tWne hand, and ttey j statutes, ^vhichhe hath command- 
shall be as frontlets between thine ] ed thee. 1 , J , 7, 
snaii ue <ia i I g ^^^^ g-j^^jj ^^^^ 

^^'9' And thou Shalt .vrite them ' « right and good m the sight of 
Mon the posts of thv house, and the Lord; that it may be yeU 
nn ,Wa?es ■ Uvith thee, and that thou mayest go 

' 10 \nd ii shall be.^vhen the ; m and possess the good land which 
LoKU thv God shall have brousht ^the Lord sware un thy fathers J 
S^^e n to the land which he sware : 19 To cast out aU t^ine enemi s 
,mto thv fathers, to Abraham, to : from betore thee, as the Lord hath 
T^nnp R rid to Jacob, to give thee spoken. 

S a i"odlvcities,.lichthou^ ' 20 And when tliy son asheth 
? n^i^^.t ^-^nf ' 'thee m time to come,sa}iiig, wnat 

'"n Snd houses full of all good . .a. the testimomes. and the 
tkrn es. which thou fllledst not. and statvtes, and the J^^dgments^^Uucb 
^vel^s dicraed. which thou disgest the Lord our God hath command- 

SlchSr^J^n^St ^^^fX^r'^lVhenth^shaltsavumo^y 
Lou shab ha'e eaten, and be full : : son^^Ve / ^ond-men 
12 TAe«bewarelestthouforget:mEg>-pt,and the Lord brougM 
*he Lord, wliichbrought thee forth i us out of i.g}-pt ^v"^ ^ migtit> 
out of the land of E^-pt, from the j hand : 

house of bondage 1 22 And the Lord shewed .igns 

* 13 Thou Shalt fear the LoR^ j and wonders^pat and^sore^, upo^^ 
thv God. and serve him, and shah ' " "-^ """" " 



swear by his name. 

14 Ye shall not go after other 



Eg^.-pt,upon Pharaoh, and upon all 
his' household, before oiur eyes : 
•'>3 And he brought us out from 



sods of the gods of the people .thence, that he migf brmg us m, 
Sch I.e round about vou; |to give us the land whichhe sware 
15 (For the Lord thv God is a unto our lathers 

^ locf tl.P 94- And the Lord commanded 



jealous God among you:) lest the 
anger of the Lord thy God be 
kindled against thee, and destroy 
thee from off the face of the earth 



24 And the Lord 
ns to do all these statutes, to fear 
the Lord our God, for our good 
ahvavs. that he might preserve us 



16 Ye shall not tempt the Lord ahve, as it is at this dav. _ 
vour God, as ye tempted him m 25 And it shallbe oiu:righteous 
^lassah ness,if we observe to do all these 

• 17 Ye shall diligentlv keep the 1 com.mandments before the Lord 
commandments of the Lord your jour God, as he hath commanded 
God, and his testimonies, and his [us. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING- 
MATTHEW XX. 



FOR the kingdom of heaven is 
like unto a man that is an house- 
holder, which went out early in 
the morning to hire labourers into 
his vineyard. 

2 And when he had agreed with 
the labourers for a penny a-day, he 
sent them into his vineyard. 

3 And he went out about the 
third hour, and saw others stand- 
ing idle in the market place, 

4 And said unto them, Go ye 
also into the vineyard ; and what- 
soever is right I will give you. 
And they went their way. 

5 Again he went out about the 
sixth and ninth hour, and did like- 
wise. 

6 And about the eleventh hour 
he went out, and found others 
standing idle, and saith unto them, 
Why stand ye here all the day 
idle ? 

7 They say unto him. Because 
no man hath hired us. He saith 
unto them. Go ye also into the 
vineyard ; and whatsoever is right, 
that shall ye receive. 

8 So when even was come, the 
lord of the vineyard saith unto his 
steward. Call the labourers, and 
giv^e them their hire, beginning 
from the last unto the first. 

9 And when they came that 
were hiredshout tlie eleventh hour, 
they received every man a penny. 

10 But when the first came, 
they supposed that they should 
have received more ; and they 
likewise received every man a 
penny. 



11 And when they had received 
it, they murmured against the good 
man of the house, 

12 Saying, These last have 
wrought but one hour, and thou 
hast made them equal unto us, 
which have borne the burden and 
heat of the day. 

13 But he answered one of 
them, and said. Friend, I do thee 
no wrong : dist not thou agree with 
me for a penny ? 

14 Take that thine is, and go 
thy way : I will give unto this last, 
even as unto thee. 

15 Is it not lawful for me to do 
what I will with mine own ? Is 
thine ey^ evil because I am good 1 

16 So the last shall be first, and 
the first last : for many be called, 
but few chosen. 

17 And Jesus, going up to Jeru- 
salem, took the twelve disciples 
apart in the way, and said unto 
them, 

18 Behold, we go up to Jeru- 
salem ; and the Son of man shall 
be betrayed unto the chief priests, 
and unto the scribes, and they 
shall condemn him to death, 

1 9 And shall deliver him to the 
Gentiles to mock, and to scourge, 
and to crucify hiin : and the third 
day he shall rise again. 

20 Then came to him the mo- 
ther of Zebedee's children with 
her sons, worshipping Aim, and de- 
siring a certain thing of him. 

21 And he said unto her, What 
wilt thou? She saith unto him, 
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sit, the one on thy right hand, and 
the other on the left, in thy king- 
dom. 

22 But Jesus answered and 
said, Ye know not what ye ask. 
Are ye able to drink of the cup 
that I shall drink of, and to be bap- 
tized with the baptism that I am 
baptized with^ They say unto 
him, We are able. 

23 And he saith unto them, Ye 
shall drink indeed of my cup, and 
be baptized with the baptism that 
I am baptized with ; but to sit on 
ray right hand, and on my left, is 
not mine to give ; but it shall be 
giveii to them for whom it is pre- 
pared of my Father. 

24 And when the ten heard i?^, 
they were moved with indignation 
against the two brethren. 

25 But Jesus called them unto 
him, and said, Ye know that the 
princes of the Gentiles exercise 
dominion over them, and they that 
are great exercise authority upon 
them. 

26 But it shall not be so among 
you : but whosoever will be great 
among you,let him be your minister; 



27 And whosoever will be chief 
among you, let him be your ser- 
vant : 

28 Even as the Son of man 
came not to be ministered unto, 
but to minister, and to give his 
life a ransom for many. 

29 And as they departed from 
Jericho, a great multitude follow- 
ed him. 

30 x\nd behold, two blind men 
sitting by the way-side, when 
they heard that Jesus passed by, 
cried out, saying. Have mercy on 
us, Lord, \how son of David. 

31 And the multitude rebuked 
them, because they should hold 
their peace : but they cried the 
more, saying, Have mercy on us, 

Lord, thou son of David. 

32 xVnd Jesus stood still, and 
called them, and said. What will 
ye that I shall do unto you \ 

33 They say unto him, Lord, 
that our eyes may be opened. 

34 So Jesus had compassion on 
them, and touched their eyes : and 
immediately their eyes received 

1 sight, and they followed him. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
DUETERONOxMY VII. 



WHEN the Lord thy God shall 
bring thee into the land whither 
thou goest to possess it, and hath 
cast out many nations before thee, 
the Hittites, and the Girgashites, 
and the Amorites, and the Canaan- 
ites and the Perizzites, and the 
Hivites, and the Jebusites, seven 



nations greater and mightier than 
thou ; 

2 And when the Lord thy God 
shall deliver them before thee ; 
thou shalt smite them, and utterly 
destroy them ; thou shalt make no 
covenant with them, nor shew 
mercy unto them ; 



T R 1 N 

! "3 Neither shalt thou make mar- 
I riages with them ; thy daughter 
I thou shalt not give unto his son, 
' nor his daughter shalt thou take 
unto thy son. 

4 For they will turn away thy 
I son from following me, that they 
may serve other gods ; so will the 
anger of the Lord be kindled 
against you, and destroy thee sud- 
I denly. 

I 5 But thus shall ye deal with 
Ij them : ye shall destroy their altars, 
! and break down their images^ and 
I cut down their groves, and burn 
their graven images with fire. 

6 For thou art an holy people 
unto the Lord thy God : the Lord 
thy God hath chosen thee to be a 
special people unto himself, above 
all people that are upon the face of 
the earth. 

7 The Lord did not sethis love 
! upon you, nor choose you, because 

ye were more in number than any 
people ; for ye w.ere the fewest of 
all people : 

8 But because the Lord loved 
you, and because he would keep 
the oath Avhieh he had sworn unto 
your fathers, hath the Lord brought 
you out with a mighty hand, and 
redeemed you out of the house of 
bond-men from the hand of Pha- 
raoh king of Egypt. 

9 Know therefore that the Lord 
thy God, he is God, the faithful 
God, which keepeth covenant and 
mercy with them that love him, 
and keep his commandments, to a 

i thousand generations ; 
I 10 And repayeth them that hate 

I him to their face, to destroy them ; 
j he will not be slack to him that ha- 
j teth him, he will repay him to his 
face. 

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the commandments, and the statutes 
and the judgments, which I com- 
mand thee this day, to do them. 

12 Wherefore it shall come to 
pass, if ye hearken to these judg- 
ments, and keep and do them, that 
the Lord thy God shall keep un- 
to thee the covenant and the mercy 
which he sware unto thy fathers. 

13 And he will love thee and 
bless thee, and multiply thee ; he 
will also bless the fruit of thy womb, 
and the fruit of thy land, thy corn, 
and thy wine, and thine oil, the in- 
crease of thy kine, and the flocks 
of thy sheep, in the land which he 
sware unto thy fathers to give 
thee. 

14 Thou shalt be blessed above 
all people : there shall not be male 
or female barren among you, or 
among your cattle. 

15 And the Lord willtake away 
from thee all sickness, and will 
put none of the evil diseases of 
Egyptj which thou knowest, upon 
thee ; but will lay them upon all 
them that hate thee. 

16 And thou shalt consume all 
the people which the Lord thy 
God shall deliver thee ; thine eye 
shall have no pity upon them : nei- 
ther shall thou serve their gods ; 
for that loill he a snare unto thee. 

17 If thou shalt say in thine 
heart. These nations are more than 
I, how can I dispossess them ? 

18 Thou shalt not be afraid of 
them: hut shalt well remember 
what the Lord thy God did unto 
Pharaoh, and unto all Egypt : 

1 7 The great temptations which 
thine eyes saw, and the signs, and 
the wonders, and the mighty hand, 
and the stretched-out arm, whereby 
the Lord thy God brought thee out ; 
so shall the Lord thy God do unto 
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all tlie people of whom thou ^rt | 
afraid. 

20 Moreover, the Lord thy Ctoo 
will send the hornet among them, 
until they that are left, and hide 
themselves from thee, be destroyed. 

21 Thoii shah not be affrighted 
at them : for the Lord thy God is 
among you. a mighty God and 
terrible. 

22 And the Lord thy God will 
put out those nations before thee 
by little and Httle : thou mayest not 
consume them at once, lest the 
beasts of the held increase upon 
thee. 

23 But the Lord thy God shah 
deliver them unto thee, and shah 
destroy them with a mighty de- 
stuction, until they be destroyed. 



24 And he shall deliver their 
kings into thine hand, and thou 
shaft destroy their name from un- 
der heaven there shah no man be 
able to stand before thee, until thou 
have destroyed diem. 

25 The graven images of their 
o-ods shah ve burn with fire : thou 
shah not desire the silver or gold 
that is on them, nor take it unto 
thee, lest thou be snared therein : 
for h is an abomination to the Lord 
thv God. ^ . 

26 Neither shah thou bring 
an abomination into thy house, 
lest thou be a cursed thing like it : 
but thou shah utterly detest it, and 
thou shah utterly abhor it : for it 
■ is a cursed thing. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
JAMES IV. 

FROM whence come wars and saith in vain. The spirit that dwel- 
ficrhtino-samoncrvou? coinetheij not leth m us lustetri to emy . 
hSce of^vour lusts that'war 6 But he giveth more grace ; 

nence, n./o^ , wherefore he saith, God resistetti 

" rSstanl have not : ye MIL le proud,but g.veth grace uuto the 
and desire to have, and cannot ob- humble. 

rnnsume 2^ upon your lusts. aia\\ nigu u vuu 

4 Ye adulterers, and adul- ^/-',- hands, 3/. sinners; and punfy 
teresses, kno.-n ye not that i^o.r hearts, ,e double-imn^^^^^^ 
friendship of the world is enmity! 9 Be ^ffl^'^^'^d' and momn and 
^vith God? whosoever therefore : weep : let your laugtor be t^^^^^^^^ 
will be a friend of the world is the to mourning, and youi jo> to lieaM 

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331 



sight of the Lord, and he shall lift 
you up. 

1 1 Speak not evil one of another, 
brethren. He that speaketh evil of 
Ai5brother,and judgeth his brother, 
speaketh evil of the law, and 
judgeth the law^ : but if thou judge 
the law J thou art not a doer of the 
law, but a judge. 

12 There is one lawgiver, who 
is able to save and to destroy : who 
art thou that judgest another ? 

13 Go to now, ye that say, To- 
day, or to-morrow, we will go into 
such a city, and continue there a 



year, and buy and sell, and get 
gain ; 

14 Whereas ye know not what 
shall be on the morrow ; for what is 
your life ? It is even a vapour, that 
appeareth for a little time, and then 
vanisheth away. 

15 For that ye ought to say, If 
the Lord will, we shall live, and 
do this, or that. 

16 But now ye rejoice in your 
boastings, all such rejoicing is evil. 

17 Therefore to him that know- 
eth to do good, and doeth notj to 
him it is sin. 



THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
DEUTERONOMY VIIL 



ALL the commandments which | 
I command thee this day shall ye ^ 
observe to do, that ye may live, 
and multiply, and go in and possess 
the land which the Lord sware 
unto your fathers. 

2 And thou shalt remember all 
the way which the Lord thy God 
led thee these forty years in the 
wilderness, to humble thee, a7id 
to prove thee, to know what was 
in thine heart, whether thou would- 
est keep his commandments, or no. 

3 And he humbled thee, and 
suffered thee to hunger, and fed 
thee with manna, which thou 
kne west not^ neither did thy fathers 



[know, that he might make thee 
know that man doth not live by 
bread only, but by every tvord that 
proceedeth out of the mouth of the 
Lord doth man live. 

4 Thy raiment waxed not old 
upon thee, neither did thy foot 
swell, these forty years. 

5 Thou shalt also consider in 
thine heart, that, as a man chas- 
teneth his son, so the Lord thy 
God chasteneth thee. 

6 Therefore thou shalt keep 
the commandments of the Lord 
thy God, to walk in his ways, and 
to fear him. 

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etli thee into a good land, a land 
of brooks of water, of fountains 
and depths that spring out of val- 
leys and hills ; 

'8 A land of wheat, and barley , and 
Tines and fig-trees, and pomegran- 
ates ; a land of oil olive, and honey ; 

9 A land wherein thou shalt eat 
bread without scarceness, thou 
shalt not lack any thing in it ; a 
land whose stones are iron, and 
out of whose hills thou mayest dig 
brass. 

10 When thou hast eaten and 
art full, then thou shaU bless the 
Lord thy God for the good land 
which he hath given thee. 

11 Beware that thou forget not 
the Lord thy God, in not keeping 
his commandments, and his judg- 
ments, and his statutes, which I 
command thee this day.^ 

12 Lest icheii thou hast eaten 
and art full, and hast built goodly 
houses, and dwell therein ; 

13 And when thy herds and thy 
flocks muUiply, and thy silver and 
thy gold is multiplied, and all that 
thou hast is multiplied ; 

14 Then thine heart be lifted 
Tip, and thou forget the Lord thy 
God, which brought thee forth out 
of the land of Egypt, from the 
house of bondage ; 



15 Who led thee through fliat 
great and terrible wilderness, 
wherein were fiery serpents, and 
scorpions, and drought, where 
there loas no water ; who brought 
thee forth water out of the rock of 
flint; 

16 Who fed thee in the wilder- 
ness with manna, which thy fa- 
thers knew not, that he might 
humble thee, and that he might 
prove thee, to do thee good at thy 
latter end ; 

17 And thou say in thine heart. 
My power and the might of mim 
hand hath gotten me this wealth. 

18 But thou shalt remember 
the Lord thy God; for it is he 
that giveth thee power to get 
wealth, that he may estabhsh his 
covenant which he sware unto thy 
fathers, as it is this day. 

19 And it shall be, if thou do at 
all forget the Lord thy God, and 
walk after other gods, and serve 
I them, and worship them, I testify 
I against you this day that ye shall 
1 surely perish. 

I 20 As the nations which the 
I Lord destroyeth before yourface, 
jso shall ye perish; because ye 
i would not be obedient unto the 
i voice of the Lord your God. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
MATTHEW XXIIL 



THEN spake Jesus to the mul- 
titude, and to his disciples, 

2 Saying, The scribes and the 
Pharisees sit in Moses' seat : 

3 All therefore whatsoever they 



bid you observe, that observe and 
do ; but do not ye after their works : 
for they say, and do not. 

4 For they bind hea^y burdens, 
and grievous to be borne, and lay 



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them on men's shoulders ; but they 
themselves will not move them with 
one of their fingers. 

5 But all their works they do 
for to be seen of men : they make 
broad their phylacteries, and en- 
large the borders of their garments, 

6 And love the uppermost rooms 
at feasts, and the chief seats in the 
synagogues, 

7 And greetings in the markets, 
and to be called of men. Rabbi, 
Rabbi. 

8 But be ye not called Rabbi-: 
for one is your Master, even Christ ; 
and all ye are brethren. 

9 And call no man your father 
upon the earth : for one is your Fa- 
ther, which is in heaven. 

10 Neither be ye called masters: 
for one is your Master, even Christ. 

11 But he that is greatest among 
you shall be your servant. 

12 And whosoever shall exalt 
himself shall be abased ; and he 
that shall humble himself shall be 
exalted. 

13 Bat woe unto you, scribes 
and Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye 
shut up the kingdom of heaven 
against men : for ye neither go in 
yourselves, neither suffer ye them 
that are entering to go in. 

14 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye de- 
vour widows' houses, and for a 
pretence make long prayers : there- 
fore ye shall receive the greater 
damnation. 

15 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye com- 
pass sea and land to make one 
proselyte ; and when he is m.ade, 
ye make him two-fold more the 
child of hell than yourselves. 

16 Woe unto you,7/e blind guides, 
which say. Whosoever shall swear 



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by the temple, it is nothing ; but 
whosoever shall swear by the gold 
of the temple, he is a debtor ! 

11 Ye fools, and blind! for 
whether is greater, the gold, or the 
temple that sanctifieth the gold ? 

18 And, Whosoever shall swear 
by the altar, it is nothing ; but who- 
soever sweareth by the gift that is 
upon it, he is guilty. 

19 Ye fools, and blind ! for 
whether is greater, the gift, or the 
altar that sanctifieth the gift ? 

20 Whoso therefore shall swear 
by the altar, sweareth by it, and by 
all things thereon. 

21 And whoso shalt swear by 
the temple, sweareth by it, and by 
him that dwelleth therein. 

22 And he that shall swear by 
heaven, sweareth by the throne of 
God, and by him that sitteth there- 
on. 

23 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye pay 
tithe of mint, and anise, and cum- 
min, and have omitted the weight- 
ier matters of the law, judgment, 
mercy, and faith : these ought ye 
to have done, and not to leave the 
other undone. 

24 Ye blind guides, which strain 
at a gnat, and swallow a camel. 

25 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye make 
clean the outside of the cup and of 
the platter, but within they are full 
of extortion and excess, 

26 Thou\Avcidi Pharisee, cleanse 
first that ivhich is within the cup 
and platter, that the outside of them 
may be clean also. 

27 Woe unto you, scribes and 
Pharisees, hypocrites ! for ye are 
like unto vvhited sepulchres, which 
indeed appear beautiful outward, 



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but are within full of dead me/i' s\sh3ll kill and crucify ; and soraeoi 
bones, and of all uncleanness. ; them shall ye scourge in your syna- 

28 Even so ye also outwardly gogues, and persecute them horn 
appear righteous unto men, but city to city : 

within ye are full of hypocrisy and 35 That upon you may come all , 
iniquity. ' righteous blood shed upon the 

29 \Voe unto you, scribes and , earth, from the blood of righteous 
Pharisees. hypocrites 1 because ye ' Abel unto the blood of Zacharias, 
build the tombs of the prophets, son of Barachias, whom ye slew 
and garnish the sepulchres of the between the temple and the altar 
righteous, i 36 Terily I say unto you, AU , 

30 And say, If we had been in these things shall come upon this ^. 
the davs of our fathers, VN-e would generation. ; 
not have been partakers Aviththenv 37 Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 
in the blood of the prophets. tJwu that kiUest the prophets, and (- 

31 Wherefore ye be witnesses ' stonest them w^hich are sent unto 
unto yourselves, that ye are the ' thee, how often would I have ga- ; 
childi^n of them which killed the,; thered thy children together, even ] 
prophets. i as a hen gathereth her chickens I 

32 Fill ye up then the measure ; under hei' wings, and ye would not! 
of your fathers. j 38 Behold,^your house is left 

33 Ye serpents, generation ; unto you desolate. 

of vipers, how can ye escape the! 39 For I say unto you. Ye shall 
damnation of hell ' > not see me henceforth, till ye shall 

34 Wherefore, behold, I send say. Blessed is he that cometh m 
unto you prophets, and wise men, ; the name of the Lord. 

and scribes : and some of them ye ; 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



DEUTERO:XOMY IX. 



HEAR, O Israel ; Thou art to 
pass over Jordan this day, to go in 
to possess nations greater and 
mightier than thyself, cities great 
and fenced up to heaven, 

2 A people great and tall, the 
children of the Anakims, whom 
thou know est, and of icliom thou 
hast heard say, Who can stand be- 
fore the children of Anak ? 

3 Understand therefore this day, 
that the Lord thy C4od is he which 



goeth over before thee ; as a con- 
suming fire he shall destroy them, 
and he shall bring them down be- 
fore thy face ; so shalt thou drive 
them out, and destroy them quick- 
Iv, as the Lord hath said unto 
thee. 

4 Speak not thou in thine heart, 
after that the Lord thy God hath 
cast them out from before thee, 
saying, For my righteousness the 
Lord hath brought me in to possess 



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!| tilis land ; but for the wickedness 
I of these nations the Lord doth 
j drive them out from before thee, 
j 5 Not for thy righteousness, or 
for the uprightness of thine heart, 
dost thou go to possess their land ; 
but for the wickedness of these 
nations the Lord thy God doth 
drive them out from before thee, 
and that he may perform the word 
which the Lord sware unto thy 
I father, Abraham, Isaac, aud Ja- 
cob. 

6 Understand therefore, that the 
Lord thy God giveth thee not this 

I good land to possess it for thy 
I righteousness : for thou art a stiff 
necked people. 

7 Remember, and forget not, 
how thou provokedst the Lord 
thy God to wrath in the wilderness : 
from the day that thouilidst depart 

I out of the land of Egypt, until ye 
!i came unto this place, ye have been 
rebellious against the Lord. 

8 Also in Horeb ye provoked 
the Lord, to wrath, so that the 
Lord was angry with you to have 
destroyed you. 

9 When I was gone up into the 
mount to receive the tables of stone, 
even the tables of the covenant 
which the Lord made with you, 
then I abode in the mount forty 
days and forty nights, I neither did 
eat bread nor drink water ; 

10 And the Lord delivered unto 
me two tables of stone written with 
the finger of God ; and on them 
was written according to all the 
words, which the Lord spake with 

j you in the mount out of the midst 
' of the fire in the day of the assem- 
bly. 

1 1 And it came to pass at the 
end of forty days and forty nights, 
thai the Lord gave me the two 



tables of stone, even the tables of 
the covenant. 

12 And the Lord said unto me. 
Arise, get thee down quickly from 
hence ; for thy people which thou 
hast brought forth out of Egypt 
have corrupted theinselves ; they 
are quickly turned aside out of the 
way which I commanded them : 
they have made them a molten 
image. 

1 3 Furthermore the Lord spake 
unto me, saying, I have seen this 
people, and, behold, it is a stiff 
necked people ; 

14 Let me alone, that I may de- 
stroy them, and blot out their name 
from under heaven; and I will make 
of thee a nation mightier and great- 
er than they. 

15 So I turned and came down 
from the mount, and the mount 
burned with fire : and the two 
tables of the covenant were in my 
two hands. 

16 And I looked, and, behold, 
ye had sinned against the Lord 
your God, and had made you a 
molten calf ; ye had turned aside 
quickly out of the way which the 
Lord had commanded you. 

17 And I took the two tables^ 
and cast them out of my two hands, 
and brake them before your eyes. 

18 And I fell down before the 
Lord, as at the first, forty days 
and forty nights : I did neither eat 
bread, nor drink water, because of 
all your sins which ye sinned, in 
doing wickedly in the sight of the 
Lord, to provoke him to anger. 

1 9 For I was afraid of the anger 
and hot displeasure, wherewith the 
Lord was wroth against you to 
destroy you. But the Lord 
hearkened unto me at that time 
also. 



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20 And the Lord was very' an- j 
gry with Aaron to have destroyed 
him : and I prayed for Aaron also 
the same time. 

21 And I took yom' sin, the 
calf which ye had made, and burnt 
it with fire, and stamped it and 
ground it veiy small, even until it 
was as small as dust ; and I cast 
the dust thereof into the brookthat 
descended out of the mount. 

22 And at Taberah, and at 
Massah, and at Kibroth-hattaa- 
vah, ye provoked the Lord to 
wrath. 

23 Likewise when the Lord 
sent you from Kadesh-barnea, say- 
ing, Go up and possess the land 
which I have given you : then ye 
rebelled against the commandment 
of the Lord your God, and ye be- 
heved him not, nor hearkened to 
his voice. 

24 Ye have been rebellious 
against the Lord from the day that 
I knew you. 

25 Thus I fell down before the 



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Lord forty days and forty nights, 
as I fell down at the first ; because 
the Lord had said he w^ould de- 
stroy you. 

26 I prayed therefore unto the 
Lord, and said, O Lord God, de- 
stroy not thy people and thine in- 
heritance, which thou hast redeem- 
ed through thy greatness, which 
thou hast brought forth outof Eg}^pt 
with a mighty hand. 

27 Remember thy servants, 
Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob ; look 
not unto the stubbornness of this 
people, nor to their wickedness, 
nor to their sin : 

28 Lest the land whence thou 
broughtest us out say, Because 
the Lord was not able to bring them 
into the land which he promised 
them, and because he hated them, 
he hath brought them out to slay 
them in the wilderness. 

29 Yet they art thy people and 
thine inheritance, which thou 
broughtest out by thy mightypow^er 
and by thy stretched out arm. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



JAMES 



GO to now, ye rich men, weep 
and howl for your miseries that 
shall come upon you. 

2 Your riches are corrupted, 
and your garments are moth- 
eaten. 

3 Your gold and silver is can- 
kered ; and the rust of them shall 
be a witness against you, and shall 
eat your flesh as it were fire. Ye 
have heaped treasure together for 
the last days. 



4 Behold, the hire of the la- 
bourers who have reaped down 
vour fields, which is of you kept 
back by fraud, crieth : and the 
cries of them which have reaped 
are entered into the ears of the 
Lord of sabaoth. 

5 Ye have lived in pleasure on 
the earth, and been w^anton ; ye 
have nourished your hearts, as in 
a day of slaughter. 

^ 6 Ye have condemned and 



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killed the just ; and he doth not 
resist you. 

7 Be patient therefore, brethren, 
unto the coming of the Lord. Be- 
hold, the husbandman waiteth for 
the precious fruit of the earth, and 
hath long patience for it, until he 
receive the early and latter rain. 

8 Be ye also patient ; stablish 
5^our hearts : for the coming of the 
Lord draweth nigh. 

9' Grudge not one against ano- 
ther, brethren, lest ye be con- 
demned : behold, the Judge stand- 
eth before the door. 

10 Take, my brethren, the pro- 
phets, who have spoken in the 
name of the Lord, for an example 
of suffering affliction, and of pa- 
tience. 

1 1 Behold, vf e count them happy 
which endure. Ye have heard of 
the patience of Job, and have seen 
the end of the Lord ; that the Lord 
is very pitiful, and of tender mercy> 

12 But above all things j my 
brethren, swear not ; neither by 
heaveUj neither by the earth, nei- 
ther by any other oath : but let 
your yea be yea ; and your nay, 
nay; lest ye fall into condemna- 
tion. 

13 Is any among you afflicted ? 



let him pray. Is any merry ? let 
him sing psalms. 

14 Is any sick among you ? let 
him call for the elders of the 
church ; and let them pray over 
him, anointing him with oil in the 
name of the Lord : 

1 5 And the prayer of faith shall 
save the sick, and the Lord shall 
raise him up; and if he have commit- 
ted sins, they shall be forgiven him . 

16 Confess your faults one to 
another, and pray one for another, 
that ye may be healed. The ef- 
fectual fervent prayer of a righ- 
teous man avaiieth much. 

17 Elias was a man subject to 
like passions as we are, and he 
prayed earnestly that it might not 
rain ; and it rained not on the 
earth by the space of three years 
and six months. 

18 And he prayed again, and 
the heaven gave rain, and the 
earth brought forth her fruit. 

19 Brethren, if any of you do 
err from the truth, and one con- 
vert him ; 

20 Let him know, that he which 
converteth the sinner from the 
error of his way shall save a soul 
from death, and shall hide a mul- 
titude of sinsi 

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THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



DEUTERONOMY XXXIII. 



AND tliis is the blessing where - 
%vith ;Moses the man of God bles- 
sed the children of Israel before 
his death. 

2 And he said, the Lord came 
from Sinai, and rose up from Seir 
imto them ; he shined forth from 
mount Paran, and he came with 
ten thousands of saints : from his 
right hand ive/ht a fiery law for 
them. 

3 Yea, he lored the people ; 
all his saints are in thy hand ; and 
they sat down at thy feet ; everi/ 
o/ie shall receive of thy words. 

4 Moses conmianded us a law, 
eve /I the inheritance of the con- 
gregation of Jacob. 

5 And he w^asking in Jeshurim, 
when the heads of the people ar>d 
the tribes of Israel were gathered 
together. 

6 Let Reuben live, andnot die : 
and let /lot his men be few. 

7 And this is the hlessiyig of Ju- 
dah : and he said, Hear, Lord, 
the voice of Judah. and bring him 
unto liis people : let his hands be 
sufficient for liim ; and be thou an 
help to him from his enemies. 

8 And of Levi he said, Let thy 
Thummim and thy Urim he with 
thy holy one, whom thou didst 
prove at Massah, and with whom 
thou didst strive at the waters of 
Meribah ; 



9 Who said unto his father and 
to Iris mother, I have not seen 
him ; neither did he acknowdedge 
his brethren, nor knew his ow^n 
children : for they have observed 
thy word and kept thy covenant. 

'lO They shall teach Jacob thy 
judgments,' and Israel thy law : 
they shall put incense before thee, 
and whole burnt-sacrifice upon 
thine altar. 

11 Bless, Lord, his substance, 
and accept the \vork of his hands : 
I smite through the loins of them, 
that rise against him, and of them 
that hate him, that they rise not 
j again. 

I 12 And of Benjamin he said, 
iThe beloved of the Lord shall 
■ dwell in safety by him ; and the 
\ LORD shall cover him all the day 
i long, and he shall dwell between 
i his shoulders. 

I 13 And of Joseph he said, 
Blessed of the Lord he his land, 
for the precious things of heaven, 
for the dew, and forlhe deep that 
coucheth beneath, 

14 And for the precious fruits 
hr ought forth by the sun, and for 
the precious things put forth by the 
moon. 

15 x\nd for the chief things of 
the ancient mountains, and for the 
precious things of the lasting hills, 

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of the earth, and fulness thereof ; 
and /or the good will of him that 
dwelt in the bush : let the blessing 
come upon the head of Joseph, and 
upon the top of the head of him 
that was separated from his bre- 
thren. 

17 His glory is like the firstling 
of his bullock, and his horns are 
like the horns of unicorns : with 
them he shall push the people to- 
gether to the ends of the earth : 
and they are the ten thousands of 
Ephraim, and they are the thou- 
sands of Manasseh. 

18 And of Zebulun he said. Re- 
joice Zebulun, in thy going out : 
and, Issacher, in thy tents. 

19 They shall call the people 
unto the mountain ; there they shall 
offer sacrifices of righteousness : 
for they shall suck of the abun- 
dance of the seasj and <?/ treasures 
hid in the sand. 

20 And of God he said,Blessed 
he he that enlargeth Gad : he 
dwelleth as a lion, and teareth the 
arm with the crown of the head. 

21 And he provided the first part 
for himself, because there, in a 
portion of the lawgiver, was he 
seated ; and he came with the 
heads of the people, he executed 
the justice of the Lord, and his 
judgments with Israel. 

22 And of Dan he said, Dan is 



a lion's whelp : he shall leap from 
Bashan, 

23 And of Naphtali he said, O 
Naphtali, satisfied with favour, and 
full with the blessing of the Lord ; 
possess thou the west and the 
seuth. 

24 And of Asher he said, Let 
Asher he blessed with children ; 
let him be acceptable to his bre- 
thren, and let him dip his foot in 
oil. 

25 Thy shoes shall he iron and 
brass ; and as thy days, so shall 
thy srength be. 

26 There is none like unto the 
God of Jeshurun, who rideth upon 
the heaven in thy help, and in his 
excellency on the sky. 

27 The eternal God is thy re- 
fuge, and underneath are the ever- 
lasting arms : and he shall thrust 
out the enemy from before thee, 
and shall say. Destroy them. 

28 Israel then shall dwell in 
safety alone : the fountain of Ja- 
cob shall be upon a land of com 
and wine ; also his heavens shall 
drop down dew. 

29 Happy art thou, O Israel : 
who is like unto thee, O people 
saved by the Lord, the shield of 
thy help, and who is the sword of 
thy excellency! and thine enemies 
shall be found liars unto thee, and 
thou shalt tread upon their high 
places. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



MATTHEW XXV, 



THEN shall the kingdom^ of 
heaven be likened unto ten virgins, 
which took their lamps, and went 
forth to meet the bridegroom. 

2 And five of them were wise, 
and five were foolish. 

3 They that icere foolish took 
their lamps, and took no oil with 
them : 

4 But the wise took oil in their 
vessels with their lamps. 

5 While the bridegroom tarried, 
they all slumbered and slept. 

6 And at midnight there was a 
cry made, Behold, the bridegroom 
cometh ; go ye out to meet him. 

7 Then all those virgins arose, 
and trimmed their lamps. 

8 And the foolish said unto the 
wise, Give us of your oil ; for our 
lamps are gone out. 

9 But the wise answered, say- 
ing, Not so, lest there be not 
en'ough for us and you : but go ye 
rather to them that sell, and buy for 
yourselves. 

10 And while they went to buy, 
the bridegroom came ; and they 
that were ready went in with him 
to the marriage : and the door was 
shut. 

11 Afterward came also the 
other virgins, saying, Lord, Lord, 
open to us. 

12 But he answered and said. 
Verily I say unto you, I know you 
not. 

13 Watch therefore: for ye 
know neither the day nor the hour 
wherein the Son of man cometh. 

14 Fotr the kingdom of heaven is 



as a man travelling into a far conn- 
trv, who called his own servants, 
and delivered unto them his goods. 

15 And unto one he gave five 
talents, to another two, and to an- 
other one ; to every man according 
to his several ability ; and straight- 
wav took his journey. 

16 Then he that had received 
the five talents, went and traded 
with the same, and made ther/i 
other five talents. 

17 And likewise he that had re- 
ceived two, he also gained other 
two. 

18 But he that had received 
one, went and digged in the earth, 
and hid his lord's money. 

19 After a long time the lord of 
those servants cometh, and reck- 
.oneth with them, 

20 And so he that had received 
five talents came and brought other 
five talents, saying, Lord, thou de- 
liveredst unto me five talents : be- 
hold, I have gained besides them 
five talents more. 

21 His lord said unto him, Well 
done, ihou good and faithful ser- 
vant ; thou hast been faithful over 
a few tilings,! will make thee ruler 
over many things : enter thou into 
the joy of thy lord. 

22 He also that had received two 
talents came and said, Lord, thou 
deliveredst unto me two talents : 
behold, I have gained two other 
talents beaides them. 

23 His lord said unto him, Well 
done, good and faithful servant ; 
thou hast been faithful over a few 



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tilings, I will make thee ruler over 
' many things : enter thou into the 
I joy of thy lord. 

! 24 Thenhe which had received 
; the one talent came and said, 
i Lord, I knew thee that thou art an 
hard man, reaping where thou hast 
not sown, and gathering where thou 
hast not strawed : 

25 And I was afraid, and went 
and hid thy talent in the earth : 
lo, there thou hast that is thine. 
, 26 His lord answered and said 
1 unto him. Thou wicked and sloth- 
' ful servant, thou knewest that I 
i reap where I sowednot, and gather 
I where I have not strawed ; 

27 Thou oughtest therefore to 
have put my money to the ex- 
changers, and then at my coming 
I should have received mine own 
I with usury. 

; 28 Take therefore the talent 
I from him, and give it unto him 
which hath ten talents. 

29 For unto every one that hath 
shall be given, and he shall have 
abundance : but from him that hath 
not, shall be taken away even that 
which he hath. 

30 And cast ye the unprofitable 
servant into outer darkness : there 
shall be weeping and gnashing of 
teeth. 

31 When the Son of man shall 
come in his glory, and all the holy 
Hngels with him,, then shall he sit 
upon the throne of his glory ; 

32 And before him shall be ga- 
thered all nations ; and he shall 
separate them one from another, as 

I a shepherd divideth his sheep from 
; the goats : 

! 33 And he shall set the sheep 
I on his right hand, but the goats on 
I the left. 

I a4 Then shall the king say uix- 

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to them on his right hand, Come, 
ye blessed of my Father, inherit 
the kingdom prepared for you from 
the foundation of the world : 

35 For I was an himgered, and 
ye gave me meat : I was thirsty, 
and ye gave me drink : I was a 
stranger, and ye took me in : 

36 Naked, and ye clothed me : 
I was sick, and ye visited me : I was 
in prison, and ye came unto me. 

37 Then shall the righteous 
answer him, sayings Lord, when 
saw we thee an hungered, and fed 
theel or thirsty, and gave thee 
drink ? 

38 When saw we thee a stran- 
ger, and took thee in? or naked, and 
clothed theel 

39 Or when saw we thee sick, 
or in prison, and came unto thee ? 

40 And the King shall answer 
and say unto them, Yerily I say 
unto you, Inasmuch as ye have done- 
it unto one of the least of th^se my 
brethren, ye have done it unto me. 

41 Then shall he say also unto 
them on the left hand. Depart from 
me, ye cursed, into everlasting fire, 
prepared for the devil and his an- 
gels : 

42 For I was an hungered, and 
ye gave me no meat : I was thirsty, 
and ye gave me no drink : 

43 I was a stranger, and ye 
took me not in : naked, and ye 
.clothed me not : sick, and in prison, 
and ye visited me not, 

44 Then shall they also answer 
him, saying. Lord, when saw we 
thee an hungered, or athirst, or a 
stranger, or naked, or sick, or in 
prison, and did not minister unto 
thee? 

45 Then shall he answer them, 
saying, Verily, I say unto you^ 



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\ 



Inasmueli as ye did it not to one 
of the least of these, ye did it not 
to me. 



46 And these shall go away in* 
to everlasting punishment : but Xl 
righteous into life eternal. 



FIRST LE&SON FOR EVENING^ 



DEUTERONOMY XXXIV. 



AND Moses went up from the 
plains of Moab unto the mountain 
of Nebo, to the top of Pisgah,that 
is over against Jericho : and the 
Lord shewed him all the land of 
Gilead, unto Dan, 

2 And all Naphtali,and the land of 
Ephraim, and Manasseh, and all the 
land of Judah, unto the utmost sea, 

3 AntI the south, and the plain 
of the valley of Jericho, the city of 
palm-trees, unto Zoar. 

4 And the Lord said unto him, 
This is the land which I sware 
unto Abraham, unto Isaac, and un- 
to Jacob, saying, I will give it unto 
thy seed : I have caused thee to 
see it with thine eyes, but thou 
shalt not go over thither. 

5 So Moses, the servant of the 
Lord, died there in the land of 
Moab, according to the word of the 
Lord. 

6 And he buried him in a valley 
in the land of Moab, over against 
Beth-peor ? but no man knoweth 
of his sepulchre unto this day. 

7 And Moses was an hundred 



and twenty years old when he 
died : his eye was not dim, nor his 
natural force abated. 

8 And the children of Israel 
wept for Moses in the plains of 
Moab thirty days : so the days of 
weeping ard mourning for Moses 
were ended, 

9 And Joshua the son of Nun 
was full of the spirit of wisdom ; 
for Moses had laid his hands upon 
him : and the children of Israel 
hearkened unto him, and did as 
the Lord commanded Moses. 

10 And there arose not a pro- 
phet since in Israel like unto Mo- 
ses, whom the Lord knew face to 
face 

11 In all the signs and the 
wonders which the Lord sent him 
to da in the land of Egypt to Pha- 
raoh, and to all his servants, and 
to all his land. 

12 And in all that mighty hand, 
and in all the gTeat terror which 
Moses shewed in the sight of all 
Israel, 

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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
I PETER I. 



PETER, an apostle of Jesus 
Christ, to the strangers scattered 
throughout Pontus, Galatia, Cap- 
padocia, Asia, and Bithynia, 

2 Elect according to the fore- 
knowledge of God the Father, 
th'-ough sanctification of the Spirit, 
unto obedience and sprinkling of 
the blood of Jesus Christ : Grace 
unto you, and peace be multiplied. 

3 Blessed he the God and Fa- 
ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
which, according to his abundant 
mercy, hath begotten us again 
unto a lively hope, by the resur- 
rection of Jesus Christ from the 
dead, 

4 To an inheritance incor- 
ruptible, and undefiled, and that 
fadeth not away, reserved in hea- 
ven for you, 

5 Who are kept by the power 
of God through faith unto salva- 
tion, ready to be revealed in the 
last time : 

6 Wherein ye greatly rejoice, 
though now for a season (if need 
be) ye are in heaviness through 
manifold temptations ; 

7 That the trial of your faith 
being much more precious than of 
gold that perisheth, though it be 
tried with fire, might be found unto 
praise, and honour, and glory, at 
the appearing of Jesus Christ : 

8 Whom having not seen, ye 
love ; in whom, though now ye 
see him not, yet believing, ye re- 
joice with joy unspeakable, and 
full of glory : 

9 Receiving the end of your 



faith, even the salvation of your 
souls. 

10 Of which salvation the pro- 
phets ha\^e enquired and searched 
diligently, who prophesied of the 
grace that should come unto you : 

11 Searching what, or what 
manner of time, the Spirit of 
Christ which was in them did 
signify, when it testified before- 
hand the sufierings of Christ, and 
the glory that should follow. 

12 Unto whom it was revealed j., 
that not unto themselves, but unto 
us, they did minister the things 
which are now reported unto you^ 
by them that have preached the 
gospel unto you, with the Holy 
Ghost sent down from heaven ; 
which things the angels desire to 
look into. 

13 Wherefore gird up the loins 
of your mind, be sober, and hope 
to the end, for the grace that is to 
be brought unto you at the revela- 
tion of Jesus Christ : 

14 As obedient children, not 
fashioning yourselves according to 
the former lusts in your ignorance : ■ 

15 But as he which hath called 
you is holy, so be ye holy in all 
manner of conversation ; 

16 Because it is written,.Be ye 
holy ; for I am holy. 

17 And if ye call on the Father,^ 
who without respect of persons 
judgeth according to every man^s^ 
work, pass the time of your so- 
journing here in fear : 

1 8 Forasmuch as ye know that* 
ye were not redeemed with cQi^ 



344 T R I N 

mptible things, as silver and gold, 
from your vain conversation re- 
ceived by tradition from your 
fathers ; 

19 But with the precious blood 
of Christ, as of a lamb without 
blemish and without spot : 

20 Who verily was fore-ordained 
before the foimdation of the world, 
but was manifest in these last 
times for you, 

21 Who by him do believe in 
God that raised him up from the 
dead, and gave him glory ; that 
your faith and hope might be in 
*God. 

22 Seeing ye have purified 
your souls in obeying the truth 



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through the Spirit unto unfeigned 
love of the brethren, see that ye 
love one another with a pure heart 
fervently : 

23 Being bom again, not of cor- 
ruptible seed, but of incorruptible, 
by the word of God, which liveth 
and abideth for ever. 

24 For all flesh is as grass, and 
all the glory of man as the flower 
of grass. The gTass withereth, 
and the flower thereof falleth 
away : 

25 But the word of the Lord 
endureth for ever. And this is 
the word which by the gospel is 
preached unto you. 



THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



JOSHUA XXIII. 



' AND it came to pass, a long 
time after that the Lord had given 
rest unto Israel from all their ene- 
mies around about, that Joshua 
waxed old, a/id stricken in age. 

2 And Joshua called for all 
Israel, a7id for their elders, and 
for their heads, and for their judges, 
and for their officers, and said unto 
them, I am old a?id stricken in 
age : 

3 And ye have seen all that the 
Lord your God hath done unto all 
these nations because of you ; for 



jthe Lord your God is he that hath 
' fought for you. 

I 4 Behold I have divided unto 
I you by lot these nations that re- 
i main,*to be an inheritance for your 
'tribes, from Jordan, with all the 
nations that I have cut off, even 
'unto the great sea westward. 
; 5 And the Lord your God, he 
' shall expel them from before you, 
^and drive them from out of your 
sight : and ye shall possess their 
land, as the Lord your God hatk 
I promised unto you. 



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6 Be ye therefore very coura- 
I geous to keep and to do all that is 
I written in the book of the law of 
I Moses, that ye turn not aside 

therefrom to the right hand or to 

the left ; 

7 That ye come not among these 
nations, these that remain among 
you, neither make mention of the 
name of their gods, nor cause to 
swear by them, neither serve them 
nor bow yourselves unto them. 
I 8 But cleave unto the Lord 
i your God, as ye have done unto 
I this day. 

I 8 For the Lord hath driven out 

from before you great nations and 
' strong; but as for you, no man 

hath been able to stand before you 

unto this day. 

10 One man of you shall chase 
, a thousand; for the Lord your 

God, he it is that fighteth for you, 
I as he hath promised you. 
\ 11 Take good heed therefore 

unto yourselves, that ye love the 

Lord your God. 

12 Else J if ye do in any wise 
go back, and cleave unto the rem- 
nant of these nations, even these 
that remain among you, and shall 
make marriages with them, and go 
in unto them, and they to you : 

13 Know for a certainty, that 
the Lord your God will no more 



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drive out any these nations from 
before you : but they shall be 
snares and traps unto you, and 
scourges in your sides, and thorns 
in your eyes, until ye perish from 
off this good land which the Lord 
your God hath given you. 

14 And behold, this day I am 
going the way of all the earth ; 
and ye know in all your hearts, 
and in all your souls, that not one 
thing hath failed of all the good 
things which the Lord your God 
spake concerning you : all are 
come to pass unto you, and not 
one thing hath failed thereof. 

15 Therefore it shall come to 
pass, that as all good things are 
come upon you, which the Lord 
your God promised you ; so shall 
the Lord bring upon you all evil 
things until he have destroyed you 
from off this good land, which the 
Lord your God hath given you. 

16 When ye have transgressed 
the covenant of the Lord your 
God which he commanded you, 
and have gone and served other 
gods,andbowedyoursehestothem, 
then shall the anger of the Lord 
be kindled against you, and ye 
shall perish quickly from off the 
good land which he hath given unto 
you, 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
I MARK IV. 

i AND he began again to teach | sat in the sea; and the whole muK 
j by the seaside: and there wasjtitude was by the sea on the 
I gathered unto him a great multitude, j land. 

j SiO that he entered into a ship, and i 3 And he taught them many 



346 TRINITY. 

things by parables, and said unto 
them in his doctrine, 

3 Hearken; Behold, there went 

out a sower to sow ; 

4 And it came to pass, as he 
sowed, some fell by the way-side, 
and the fowls of the air came and 
devoured it up. 

5 And some fell on stony ground, 
where it had not much earth; and 
immediately it sprang up, because 
it had no depth of earth : 

6 But when the sun was up, it 
was scorched ; and because it had 
no root, it withered away. 

7 And some fell among thorns, 
and the thorns grew up and choked 
it, and it yielded no fruit. 

8 And other fell on good ground, 
and did yield fruit that sprang up 
and increased, and brought forth 
some thirty, and some sixty, and 
some an hundred. 

9 And he said unto them, He 
that hath ears to hear, let him 
hear. 

10 And when he was alone, 
they that were about him, with the 
twelA-e, asked of him the parable. 

1 1 And he said unto them. Un- 
to you it is given to know the 
mystery of the kingdom of God : 
but unto them that are without, all 
these things are done in parables : 

12 That seeing they may see, 
andnot perceive ; and hearing they 
may hear, andnot understand ; lest 
at any time they should be con- 
verted, and their sins should be 
forgiven them. 

13 And he said unto them, 
Know ye not this parable ? and 
how then will ye know all pa- 
rables ? 

14 The sower soweth the word. 

15 And these are they by the 
way-side, whers the word is sown ; 



but, when they have heard, Satan 
cometh immediately, and taketh 
away the word that was sown in 
their hearts. 

16 And these are they likewise 
i which are sown on stony ground ; 

who, when they have heard the 
word, immediately receive it with 
gladness : 

17 And have no root in them- 
selves, and so endure but for a 
time : afterward, when affliction or 
persecution ariseth for the word's 
sake, immediately they are olFen- 
ded. ^ : 

18 And these are they which } 
i are sown among thorns ; such as * 

hear the word, ' 

19 And the cares of this world, 
and thedeceitfulnessof riches, and \ 
the lust of other things entering j 
in, choke the wordjandit becometh 1 
unfruitful. | 

20 And these are they which ' 
are sovvm on good ground ; such as 
hear the word, and receive it, and 
bring forth fruit, some thirty-fold, 
some sixty, and some an hundred. 

21 And he said unto them, Is a 
candle brought to be put under a 
bushel, or under abed ? andnot to 
be set on a candlestick? 

22 For there is nothing hid, 
which shall not be manifested ; 
neither was any thing kept secret, 
but that it should com.e abroad. 

23 If any man have ears to 
hear, let him hear. 

24 And he saith unto them, Take 
heed what ye hear; with what 
measure ye mete, it shall be mea- 
sured to you ; 'and unto you that 
hear shall more be given. 

25 For he that hath, to him 
shall be given ; and he that hath" 
not, from him shall be taken eveu 
, that which he hath. 



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26 And he said, So is the king- 
dom of God, as if a man should 
cast seed into the ground ; 

27 And should sleep, and rise 
night and day, and the seed should 
spring and grow up, he knoweth 
not how. 

28 For the earth bringeth forth 
fruit of herself ; first the blade, then 
the ear, after that the full corn in 
the ear. 

29 But when the fruit is brought 
forth, immediately he putteth in the 
sickle J because theharvestis come. 

30 And he said, Whereunto 
shall we liken the kingdom of God ? 
er with what comparison shall we 
compare it ? 

31 It is like a grain of mustard- 
seed, which, wheii it is sown in 
the earth, is less than all the seeds 
that be in the earth : 

32 But when it is sown,itgrow- 
eth up, and becometh greater than 
all herbs, and shooteth out great 
branches ; so that the fowls of the 
air may lodge under the shadow 
of it. 

33 And with many such pa- 
rables spake he the word unto them, 
as they were able to hear it, 

34 But without a parable spake 



he not unto then! : and when they 
were alone, he expounded all things 
to his disciples. 

35 And the same day, when the 
even was come, he saith unto them, 
Let us pass over unto the other 
side. 

36 And when they had sent 
away the multitude, they took him 
even as he was in the ship. And 
there were also with him other 
little ships. 

37 And there arose a great 
storm of wind, and the waves beat 
into the ship, so that it was now 
full. 

38 And he was in the hinder 
part of the ship, asleep on a pillow : 
and they awake him, and say unto 
him, Master, carest thou not that 
we perish? 

39 And he arose, and rebuked 
the wind, and said unto the sea, 
Peace, be still. And the v/ind 
ceased, and there was a great calm. 

40 And he said unto them, Why 
are ye so fearful ? how is it that 
ye have no faith ? 

41 And they feared exceeding- 
ly, and said one to another. What 
manner of man is this, that even 
the wind and the sea obey him! 



]?^IRST LESSON FOR EVENING* 
JOSHUA XXV. 



AND Joshua gathered all the 
tribes of Israel to Shechem, and 
called for the elders of Israel, and 
fortheir heads, and for their judges, 
and for their officers; and they 
presented themselves before God. 

2 And Joshua said unto all the 



people. Thus saith the LorD God 
of Israel, Your fathers dwelt on 
the other side of the flood in old 
time, ei'>en Terah, the father of 
Abraham, and the father of Nahor : 
and they served other gods. 
3 And I took your father Abra- 



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ham, from the other side of the 
flood, and led him throughout ai 
the land of Canaan, andmultipued 
his seed, and gave him Isaac. 

4 And I gave unto Isaac Jacob 
and Esau : and I gave unto Esau 
mount Seir, to possess it ; but Ja- 
cob and his children went down 
into Egypt. 

5 I sent Moses also andAaron, and 
I plagued Egypt, according to that 
which I did among them ; and after- 
ward I brought you out. 

6 And I brought your fathers 
out of Egypt : and ye came unto 
the sea; and the Egyptians pur- 
sued after your fathers with 
chariots and horsemen unto the 
Red Sea. 

7 And when they cried unto tiie 
Lord, he put darkness between 
you and the Egyptians, and brought 
the sea upon them, and covered 
them; and your eyes have seen 
what I have done in Egypt : and 
ye dweh in the wilderness a long 
season. 

8 And I brought you into the 
land of the Amorites, which dweU 
on the other side Jordan ; and they 
foucrht with you : and I gave them 
into your hand, that ye might pos- 
sess their land ; and I destroyed 
them from before you. 

9 ThenBalakthesonof Zippor, 

king of Moab, arose and marred 
against Israel, and sent and called 
Balaam the son of Beor to curse 

^^1^0 But I would not hearken 
unto Balaam ; therefore he blessed 
vou still : so I delivered you out of 
kis hand. 

11 And ye went over Jordan, 
and came unto Jericho : and the 
men of Jericho fought against you, 
the Amorites, and the Perizzites, 



and the Canaanites,andtheHittites. 
and the Girgashites, the Hivites, 
and the Jebusites, and I delivered 
them into your hand. 

12 And I sent the hornet before 
you, which draTe them out from 
before you, even the two kings^of 



the Amorites; but not with thy 
sword, nor with thy bow. 

1 3 And I have given you a land 
for which ye did not labour, and 
cities which ye built not, and ye 
dwell in them ; of the vineyards 

I and oliveyards which ye planted 
' not do ye eat. 

14 Now therefore fear the Lord, 
and serve him in sincerity and m 
truth; and put away the gods 
which your fathers served on the 
other side of the flood, and m 
Egypt ; and serve ye the Lord. 

^15 And if it seem evil unto you 
to serve the Lord, choose you this 
day whom ye will serve / whether 
the gods whichyour fathers served, 
that were on the other side of the 
flood, or the ^ods of the Amorites, 
in whose land ye dwell : but as for 
me and my house, we will serve 
the Lord. 

16 And the people answered 
and said, God forbid that we should 
forsake the Lord, to serve other 

gods ; J 1, 

17 For the Lord our God, ne 
it is that brought us up and our fa- 
thers out of the land of Egypt, 
from the house of bondage, and 
which did those great signs m our 
sioht, and preserved us m all the 
way wherein we went, and among 
all the people through whom we 

^^Ts^And the Lord drave out 
from before us all the people, even 
the Amorites which dwelt m the 



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land : therefore will we also serve 
the Lord ; for he is our God. 

19 And Joshua said unto the 
people, Ye cannot serve the Lord : 
for he is an holy God : he is a jeal- 
ous God ; he will not forgive your 
transgressions nor your sins. 

20 If ye forsake the Lord, and 
serve strange gods, then he will 
turn and do you hurt, and consume 
you, after that he hath done you 
good. 

21 And the people said unto 
Joshua, Nay ; but we will serve 
the Lord. 

22 And Joshua said unto the 
people, Ye are witnesses against 
yourselves, that ye have chosen 
y^>u the LoRD^ to serve him. And 
they said. We are witnesses. 

23 Now therefore put away 
[said he) the strange gods which 
are among you, and incline your 
heart unto the Lord God of Israel. 

24 And the people said unto 
Joshua, The Lord our God will 
we serve, and his voice will we 
obey. 

25 So Joshua made a covenant 
with the people that day, and set 
them a statute and an ordinance 
in Shechem. 

26 And Joshua wrote these 
words in the book of the law of 
God, and took a great stone, and 
set it up there under an oak that 
was by the sanctuary of the Lord. 

27 And Joshua said unto all the 



people, Behold, this stone shall be 
a witness unto us ; for it hath heard 
all the words of the Lord which 
he spake unto us : it shall be there- 
fore a witness unto you, lest ye 
deny your God. 

28 So Joshua let the people Je- 
part,every man unto his inheritance . 

29 And it came to pass, after 
these things, that Joshua the son 
of Nun, the servant of the Lord, 
died,, being an hundred and ten 
years old. 

30 And they buried him in the 
border of his inheritance in Tim- 
nath-serah, which is in mount 
Ephraim, on the north side of the 
hill of Gaash. 

31 And Israel served the Lord 
all the days of Joshua, and all the 
days of the eiders that overlived 
Joshua, and which had known all 
the works of the LoRD^that he had 
done for Israel. \ 

32 And the bones of Joseph, 
which the children of Israel brought 
up out of Egypt, buried they in 
Shechem, in a parcel of ground 
which Jacob bought of the sons of 
Hamor, the father of Shechem, for 
an hundred pieces of silver : and it 
became the inheritance of the chil- 
dren of Joseph. 

33 And Eleazar the son of Aaron 
died ; and they buried him in a hill 
that pertained to Phinehas his son, 
which was given him in mount 
Ephraim. 

30 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING, 
I PETER II. 

WHEREFORE, laving aside'; of God; ^vliich had not obtained 
all malice, and all guile: and liypo-: mercy, but now have obtamed 
..hsies, and envies, and --1- .nercy^^^^^^^^_ ^ ^^^^^^^ 

'^nS;w-bomlVoe-s,desi-rethe' as strangers and pilgrims ab- 
sincere milk of the word, that ye stam from fleshly lusts, which war 
may grow therebv ; ! against the soul : 

3 If so be ve'have tasted that ; 12 Havmg your conversation 
the Lord is gracious ; i honest among the Gentiles; that 

4 Towh5m coming as nnU, a; whereas they speak again.. )0u 
livin. stone, disallowe'd indeed of ,as evil-doers, they may, hy your 
menrbut chosen of God, and pre- : good v-orks which they shall be- 
"■^yg 'hold, glorify God m the day of 

5 Ye also, as livelv stones, are :v-isitation. 

built up a spiritual house, an holy i 1 S Submit yourselves to every 
priesthood, to olFer up spiritual sa- : ordinance of man for fe Lord s 
crifices, acceptable to Godby Jesus ^ sake : whether it be to the kmg, a. 
Christ ' supreme ; 

6 AVberefore also it is contained ; 14 Or imto governors, as unto 
in the scripture. Behold, I lay m'them that are sent by him for the 
Siona chief corner-stone, elect, : pumshment of evil-doers, and for 
precious : and he that believeth on the praise of them that do well, 
him shall not be confounded, 1 1 5 For so is the will of God 

7 Untovoutherefore which be- that with well-domg ye ma/ 
lieve Aei.s precious ; but unto them : to silence the ignorance ol toohsh 
which be disobedient, the stone .men; 

which the builders disallowed, the I 16 As free, and not using you r 
same is made head of the comer. , liberty for a cloak of malicious- 

8 And a stone of stumbhng and a 1 ness, but as the servants oi God. 
rockof offence, evmtothem which! 17 Honour all me?i. Lwe the 
stumble at the 'word.being disobe- ; brotherhood. Fear God. Honour 
dient ; whereunto also they were ; the king. 

appointed. 1 18 Servants, be subject to yoia 

9 But ye are a chosen genera- Uiiasters with all fear ; not onl} to- 
tion, a royal priesthood, an holy | the good and gentle, but also to the 
nation, a peculiar people : that ye I froward, 

should shew forth the praises of; 19 For this is thank-worthy, i 
him who hath called you out of , a man for conscience toward Uod 
darkness into his marvellous light ; endure grief, suffering wrongtiilly. 

10 Which in time past ivere not | 20 For what glory is it, il when 
a people, but are now the people j ye be buffeted for your faults, ye 



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351 



shall take it patiently ? but if, when 
ye do well, and suffer for it, ye take 
it patiently, this is acceptable with 
God. 

21 For even hereunto were ye 
called ; because Christ also suffer- 
ed for us, leaving us an example, 
that ye should follow his steps : 

22 Who did no sin, neither was 
guile found in his mouth : 

23 Who, when he was reviled, 
xeviled not again : when he suffer- 



ed, he threatened not ; but com- 
mitted himself to him that judgeth 
righteously ; 

24 Who his own self bare our 
sins in his own body on the tree, 
that we being dead to sins, should 
live unto righteousness ; by whose 
stripes ye were healed. 

25 For ye were as sheep going 
astray : but are now returned unto 
the Shepherd and Bishop of your 
souls. 



THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



ft'IRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



JUDGES IV. 



AND the children of Israel 
again did evil in the sight of the 
Lord, when Ehud was dead. 

2 And the Lord sold them into 
the hand of Jabin king of Canaan, 
that reigned in Hazor ; the captain 
of whose host tvas Sisera, v/hich 
dwelt in Harosheth of the Gen- 
tiles. 

3 And the children of Israel 
cried unto the Lord : for he had 
nine hundred chariots of iron ; 
and twenty years he mightily op- 
pressed the children of Israel. 

4 And Deborah, a prophetess, 
the wife of Lapidoth, she judged 
Israel at that time. 

5 And she dwelt under the 
palm-tree of Deborah, between 
Eamah and Beth-el in mount 



Ephraim ; and the children of 
Israel came up to her for judg- 
ment, 

6 And she sent andcalled Barak 
the son of Abinoam out of Kedesh- 
naphtali, and said unto him, Hath 
not the Lord God of Israel com- 
manded, saying, Go and draw to- 
ward mount Tabor, and take with 
thee ten thousand men of the chil- 
dren of Naphtali, and of the chil- 
dren of Zebulun ; 

7 And I will draw unto thee, to 
the river Kishon Sisera, the cap- 
tain of Jabin's army, with his 
chariots, and his multitude : and I 
will deliver him into thine hand 1 

8 And Barak said unto her, If 
thou wilt go with me, then I will 



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^0 ; but if thou wilt not go witli 
me, then I will not go. 

9 And she said, I will surely 
go with thee ; notwithstanding the 
iournevthat thou takest shall not be 
for thine honour : for the Lord 
shall sell Sis era into the hand of 
a woman. And Deborah arose, 
and went with Barak to Kedesh. 

10 AndBarak called Zebulun and 
Naphtali to Kedesh ; and he went 
up with ten thousand men at his 
feet: and Dehor ah vrent up with him. 

11 Now Heber the Kemte, 
ichich ?/:a5of the children of Hobab, 
the father-in-law ^f Closes, had 
severed himself from the Kenites, 
and pitched his tent unto the plain 
of Zaanaim., which is by Kedesh. 

12 And they sheAved Sis era 
that Barak the son of Abinoam 
was gone up to mount Tabor. 

13 And Sisera gathered together 
-all his chariots, even nine hundred 
chariots of iron, and all the people 
that icere with him, from Harosh- 
eth of the Gentiles unto the river 
of Kishon. 

14 And Deborah saidunto Barak 
Up ; for this is the day in which 
the Lord hath delivered Sisera 
into thine hand : is not the Lord 
gone om before thee ? So Barak 
went down from mxount Tabor, and 
ten thousand men after him. 

15 And the Lord discomfited 
Sisera, and all his chariots, and all 
his host, vrith the edge of the 
sword before Barak : so that Si- 
sera hghted down off his chariot, 
and fled away on liis feet. 

16 But Barak pursued after the 
chariots and after the the host, unto 
Harosheth of the Gentiles : and all 
the host of Sisera fell upon the 
i3dge of the sword : and there was 
not a roau left. 



17 Howbeit Sisera fled away 
on his feet to the tent of Jael the 
wife of Heber the Kenite; for 
there v:as peace between Jabinthe 
kin,2 of Hazor and the house of 
Heber the Kenite. 

18 And Jael went out to meet 
Sisera. and said unto him, Turn 
m mv lord, turn into me : fear not. 
iAnd\vhenhe had turned in unto 
her into the tent, she covered him 
with a mantle. 

19 And he said unto her, 
Give me, I pray thee, a little water 
to drink : for l' am thirsty._ ^ And 
she opened a bottle of milk and 
aave him drink, and covered him. 

20 Ao-ain he said unto her, 
Stand in^the door of the tent ; and 
it shall be, when any man doth 
come and enquire of thee, and say, 
Is there anv man here ? that thou 



shall sav, No. 

21 Then Jael, Heber's wife, 
took a nail of the tent, and took an 
hammer in her hand, and went 
softlv unto him, and smote the nail 
into^his temples, and fastened it 
into the ground : (for he was fast 
asleep and weary :) so he died. 

22 And behold, as Barak pur- 
sued Sisera, Jael came out to meet 
him, and said unto him, Come, 
and I will shew thee the man 
whom thou seekest. iVnd when 
he came into her tent, behold, Si- 
sera lay dead and the nail teas in 
his temples. 

2.3 So God subdued on that day 
Jabin the king of Canaan before 
the children of Israel. 

24 And the hand of the children 
of Israel prospered, and prevailed 
against Jabin the king of Canaan, 
until they had destroyed Jabin 
king of Canaan. 



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353 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING, 



MARK XIII. 



AND as he went out of the tem- 
ple, one of his disciples saith unto 
him, Master, see what manner of 
stones and what buildings are here ! 

2 And Jesus answering, said 
unto him, Seest thou these great 
buildings ? there shall not he left 
one stone upon another^ that shall 
not be thrown down. 

3 And as he sat upon the mount 
of Olives, over against the temple, 
Peter, and James, and John, and 
Andrew, asked him privately, 

4 Tell us, when shall these 
things be ! and what shall be the 
sign v/hen all these things shall be 
fulfilled ^ 

5 And Jesus answering them, 
hegan to say, Take heed lest any 
ma/i deceive you : 

6 For many shall come in my 
name, saying, I am Christ ; and 
shall deceive many. 

7 And when ye shall hear of 
wars, and rumours of wars, be ye 
not troubled : for such things must 
needs be ; but the end shall not be 
yet. 

8 For nation shall rise against 
nation, and kingdom against king- 
dom; and there shallbe earthquakes 
in divers places, and there shall be 
famines and troubles : these are 
the beginnings of sorrows. 

9 But take heed to yourselves : 
for they shall deliver you up to 
councils ; and in the synagogues 
ye shall be beaten : and ye shall 
be brought before rulers and kings 
for my sake, for a testimony against 
litem. 



10 And the gospel must first be 
published among all nations. 

11 But when they shall lead 
you. and deliver you up, take no 
thought beforehand what ye shall 
speak, neither do ye premeditate ; 
but whatsoever shall be given you 
in that hour, that speak ye : for it 
is not ye that speak, but the Holy 
Ghost. 

12 Now, the brother shall betray 
the brother to death, and the father 
the son ; and children shall rise 
up against their parents, and shall 
cause them to be put to death, 

13 And ye shall be hated of all 
men for my name's sake : but he 
that shall endure unto the end, the 
same shall be saved. 

14 But when ye shall see the 
abomination of desolation, spoken 
of by Daniel the prophet, standing 
where it ought not, (let him that 
readeth understand,) then let them 
that be in Judea flee to the moun* 
tains : 

15 And let him that is on the 
house-top not go down into the 
house, neither enter therein, to 
take any thing out of his house : 

16 x\nd let him that is in the 
field not turn back again for to take 
up his garment. 

17 But woe to them that are 
with child, and to them that give 
suck, in those days ! 

18 And pray ye that your flight 
be not in the winter. 

19 For in those days shall be 
aflliction, such as was not from 
the beginning of the creation 

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which God created unto this time, 
neither shall be. 

20 And except that the Lord 
had shortened those days, no desh 
;shouldbe saved : but for the elect's 
3ake, whom he hath chosen, he 
hath shortened the days. 

21 And then, if any man shall 
say to you, Lo, here is Christ ; or, 
lo, he is there ; believe him not : 

22 For false Christs and false 
prophets shall rise, and shall shew 
signs and wonders, to seduce, if it 
ivere possible, even the elect. 

23 But take ye heed : behold, 1 1 
have foretold you all things. 

24 But in those days, after that 
tribulation, the sun shall be dark- 
ened, and the moon shall not give 
her light, 

25 And the stars of heaven 
shall fall, and the powers that are 
in heaven shall be shaken. 

26 And then th.ey shiall see the 
Son of man coming in the clouds, 
with great power and glory. 

27 And then shall he send his 
angels, and shall gather together 
his elect from the four winds, 
from the uttermost part of the earth 
to the uttermost part of heaven. 

28 Now, learn a parable of the 
f g-tree ; When her branch is yet 



tender, andputteth forth leaves, je 
know that summer is near : 

29 So ye, in like manner, when 
ye shall see these things come to 
pass, know that it is nigh, even at 
the doors. 

30 Verily I say unto you, that 
this generation shall not pass, till 
all these things be done. 

31 Heaven and earth shall pass 
away ; but my words shall not pass 
away. 

32 But of that day, and that 
hour, knoweth no man, no, not the 
j angels which are in heaven, nei- 
ther the Son, but the Father. 
I 33 Take ye heed, watch and 

pray : for ye'' know not when the 
time is. 

34 Fo7' the So}i of man is as a 
man taking a far journey, Avholeft 
his house, and gave authority to 
his servants, and to every man 
his work, and commanded the 
porter to w^atch. 

35 Watch ye therefore ; for ye 
know not when the master of the 
house cometh, at even, or at mid- 
night, or at the cock-crowing, or 
in the morning ; 

36 Lest, coming suddenly, he 
find you sleeping. 



37 And what I say unto you, 
sav unto all, Watrh. 



•FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING, 



JUDGES V. 



THEN sang Deborah, andBarak 
the son of Abinoam, on that day, 
saying, 

2 Praise ye the Lord for the 
avenging of Israel, when the peo- 
ple willingly offered themselves. 



3 Hear, O ye kings ; give ear, 
ye princes, 1, even I, will smg 
unto the Lord ; I will sing ])raise 
to the Lord God of Israel. 

4 Lord, when thou wentest out 
of Seir, when thou marchedst out 



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of the field of Edem, the earth 
trembled, and the heavens dropped, 
the clouds also dropped water. 

5 The mountains melted from 
before the Lord, even that Sinai 
from before the Lord God of Is- 
rael. 

6 In the days of Shamgar the 
son of Anath, in the days of Jael, 
the highways were unoccupied, 
and the trarellers walked through 
by-ways. 

7 The inhahiiants of the villages 
I ceased, they ceased in Israel, until 
1 that I Deborah arose, that I arose 
I a mother in Israel. 

<8 They chose new gods ; then 
wj^z^ war in the gates : was there a 
shield or spear seen among forty 
thousand in Israel ? 

9 My heart is toward the gover- 
nors of Israel, that offered them- 

; selves willingly among the people. 
I Bless ye the Lord. 

10 Speak, ye that ride on white 
asses, ye that sit in judgment, and 
walk by the way. 

1 1 They that are deliver eel from 
the noise ©f archers in the places 
of drav/ing water, there shall they 
rehearse the righteous acts of the 
Lord, even the righteous acts to- 

' iLKircl the inhabitants of his villages 
I in Israel : then shall the people of 
the Lord go down to the gates. 

12 Awake, awake, Deborah ; 
i awake, awake ; utter a song : arise, 

Barak, and lead thy captivity cap- 
tive, thou son of Abinoam. 

13 Then he made him that re- 
mainetli have dominion over the 

I nobles among the people : the Lord 
i made me have dominion over tlic 
j mighty. 

14 Out of Ephraim urns there a 
root of them against Amalek ; after 
thee, Benjaminj among thy people : 



out of Machir came down gover- 
nors, and out of Zebulun they that 
handle the pen of the writer. 

13 And the princes of Issachar 
zrercwith Deborah ; even Issachar 
and also Barak : he was sent on 
foot into the valley. For the divi- 
sions of Reuben there were great 
thoughts of heart. 

16 Why abodest thou among the 
sheep-folds, to hear the bleatings 
of the flocks ? For the divisions of 
Reuben there tvere great searchings 
of heart. 

17 Gilead abode beyond Jordan : 
and why did Dan remain in ships ? 
Asher continued on the sea-shore^ 
and abode in his breaches. 

18 Zebulun and Naphtali were 
a people if A<x^ jeoparded their lives 
unto the death in the high places 
of the field. 

19 The kings came and fought ; 
then fought the kings of Canaan in 
Taanach by the waters of Me- 
giddo ; they took no gain of money. 

20 They fought from heaven ; 
the stars in their courses faugh-t 
against Sisera. 

21 The river of Kishon swept 
them away, that ancient river, the 
river Kishon. my soul, thou hast 
trodden down strength. 

22 Then were the horse-hoofs- 
broken by the means of the pranc- 
ings, the prancings of their mighty 
ones. 

23 Curse ye Meroz, said the 
angel of the Lord, curse ye bitter- 
ly the inhabitants thereof; because 
they came not to the help of the 
Lord, to the help of the Lord 
against the mighty. 

24 Blessed above women shall 
Jael the wife of Heberthe Kenite 
be ; blessed shall she be above wo- 
men in the tent. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVEXINa. 



i PETER III. 



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djiCT linn lord: whose 
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1 are not afraidVith any 



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- ' ' ' 'h , ^^.^.,-,--^^.-,2- to knowledge 

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outward r.^or.u.i£of pto^^ 

:r andof wearing of go. ^^e^s be not 

acr on of apparel ; ^ ^ • 

' ' d'^hS^^^ot 8 Fiaaily, yc aU of one nund, 
Zc^^r ' .f' having compassioa one of another: 
tJS^: > "ove asbrethren,&c pitiful, Jo cour- 

\-ot rendering evil for evil, 
, ,.-,iin£r for railing; but con- 



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ye are tliereunto called, that ye 
should inherit a blessing. 

10 For he that will love life, 
and see good days, let him refrain 
his tongue from evil, and his lips 
that they speak no guile : 

1 1 Let him eschew evil, and do 
good ; let him seek peace, and en- 
sue it. 

12 For the eyes of the Lord 
are over the righteous, and his 
ears are open unto their prayers ; 
but the face of the Lord is against 
them that do evil. 

13 And who is he that will 
harm you, if ye be followers of 
that which is good ? 

14 But and if ye suffer for righ- 
teousness' sake : happy are ye ; 
and be not afraid of their terror, 
neither be troubled : 

15 But sanctify the Lord God 
in your hearts ? and he ready always 
to give an answer to every man 
that asketh you a reason of the 
hope that is in you, with meekness 
and fear. 

16 Having a good conscience : 
that whereas they speak evil of 
you, as of evil-doers, they may be 



ashamed that falsely accuse your 
good conversation in Christ. 

17 For it is^ better, if the will 
of God be so, that ye suffer for 
well-doing, than for evil-doing. 

18 For Christ also hath once 
suffered for sins, the just for the^ 
unjust, that he miglit bring us to 
God, being put to death in the 
flesh, but quickened by the Spirit : 

19 By which also he went an.d 
preached unto the spirits in pri- 
son. 

20 Which sometime wcto dis- 
obedient, when once the long-suf- 
fering of God waited in the days 
of Noah, while the ark was a pre- 
paring, wherein few, that is, eight 
souls, were saved by water. 

21 The like figure whereunto 
even baptism doth also now save 
us, (not the putting away of the 
filth of the flesh, but the answer of 
a good conscience toward God,) 
by the resurrection of Jesus; 
Christ : 

22 Who is gone into heaven, 
and is on the right hand of God : 
angels, and authorities, and powers, 
being made subject unto him.. 



THE SEVENTEENTH SUNDxiY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
I SAMUEL XII. 



AND Samuel said unto all Isra- 
el, Behold, I have hearkened unto 
your voice in all that ye said unto 
me, and have made a king over you. 

2 A.nd now, behold, the king 



walketh before you and I am old 
and gTay-headed ; and behold, my 
sons are with you ; and I have 
walked before you from my child- 
hood unto this dav. 



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3 Behold,, here I am : vritness 
against me before the Lor d,^ and 
before his anointed ; whose oxhave 
I taken ? or whose ass have I taken ? 
or whom have I defrauded ? Avhorn 
have I oppressed ? or of vvhose 
hand have I received any bribe to 
blind mine eyes therewith ? and I 
will restore it yon. 

4 And they 'said, Thou hast not 
defrauded us, nor oppressed us, 
neither hast thou taken ought of 
any man s hand. 

5 And he said unto them, The 
Lord is vritness against you, and 
his anointed is witness this day, 
that ve have not found ought in mv 
hand. And they ansvrered, He is j 
witness. I 

6 And Samuel said unto the peo- 1 
pie, It is the Lord that advanced, 
Moses and Aaron, and that brouglit | 
your fathers up out of the land of i 
Egypt. _ I 

7 Now therefore stand still, that | 
I mav reason with you before the ': 
Lord of all the righteous acts of | 
the Lord, Vv-hich he did to you i 
and to your fathers. ^ I 

8 When Jacob was come into , 
Effvpt, and your fathers cried unto! 
the' Lord, 'then the Lord sentj 
Moses and Aaron, which brought | 
forth your fathers out of Egypt, and | 
made them dwell in this place. | 

9 And when they forgat the; 
Lord their God, he sold them into \ 
the hand of Sisera, captain of the ; 
host of Kazor. and into the hand 
of the Philistines, and into the 
hand of the king of Modh ; and | 
they fought against them. ; 

10 And they cried unto the , 
Lord, and said, We have sinned, i 
because we have forsaken the ; 
Lord, and have served Baalim and i 
Ashtaroth : but now deUver us out ! 



' of the hand of our enemies, and 

i we will serve thee. 
I 11 Andthe Lord sent Jerubbaal, 
; and Bedan, and Jephthah, and Sanir 
'uel, and dehvered you out of the 
hand of your enemies on every side 
; and ye dwelled safe- 
■ 12 And. when ye saw that Na- 
; hash, the king of '^the children of 
: Ammon, came against you, ye said 
I unto me. Nay; but a king shall 
I reign over us; when the Lord 
! vour God ivas your king. 

13 Now therefore behold the 
I king whom ye have chosen, and 
\ whom ye have desired ! and be- 
'; hold, the Lord hath set a king over 
i vou. 

j' 14 If ye will fear the Lord, 
! and serve him, and obey his voice, 
' and not rebel against the command- 
ment of the Lord ; then shall both 
ye^ and also the king that reigneth 
'over you, continue following the 
Lord your God : 

15 But if ye wih not obey the 
voice of the Lord, but rebel 
ao;ainst the commandment of the 
Lord, then shall the hand of the 
Lord be against you, as it was 
against your fathers. 

'l6 Now therefore stand and see 
this great thing which the Lord 
will do before your eyes. 

17 Is it not wheat-harvest to- 
day ? I will call unto the Lord, and 
he' shall send thunder and rain ; 
that ve may perceive and see that 
vour' wickedness is great, which 
ve have done in the sight of the 
Lord, in asking you a king. 

18 So Samuel called unto the 
Lord ; andthe Lord sent thunder 
and rain that day : and all the peo- 
ple o-reatly feared the Lord and 
Samuel. 

19 And all the people said unto 



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Samuel, Pray for thy servants unto 
I the Lord thy God, that we die not: 
j for we have added unto all our 
I sins this evil, to ask us a king. 
I 20 And Samuel said unto the 
j people, Fear not : (ye have done 
all this wickedness ; yet turn not 
aside from following the Lord, but 
serve the Lord with all your heart; 

21 And turn ye not aside ; for 
then should ye go after vain things, 
which cannot profit nor deliver ; 
for they are vain : ) 

22 For the Lord will not for- 
sake his people for his great name's 



ssike : because it hath pleased the 
Lord to make you his people. 

23 Moreover, as for me, God 
forbid that I should sin against the 
Lord in ceasing to pray for you r 
but I will teach you the good and 
the right way. 

24 Only fear the Lord, and 
serve him in truth with all your 
heart: for consider how great things 
he hath done for you. 

25 But if ye shall stiU do wick- 
edly, ye shall be consumed, both 
ye and your king. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
LUKE XIIL 



THERE were present at that 
season som.e that told him of the 
Galileans, whose blood Pilate had 
mingled with their sacrifices. 

2 And Jesus answering, said 
unto them. Suppose ye that these 
Galileans were sinners above all 
the Galileans, because they suffer- 
ed such things ? 

3 I tell you. Nay : but, except 
ye repent, ye shall all likewise 
perish. 

4 Or those eighteen upon whom 
die tower in Siloam fell, and slew 
them, think ye that they were sin- 
ners above all men that dwelt in 
Jerusalem ? 

.5 I tell yon. Nay : but, except 
ye repent, ye shall all likewise 
perish. 

6 He spake also this parable : 
A certain had afig-tree planted 
in his vineyard ; and he came and 



sought fruit thereon, and found 
none. 

7 Then said he unto the dresser 
of his vineyard. Behold, these 
three years I come seeking fruit 
on this fig-tree, and find none : cut 
it down ; why cumbereth it the 
ground ? 

8 And he answering, said unto 
him, Lord, let it alone this year 
also, till I shall dig about it, and 
duncr it : 

9 And if it bear fruit, loell ; and 
if not, then after that thou shalt 
cut it down. 

10 And he was teaching in one 
of the synagogTies on the sabbath. 

11 And behold, there was a 
woman which had a spirit of in- 
firmity eighteen years, and was 
bowed together, and could in no 
wise lift up herself. 

12 And when Jesus saw her, 



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he called her to him, and said unto 
her, Woman, thou art loosed from 
thine infirmity. 

13 And he laid his hands on 
her : and immediately she was 
made straight, and glorilied God. 

14 AndViie ruler of the syna- 
gogue answered with indignation, 
because that Jesus had healed on 
the sabbath-day, and said unto the \ 
people There are six days in which' 
men ought to work : in them there- 
fore come and be healed, and not 
on the sabbath-day. 

15 The Lord then answered 
him, and said, Thou hypocrite, doth 
n-ot each one of you on the sabbath 
loose his ox or his ass from the 
stall, and lead him. away to water- 
ing ^ 

16 And ougnt not tnis woman, 
being a daughter of Abraham, 
whom Satan hath bound, lo, these 
eighteen years, be loosed from 
this bond on the sabbath-day ? 

17 And when he had said these I 
things, all his adversaries were : 
ashained : and all the people re- ' 
joiced for all the glorious things ' 
that were done by him. ; 

18 Then said he, Unto Vv-hat is | 
the kingdom of God like And I 
w-hereunto shall I resemble it ? ; 

19 It is like a grain of mustard- ; 
seed, which a man took, and cast i 
into his garden ; and it gTew, and 
waxed a great tree : and the fowls 
of the air lodged in the branches 
of it. 

20 And again he said, t here- 
unto shall I liken the kingdom of 
God? 

21 It is like leaven, which a 
woman took and hid in three mea- 
sures of meal, till the whole was 
leavened. 

22 And he went through the 



I cities and villages teaching, and 
i journeying toward Jerusalem. 
I 23 Then said one unto him, 
I Lord, are there few that be saved 1 
\ And he said unto them, 
! 24 Strive to enter in at the 
' strait gate ; for many, I say unta 
you, will seek to enter in, and shall 
i not be able. 

\ 25 When once the master of 
the house is risen up, and hath 
shut to the door, and ye begin to 
stand without, and to knock at the 
door, saying. Lord, Lord, open un- 
to us : and^ he shall answer and 
sav unto you, I know you not 
whence ve are : 

26 Then shall ye begin to say,- 
We have eaten and drunk in thy 
I presence, and thou hast taught in 
our streets.- _ 
I 27 But he shall say, I tell you^ 
: I know you not whence ye are : 
depart from me, all ye workers of 
: iniquity. 

I 28 There shall be weeping and 
^ gnashing of teeth, when ye shall 
'see Abraham, and Isaac, and Ja- 
; cob. and all the prophets, in the 
' kingdom of God, and you your- 
selves thrust out. 

29 And they shall come froni 
the east, and fro/)i the west, and 
from the north, and fror/i the south, 
and shall sit down m the kingdom 
of God. 

3a And behold there are last 
which shall be first, and there are 
first which shall be last. 

31 The same day came certain 
of the Pharisees, saying unto him^ 
Get thee out, and depart hence : 
for Herod will kill thee. 

32 And he said unto them, Go 
ye and tell that fox, Behold, I cast 
but devils, and I do cures to-day^ 



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361 



and to-morrow, and the third day 
\ shall be perfected. 

33 Nevertheless, I must walk 
to-day, and to-morrow, and the 
J^i^/ following : for it cannot be that 
a prophet perish out of Jerusalem. 

34 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, 
which killest the prophets, and 
stonest them that are sent unto 
thee ; how often would I have 



gathered thy children together, as 
a hen doth gather her brood under 
her wings, and ye would not ! 

35 Behold, your house is left 
unto you desolate : and verily I 
say unto you, Ye shall not see me, 
until the time come when ye shall 
say, Blessed i$ he that cometh in 
the name of the Lord. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING, 
I SAMUEL XYII. 



NOW the Philistines gathered 
together their armies to battle, and 
were gathered together at Shochoh 
which belongeth to Judah, and 
pitched between Shochoh and Aze- 
kah, in Ephes-dammim. 

2 And Saul and the men of 
Israel were gathered together, and 
pitched by the valley of Elah, and 
set the battle iii array against the 
Philistines. 

3 And the Philistines stood on 
a mountain on the one side, and 
Israel stood on a mountain on the 
other side : and there was a valley 
between therri. 

4 And ther^ went out a cham- 
pion out of the camp of the Philis- 
tines, named Goliath, of Gath, 
whose height was six cubits and a 
span. 

5 And he had an helmet of 
brass upon his head ; and he was 
armed with a coat of mail : and the 
weight of the coat was five thou- 
sand shekels of brass. 

6 And he had greaves of brass 
upon his legs, and a target of brass 
between his shoulders ; 



7 And the staff of his spear 
was like a weaver's beam ; and his 
spear's head tveighed six hundred 
shekels of iron ; and one bearing a 
shield went before him, 

8 And he stood and cried unto 
the armies of Israel, and said mito 
them. Why are ye come out to set 
your battle in array ? A771 not I a 
Philistine, and ye servants to Saul ? 
choose you a m^n for you, and let 
him come doWn to me. 

9 If he be able to fight with me, 
and to kill me, then will we be 
youi: servants : but if I prevail 
against him and kill him, theii 
shall ye be our servants, and serve 
us. 

10 And the Philistine said, I 
defy the armies of Israel this day : 
give me a man, that we may fight 
together. 

11 When Saul and all Israel 
heard those words of the Philis- 
tine, they were dismayed and great- 
ly afraid. 

12 Now David was the son of 
that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-ju- 
dah, whose name loas Jesse ; and 

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he had eight sons : and the man j 
went among men foi' an old man 
in the days of SauL 

13 And the three eldest sons of 
Jesse went and followed Saul to 
the battle : and the names of his 
three sons that went to the battle 
were Eliab the first-born, and next 
nnto him Abinadab, and the tliird 
Shammah. 

14 And David t^'^isthe youngest; 
and the three eldest followed Saul. 

15 But David went and return- 
ed from Saul to feed his father's 
sheep at Beth-lehem. 

16 And the Philistine drew near 
morning and evening, and present- 
ed himself forty days. 

17 And Jesse said unto David 
his son. Take now for thy brethren 
an ephah of this parched cor'/i, and 
these ten loaves, and run to the 
camp to thy brethren, 

18 And carry these ten cheeses 
imto the captain of ^Aeir thousand, 
and look how thy brethren fare, 
and take their pledge. 

19 Now Saul, and they, and 
all the men of Israel, tcere in 
the valley of Elah, fighting with 
the Philistines. 

20 And David rose up early in 
the morning, and left the sheep 
with a keeper, and took, and went, 
as Jesse had commanded him : 
and he came to the trench, as the 
host was going forth to fight, and 
shouted for the battle. 

21 For Israel and the Philistines 
had put the battle in array, army 
against army. 

22 And David left his carriage 
in the hand of the keeper of the 
carriage, and ran into the army, 
and came and saluted his brethren. 

23 And as he talked with them, 
behold, there came up the cham- 



pion (the Philistine of Gath, Go- 
liath by name ) out of the armies 
of the PhiUstines, and spake ac- 
cording to the same words : and 
David heard ihem. 

24 And all the men of Israel, 
when they saw the man, fled from 
him, and were sore afraid. 

25 And the men of Israel saidj 
Have ye seen this man that is come 



up ? surely to defy Israel is he 
come up and it shall be, that the i 
man who killeth him, the king "^vill | 
enrich him with great riches, and 
will give him his daughter, and 
make his father's house free in 
Israel. 

26 And David spake to the men 
that stood by him^ saying, What 
shall be done' to the man that killeth 
this Philistine, and taketh away the 
reproach from Israel ? for who is this 
uncircumcised Phihstine, that he 
should defy the armies of the liv- 
ing God ? 

27 And the people answered 
him after this manner saying, So 
shall it be done to the man that 
killeth him. 

28 And EUab his eldest brother 
heard when he spake unto the men, 
and EHab's anger was kindled 
against David, and he said, Why 
camest thou down hither? and 
with whom hast thouleft those few 
sheep in the wilderness ? I know 
thy pride, and the naughtiness of 
thine heart : for thou art come 
down that thou mightest see the 
battle. 

29 And David said, What have 
I now done ? Is there not a cause ? 

30 And he turned from him to- 
ward another, and spake after the 
same manner ; and the people an- 
swered him again after the former 
mamier. 



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31 And when the words were 
I heard which David spake, they 

rehearsed them before Saul : and 
he sent for him, 

32 And David said to Saul, Let 
no man's heart fail because of him ; 
thy servant will go and fight with 
this Philistine. 

33 And Saul said to David, 
Thou art not able to go against 
this Philistine to fight with him : 
for thou art hut a youth, and he 
a man of war from his youth. 

34 And David said unto Saul, 
Thy servant kept his father's sheep 
and there came a lion and a bear, 
and took a lamb out of the flock. 

35 And I went out after him, 
and smote him, and delivered it 
out of his mouth ; and when he 
arose against me, I caught Am by 
his beard, and smote him, and slew 
him. 

36 Thy servant slew both the 
lion and the bear : and this uncir- 
cumcised Philistine shall be as 
one of them, seeing he hath defied 
the armies of the living God. 

37 David said moreover. The 
•Lord that delivered me out of the 
paw of the lion, and out of the paw 
of the bear, he will deliver me out 
of the hand of this Philistine. And 
Saul said unto David. Go, and the 
Lord be with thee. 

38 And Saul armed David with 
his armour, and he put an helmet 
of brass upon his head ; also he 
armed him with a coat of mail. 

39 And David girded his sword 
upon his armour, and he assayed 
to go ; for he had not proved it. 
And David said unto Saul, I can^ 
not go with these ; for I have not 
proved them. And David put them 
off him. 

40 And he took his staff in 



his hand, and chose him five smooth 
stones out of the brook, and put 
them in a shepherd's bag which he 
had, even a scrip ; and his sling 
was in his hand ; and he drew near 
to the Philistine. 

4 1 And the Philistine came on, 
and drew near unto David ; and 
the man that bare the shield went 
before him. 

42 And when the Philistine 
looked about and saw David, he 
disdained him ; for he was hut a 
youth, and ruddy, and of a fair 
countenance. • 

43 And the Philistine said unto 
David, Am I a dog, that thou 
comest to me with staves ? And 
the Philistine cursed David by his 
gods. 

44 kvA the Philisiine said tO 
David, Come to me and I will give 
thy flesh unto the fowls of the aiij 
and to the beasts of the field. 

45 Then said David to the Phi- 
listine, Thou comest to me with a 
sword, aud with a spear, and with 
a shield ; but I come to thee in 
the name of the Lord of hosts, 
the God of the armies of Israel, 
whom thou hast defied. 

46 This day will the Lord de- 
liver thee into mine hand ? and I 
will smite theCj and take thine 
head from thee ; and I will give 
the carcases of the host of the Phi- 
listines this day unto the fowls of 
the air, and to the wild beasts of 
the earth ; that all the earth may 
know that there is a God in Israel. 

47 And all this assembly shall 
know that the Lord saveth not 
with sword and spear : for the 
battle is the Lord's, and he vdll 
give you into our hands. 

48 And it came to pass, when 
the jPhilistine arose, and came and 



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drew nigh to meet David, that 
Da^-id hasted, and ran toward the 
army to meet the Philistine. 

49 And David put his hand in 
his bag, and took thence a stone, 
and slang it, and smote the Phi- 
listine in his forehead, that the 
stone sunk into his forehead : and 
he fell upon his face to the earth. 

50 So David prevailed over the 
Philistine with a sling and with a 
stone, and smote the Philistine, 
and slew him: hut there icas no 
sword in the hand of David ; 

51 Therefore David ran and 
stood upon the Philistine, and took 
his sword, and drew it out of the 
sheath thereof, and slew him, and 
cut off his head therewith. And 
when the Philistines saw their 
champion was dead, they fled. 

52 And the men of Israel and 
of Judah arose and shouted, and 
pursued the Philistines, until thou 
come to the valley, and to the gates 
of Ekron : and the wounded of the 
Philistines fell "u^vn hy the way 



to Shaaraim, even unto Gath, and 
unto Ekron. ^ 

53 And the children of Israel 
returned from chasing after the 
Philistines, and they spoiled their 
tents. 

54 And David took the head 
of the Philistine, and brought it to 
Jerusalem ; but he put his armour 
in his tent. 

55 x\nd when Saul saw David 
go forth against the Philistine, he 
said unto Abner, the captain of the 
host, Abner, whose son is this 
youth? and x\bner said. As thy 
soul liveth, O king, I cannot tell. 

56 And the king said. Enquire 
thou whose son the stripling is, 

57 And as David returned from 
the slaughter of the Philistines, 
Abner took him, and brought him 
before Saul, with the head of the 
' Philistine in his hand. 

59 And Saul said to him, Whose 
son art thou, thou young man \ 
And David answered, / am the 
son of thy ser\^ant Jesse the Beth" 
lehemite. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING^ 



I PETER IV. 



FORASMUCH then as Christ ^ 
hath suffered for us in the flesh, 
arm yourselves likewise with the | 
same mind : for he that hath ! 
suffered in the fiesb hath ceased \ 
from sin ; i 

2 That he no longer should 
live the rest of his time in the 
flesh to the lusts of men, but to the 
will of God. 

3 For the time pist of our life 



may sufhce us to have wrought 
the*^will of the Gentiles, when Ave 
walked in lasciviousness, lusts, 
excess of wine, revellings, ban- 
quetings, and abominable idola- 
tries : 

4 Wherein they think it strange 
that ye run not with them to the 
same excess of riot, speaking evil 
of you : 

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that is ready to judge the quick 
and the (Jead. 

6 For, for this cause was the 
gospel preached also to them that 
are dead, that they might be 
judged according to men in the 
flesh, but live according to God in 
the spirit. 

7 But the end of all things is 
at hand : be ye therefore sober, 
and watch unto prayer, 

8 And, above all things, have 
fervent charity among yourselves : 
for charity shall cover the multi- 
tude of sins. 

9 Use hospitality one to another 
without grudging. 

10 As every man hath received 
the gift, even so minister the same 
one to another, as good stewards 
of the manifold grace of God. 

11 If any man speak, let him 
speak as the oracles of God ; if 
any man minister, let him do it b,s 
of the ability which God giveth ; 
that God in all things may be glo- 
rified through Jesus Christ ; to 
whom be praise and dominion for 
ever and ever. Amen. 

12 Beloved, think it not strange 
concerning the fiery trial which is 
to try you, as though some strange 
thing happened unto you : 



13 But rejoice, inasmuch as ye 
are partakers of Christ's sufferings; 
that, when his glory shall be re- 
vealed, ye may be glad also with 
exceeding joy, 

14 If ye be reproached for the 
name of Christ, happy are ye; 
for the Spirit of glory and of God 
resteth upon you : on their part he 
is evil spoken of, but on your part 
he is glorified. 

15 But let none of you suffer 
as a murderer, or as a thief, or as 
an evil doer, or as a busy-body in 
other men's matters. 

1 6 Yet if any man suffer as a 
Christian, let him not be ashamed ; 
but let him glorify God on this 
behalf. 

17 For the time is come that 
judgment must begin at the house 
of God : and if it first begin at us, 
what shall the end he of them that 
obey not the gospel of God % 

18 And if the righteous scarcely 
be saved, where shall the ungodly 
and the sinner appear % 

19 Wherefore, let them that 
suffer according to the will of God 
commit the keeping of their souls 
to him in well-doing, as unto a 
faithful Creator, 



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THE EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINI'l Y. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
II SAMUEL XII. 

AND the Lord sent Nathan j livered thee out of the hand of 
unto Darid : and he came unto | Saul ; 

him, and said unto him, There j 8 And I gave thee thy master s 
were two men in one city ^ the house, and thy master s \\-ives into 
one rich, and the other poor. \ thybosom,and gave thee the house 

2 The rich had exceeding 'of Israel and of Judah ; and it 
many flocks and herds ; ! that had been too little, I would 

3 But the poor wifltthad nothing, I moreover have given unto thee 
saveonelittleevve-lamb. which he such and such things.^ 

had bought, and nourished up ; and I 9 Wherefore hast tnou despised 
it orew up together with him, and ; the commandment of the Lord, 
with his children : it did eat of his ; to do evil in his sight ? thou hast 



own meat, and drank of his own i killed Uriah the Hittite with tne 
cup, and lay in his bosom, and ; sword, and hast ^taken his wife 
was unto him as a daughter. i be thy wife, ana hast slam him 

4 And there came a traveller | with the sword of the childi-en of 
unto the rich man ; and he spared '. Ammon. , , ^, , 
to take of his own flock, and of I la Now therefore the sword 
his own herd, to dress for the ! shall never depart from thme house ; 
wayfaring man that was come un-l because thou hast despised me 
to him : but took the poor man's : and hast taken the wife of Tjriah 
lamb, and dressed it for the man ; the Hittite to be thy wife. 

that was come to hnn. \ H Thus saith the Lord, Be- 

5 And David-s anger was gi'eat- ! hold, I will raise up evil against 
iy kindled against the man: and | thee out of thine own house, and 
he said to Nathan, As the Lord : I will take thy wives before thine 
liveth, the man that hath done this , eyes, and give them unto thyneigh- 
^^i. o-'shall surely die : | bour, and^he shall ^ lie ^ with thy 

6 And he. shall restore the . . ^ 
lamb four-fold, because he did this 



thing, and because he had no pity 
7 And Nathan said to David,, 
Thou art the man. Thus saith 
the Lord Godof Israel, I anointed 
thee kincr over Israel, and I de- 



wives in the sight of this sun. 

12 For thou didst it secretly ; 
but I will do this thing before all 
Israel, and before the sun. ^ 

13 AndDavidsaid untoNathan, 
I have sinned against the Lord. 
And Nathan said unto David, The 



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Lord also hath put away thy sin ; 
thou shalt not die. 

14 Howbeit, because by this 
deed thou hast given great occasion 
to the enemies of the Lord to 
blaspheme, the child also that is 
born unto thee shall surely die. 

15 And Nathan departed unto 
his house : and the Lord struck 
the child that Uriah's wife bare 
unto David, and it was very sick. 

16 David therefore besought 
God for the child ; and David 
fasted, and went in and lay all 
night upon the earth. 

17 And the elders of his house 
arose, and went to him, to raise 
him up from the earth : but he 
would not, neither did he eat bread 
with them. 

18 And it came to pass on the sev- 
enth day, that the child died. And 
the servants of David feared totell 
him that the child was dead ; for 
they said. Behold, while the child 
was yet alive, we spake unto him, 
and he would not hearken unto our 
voice : how will he then vox him- 
self, if we tell him that the child 
is dead ? 

19 But when David saw that 
his servants whispered, David per- 
ceived that the child was dead : 
therefore David said unto his ser- 
vants, Is the child dead? And they 
said, He is dead. 

20 Then David arose from the 
earth, and washed, and anointed 
himself, and changed his apparel, 
and came into the house of the 
Lord, and worshipped : then he 
came to his own house ; and when 
he required, they set bread before 
him, and he did eat. 

21 Then said his servants unto 
him^ What thing is this that thou 



hast done ? Thou didst fast and 
weep for the child while it was 
alive ; but when the child was 
dead, thou didst rise and eat bread. 

22 And he said, While the 
child was yet alive, I fasted and 
wept : for I said, Who can tell 
whether God will be gracious to 
me, that the child may live ? 

23 But now he is dead, where- 
fore should I fast 1 can I bring 
him back again ? I shall go to him, 
but he shall not return to me. 

24 And David comforted Bath- 

sheba his wife, -and she bare a 

son, and he called his name Solo- 
mon : and the Lord loved him. 

25 And he sent by the hand of 
Nathan the prophet ; and he called 
his name Jedidiah, because of the 
Lord. 

26 And Joab - fought against 
Rabbahof the children of AmraoBy 
and took the royal city. 

27 And Joab sent messengers 
to David, and said^ I have fought 
against Rabbah, and have taken, 
the city of waters. 

28 Now therefore gather the 
rest of the people together, and 
encamp against the city, and take 
it ; lest I take the city, and it be 
called after my name. 

29 And David gathered all the 
people together, and went to Rab- 
bah, and fought against it, and took 
it. 

30 And he took their king's 
crown from off his head, (the 
weight whereof %€as a talent of 
gold with the precious stones,)^ 
and it was set on David's head : 
and he brought forth the spoil of 
the city in great abundance. 

31 And he brought forth the 
people that were therein, and put 



368 TRINITY. 

^A^m under saws,and under harrows { the cities of the children of Aramon. 
of iron, and under axes of iron, So David and all the people re- 
and made them pass through the turned unto Jerusalem, 
brickkiln, and thus did he unto all | 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



LUKE XV. 



THEN drew near unto him all 
the publicans and sinners for to 
hear him. 

2 And the Pharisees and scribes 
murmured, saying. This man re- 
ceiveth sinners, and eateth with. 
them. 

3 And he spake this parable 
unto them, saying, 

4 What man of you, having an 
hundred sheep, if he lose one of 
them, doth not leave the ninety and 
nine in the wilderness, and go after 
that which is lost, until he find it ? 

5 And when he hath found it, 
he layeth it on his shoulders, re- 
joicing. 

6 And wmen he cometh home, 
he calleth together his friends and 
neighbours, saying imto them, Re- 
joice with me ;'for I have found my 
sheep which was lost. 

7 I say unto you, That likewise 
joy shall be in heaven over one 
sinner that repenteth, more than 
over ninety and nine just persons, 
which need no repentance. 

8 Either what woman, having 
ten pieces of silver, if she lose one 
piece, doth not light a candle, and 
sweep the house, and seek dili- 
gently till she find it ? 

9 And when she hath found it, 
she calleth her friends and her 
neighbours together., saying, Re- 



joice with me ; for I have found 
the piece which I had lost. 

10 Likewise, I say unto you, 
There is joy in the presence of the 
angels of God over one sinner that 
repenteth. 

11 And he said, A certain man 
had two sons : 

12 And the younger of them 
said to his father, Father, give me 
the portion of goods that falleth to 
me. And he divided unto them his 
living. 

1 3 And not many days after, the 
younger son gathered all together, 
and took his journey into a far 
country, and there w^asted his sub- 
stance with riotous living. 

14 And when he had spent all, 
there arose a mighty famine in that 
land ; and he began to be in want. 

15 And he went and joined 
himself to a citizen of that country; 
and he sent him into his fields to 
feed swine. 

16 And he would fain have fill- 
ed his belly with the husks that 
the swine did eat : and no man gave 
unto him. 

17 And w^hen he came to him- 
self, he said. How many hired ser- 
vants of my father's have bread 
enough, and to spare, and I perish 
with hunger ! 

18 1 will arise and go to my fa- 



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369 



ther, arid will say unto him, Father, 
'! I have sinned against heaven, and 
I before thee, 

I 19 And am no more worthy to 
I be called thy son : make me as one 
I of thy hired servants. 

20 And he arose, and came to 
his father. But when he was yet 
a great way off, his father saw him, 
and had compassion, and ran, and 
fell on his neck, and kissed him. 

21 And the son said unto him, 
Father, I have sinned against Hea- 
ven, and in thy sight, and am no 
more worthy to be called thy son. 

22 But the father said to his 
servants, Bring forth the best robe, 
and put it on him ; and put a ring 
on his hand, and shoes on his feet 

23 And bring hither the fatted 
calf, and kill it ; and let us eat, and 

be merry : 

24 For this my son was dead, 
and is alive again ; he was lost, 
and is found. And they began to 
be merry. 

25 Now his elder son was in 
the field : and as he came and drew 
nigh to the house, he heard musick 
and dancing. 



26 And he called one of the ser- 
vants, and asked what these things 
meant. 

27 And he said unto him, Thy 
brother is come ; and thy father 
hath killed the fatted calf, because 
he hath received him safe and 
sound. 

28 And he was angry, and 
would not go in : therefore came 
his father out, and entreated him. 

29 And he answering, said to 
his father, Lo, these many years do 
I serve thee, neither transgressed 
I at any time thy commandment ; 
and yet thou never gavest me a 
kid, that I might make merry with 
my friends : 

30 But as soon as this thy son 
was come, which hath devoured 
thy living with harlots, thou hast 

killed, for Kim tKo fatted calf. 

31 And he said unto him. Son, 
thou art ever with m.e, and all that 
I have is thine. 

32 It was meet that we should 
make merry, and be glad : for this 
thy brother was dead, and is alive 
again ; and was lost, and is found. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
II SAMUEL XIX. 



AND it was told Joab, Behold, 
the king weepeth and mourneth for 
Absalom. 

2 And the victory that day was 
turned into mourning unto all the 
people : for the people heard say 
that day, how the king was grieved 
for his son. 

3 And the people gat them by 



stealth that day into the city, as 
people being ashamed steal away 
when they flee in battle. 

4 But the king covered his face, 
and the king cried with a loud voice, 
my son Absalom ! O Absalom, 
my son, my son ! 

5 And Joab came into the house 
to the king, and said, Thou haat 



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shamed this day the faces of all thy 
servants, which this day hare 
saved thy life, and the lives of thy 
sons and of thy daughters, and the ' 
lives of thy wives, and the lives of 
thy concubines ; 

6 In that thou lovest thine en- 
emies, and hatest thy friends : for 
thou hast declared this day, that 
thou re^ardest neither princes nor 
servants : for this day I perceive 
that if Absalom had lived, and all 
we had died this day, then it had 
pleased thee well. 

7 Now therefore arise, go forth, ^ 
and speak comfortably unto thy ser- 1 
vants : for I swear by the Lord, \ 
if thou go not forth, there will not 
tarrv one with thee this night ; and 
that vrill be worse unto thee than 
all the evil that befell thee from 
thv youth, until now. 

"'s'Then the king arose, and sat 
in the gate. And they told unto all 
the people, saying, Behold, the 
king doth sit in the gate. And all 
the people came before the king ; 
for Israel had fled every man to his 
tent. 

9 And all the people were at 
st-rife throughout all the tribes of 
Israel saying, The king saved us 
out of the hand of our enemies, and 
he delivered us out of the hand of 
the Philistines, and now he is lied 
out of the land for Absalom. 

10 And Absalom, whom we 
anointed over us, is dead in battle : 
now therefore why speak ye not a 
word of bringing the king back ? 

11 Andking David sent to Zadok 
and to Abiathar the priests, saying, 
Speak unto the elders of Judah, 
savinor, Why are ye the last to 
bring "the king back to his house? 
seeinor the speech of all Israel is 
come to ihekmg, even to his house. 



12 Ye are my brethren, ye are' \ 
my bones and my flesh : wherefore ! 
then are ye the'^last to bring ba«k ^ 
the king ? 

13 And say ye to iVmasa, Art 
thou not of my bone, and of my 
flesh ? God do so to me, and more 
also, if thou be not captain of the 
host before me continually in the 
room of Joab. 

14 And he bowed the heart of ' 
all the men of Judah, even as the 
heart of one man ; so that they sent 
this icord unto the king, Return 
thou, and all thy servants. 

15 So the king returned, and 
came to Jordan. And Judah came 
to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, 
to conduct the king over Jordan. 

16 And Shimei the son of Gera, 
a Benjamite, which was of Bahurim, 

Kasted, and came down T-vitii the , 

men of Judah to meet king David 

17 And there were a thousand 
men of Benjamin with him, and 
Ziba the servant of the house of 
Sauk and his fifteen sons and his 
twenty servants with him ; and they 
went over Jordan before the king. 

1 8 And there went over a ferry- 
boat to carry over the king's house- 
hold, and to do what he thought 
good, And Shimei the son of Gera 
fell down before the king, as he 
was come over Jordan ; 



19 And said unto the king, Let 
not my lord impute iniquity unto 
me, neither do thou remember that 
which thv servant did perversely 
the day that my lord the king went 
out of Jerusalem, that the king 
should take it to his heart. 

20 For thy servant doth know 
that I have sinned ; therefore, be- 
hold, I am come the first this day 
of all the house of Joseph to go 
down to meet my lord the king. 



3?1 



^1 But Abishai tlie son of Ze- 
ruiah answered and said. Shall not 
Shimei be put to death for this, be- 
cause he cursed the Lord's an- 
ointed ? 

22 And David said, What have 
I to do with you, ye sons of Ze- 
ruiah, that ye should this day be 
adversaries unto me ? Shall there 
any man be put to death this day 
in Israel ? for do not I know that 
I am this day king over Israel ? 

23 Therefore the king said unto 
Shimei, Thou shalt not die : and 
the king sware unto him. 

24 And Mephibosheth, the son 
of Saul, came down to meet the 
king, and had neither dressed his 
feet, nor trimmed his beard, nor 
washed his clothes, from the day 
the king departed until the day he 
came again in peace. 

25 And it came to pass, when 
he was come to Jerusalem to meet 
the king, that ihe king said unto 
him, Wherefore wentest not thou 
with me, Mephibosheth \ 

26 And he answered, My lord, 
king, my servant deceived me : 
for thy servant said, I will saddle 
me an ass, that I may ride there- 
on, and go to the king ; because 
thy servant is lame, 

27 And he hath slandered thy 
servant unto my lord the king ; but 
my lord the king is as an angel of 
God : do therefore what is good in 
thine eyes. 

28 For all of my father's house 
were but dead men before my lord 
the king ; yet didst thou set thy 
servant among them that did eat 
at thine own table ; what right there- 
fore have I yet to cry any more 
unto the king ? 

29 And the king said unto him. 
Why speakest thou any more of 



thy matters ? I have said, Thou and 
Ziba divide the land. 

30 And Mephibosheth said unto 
the king, Yea, let him take all, for- 
asmuch as my lord the king is come 
again in peace unto his own house. 

31 And Barzillai the Gileadite 
came down from Rogelim, and 
went over Jordan with the king, to 
conduct him over Jordan. 

32 Now Barzillai was a very 
aged man, even fourscore years 
old : and he had provided the king 
of sustenance while he lay at 
Mahanim ; for he was a very great 
man. 

33 And the king said unto Bar- 
zillai, Come thou over with me, and 
I will feed thee with me in Jeru^ 
salem. 

34 And Barzillai said unto the 
king. How long have I to live, that 
I should go up with the king unto 
Jerusalem ? 

35 I a?n this day fourscore years 
old ; and can I discern between 
good and evil? can thy servant 
taste what I eat or what I drink ? 
can I hear any more the voice of 
singing-men and singing- women ? 
wherefore then should thy servant 
be yet a burden unto my lord the 
king ? 

36 Thy servant will go a little 
way over Jordan with the king : 
and why should the king recom- 
pense it me with such a reward ? 

37 Let thy servant, I pray thee, 
turn back again, that I may die in 
mine own city, and be buried by 
the grave of my father and of my 
mother : but behold thy servant 
Chimham ; let him go over with 
my lord the king ; and do to him 
what shall seem good unto thee. 

38 And the king answered. 
Chimham shall go over with me, 



373 T rv I N I T Y ; 

and I will do to him that %vhich and his household, and all David's 
shall seem good unto thee : and men with him over Jordan ? 
whatsoever thou shalt require of: 42 And aU the men of Judah 
me, that will I do for thee. ' answered the men of Israel, Be- 

39 And all the people went over cause the kmg ts near ot km to us ; 
Jordan . And when the king was whefefore then be ye angry for this 
come over, the king kissed Ear- matter 1 have we eaten at all of the 
zillai, and blessed him ; and he re- king's cost ? or hath he given us 
turned unto his own place. any gift ? 

40 Then the king went onto: 43 And the men of Israel an- 
Gilgal, and Chimham went on with ^ swered the men of Judah, and said, 
him : and all the people of Judah ; We have ten parts m the king, and 
conducted the king, and also half ; we have also more right in David 
the people of Israel. i than ye ; why then did ye despise 

41 And behold, all the men of us, that our advice should not be 
Israel came to the king, and said first had in bringing back our king? 
unto the king. Why have our bre- i And the words of the men of Judah 
thren the men of Judah stolen thee i were fiercer than the words of the 
away, and have brought the king :men of Israel. 



SECOND LESSON FOR, EVENINGi 
I PETER V. 

THE elders which are among! other, and be clothed with humility] 
vou I exhort, who am also an ; for God resisteth the proud, and 
elder, and a witness of the suffer- i giveth grace to the humble, 
in^s of Christ, and also a partaker i 6 Humble yourselves therefore 
ef'thy glory that shall be revealed : : under the mighty hand ot God, 

2 pled the flock of God which that he may exalt you m due time ; 
is among you, taking the oversight! Casting all your care upon 
thereof, not by constraint, but wil- : him ; for he careth tor you. 
lingly ; not for filthy lucre, but of 8 Be sober, be vigilant ; be- 
a ready mind ; cause your adversary the devil, as 

3 Neither as being lords over a roaring lion, walketh about, seet- 
God's heritage, but being ensam-;ing whom he may devour: _ 

pies to the flock • ! 9 Whom resist steadfast in the 

4 And when "the chief Shep- : faith, knowing that the same afflic- 
herd shall appear, ye shall re-:tions are accomplished m your 
ceive a crown of glory that fadeth brethren that are m the world 

* 10 But the God of all grace, 



not away. 

5 Likewise, ye younger, submit 
yourselves unto the elder ; yea, 
all of you be subject one to an- 



who hath called us unto his eter- 
nal glory by Christ Jesus, after 
that ye have suff"ered a while, 



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373 



make you perfectjStablishjStrength- 
en, settle you : 

11 To him he glory and do- 
minion for ever and ever. Amen. 

12 By Silvanus, a faithful 
brother unto you, as 1 suppose, 1 
have written briefly, exhorting, 
and testifying that this is the true 
grace of God wherein ye stand. 



13 The church that is at Baby- 
lon, elected together with you^ sa- 
luteth you ; and so doth Marcus 
my son. 

14 Greet ye one another with a 
kiss of charity. Peace he with 
you all that are in Christ Jesus. 
Amen. 



THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
I KINGS VIII. to v. 22. 



' THEN Solomon assembled the 
elders of Israel, and all the heads 
of the tribes, the chief of the fa- 
thers of the children of Israel, unto 
king Solomon in Jerusalem, that 
they might bring up the ark of the 
covenant of the Lord out of the 
city of David, which is Zion. 

2 And all the men of Israel as- 
sembled themselves unto king 
Solomon at the feast in the month 
Ethanim, which is the seventh 
month. 

3 And all the elders of Israel 
came, and the priests took up the 
ark. 

4 And they brought up the ark 

I of the Lord, and the tabernacle of 
I the congregation, and all the holy 
i vessels th.3,t were in the tabernacle, 

even those did the priests and the 

Levites bring up, 

5 And king Solomon, and all; 



the congregation of Israel, that 
were assembled unto him, were 
with him before the ark, sacrifi- 
cing sheep and oxen, that could 
not be told nor numbered for mul- 
titude. 

6 And the priests brought in the 
ark of the covenant of the Lord 
unto his place, into the oracle of 
the house, to the most holy place, 
even under the wings of the cheru^ 
bims. 

7 For the cherubims spread 
forth their two wings over the 
place of the ark, and the cheru- 
bims covered the ark and the 
staves thereof above. 

8 And they drew out the staves, 
that the ends of the staves were 
seen out in the holy place before 
the oracle, and they were not seen 
without ; and there they are unto 
this day. 

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9 There was nothing in the ark 



save the two tables of stone, which \ 
Moses put there at Horeb, when | 
the Lord made a covencint with | 
the children of Israel, when they 
came out of the land of Egypt. 

10 And it caine to pass, when 
the priests were come owl of the 
holy flace, that the cloud filled the 
house of the Lord, 

1 1 So that the priests could not 
stand to minister because of the 
cloud : for the glory of the Lord 
had filled the house of the Lord. 

12 Then spake Solomon, The 
Lord said that he would dwell in 
the thick darkness- 

13 1 have surely built thee an 
house to dwell in, a settled place 
for thee to abide in for ever. ^ | 

14 And the king turned his face j 
about, and blessed all the congre- , 
gation of Israel : (and all the con- 1 
PTegation of Israel stood :) 

15 And he said, Blessed he the 
Lord God of Israel, which spake 
with his mouth unto David my fa- 
ther, and hath with his hand ful- 
filled it, saying, 

16 Since the day that I brought 

forth my people Israel outof Egypt, 
I chose no city out of all the tribes 



of Israel to build an house, that 
my name might be therein ; but I 
chose David to be over my peo- 
ple Israel. 

17 And it was in the heart of 
David my father to build an house 
for the name of the Lord God of 
Israel. 

18 And the Lord said unto 
David my father, Whereas it was 
in thine heart to build an house 
unto my nam.e, thou didst av ell that 
it was in thine heart : 

19 Nevertheless thou shalt not 
build the house ; but thy son, that 
shall come forth out of thy loins, 
he shall build the house unto my 
name. 

20 And the Lord hath per- 
formed his word that he spake ; 
and I am risen up in the room of 
David my father, and sit on the 
throne of Israel, as the Lord pro- 
mised, and have built an house for 
the name of the Lord God of Is- 

21 And I have set there a place 
for tiie ark, wherein is the cove- 
nant of the Lord, which he made 
with our fathers, when he brought 
i them out of the land of Egypt. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



LUKE XX. 



AND it came pass, thai on one 
of those days, as he taught the 
people in the temple, and preach- 
ed the gospel, the chief priests, 
and the scribes came upon hivi, 
with the elders, 

2 And spake unto him, saying, 



Tell us, by what authority doest 
thou these things? or who is ho 
that gave thee this authority % 

3 And he answered and said 
unto them, I will also ask you one 
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4 The baptism of John, was it 
from heaven, or of men ? 

5 And they reasoned with them- 
selves, saying. If we shall say, 
From heaven : he will say, Why 
then believed ye him not ? 

6 But and if we say. Of men ; 
all the people will stone us : for 
they be persuaded that John was a 
prophet, 

7 And they answered, that they 
could not tell whence was, 

8 And Jesus said unto them. 
Neither tell I you by what autho- 
rity I do these things. 

9 Then began he to speak to 
the people this parable: A certain 
man planted a vineyard, and let 
it forth to husbandmen, and went 
into a far country for a long time. 

10 And at the season he sent a 
servant to the husbandmen, that 
they should give him of the fruit of 
the vineyard ; but the husbandmen 
beat him, and sent him away 
empty. 

11 And again he sent another 
servant ; and they beat him also, 
and entreated him shamefully, and 
sent him away empty. 

12 And again he sent a third : 
and they wounded him also, and 
cast him. out. 

13 Then said the lord of the 
vineyard, What shall I do ? I will" 
send my beloved son ; it may be 
they will reverence him when they 
see him. 

14 But when the husbandmen 
saw him they reasoned among 
themselves, saying. This is the 
heir : come, let us kill him, that 
the inheritance may be ours. 

15 So they cast him out of the 
vineyard, and killed him. What 
therefore shall the lord of the vine- 
yard do unto tbeni? 



16 He shall come and destroy 
these husbandmen, and shall give 
the vineyard to others. And when 
they heard it^ they said, God for- 
bid. 

17 And he beheld them, and 
said. What is this then that is 
written. The stone which the 
builders rejected, the same is be- 
come the head of the corner 1 

18 Whosoever shall fall upon 
that stone shall be broken ; but on 
whomsoever it shall fall, it will 
grind him to powder. 

19 And the chief priests and 
the scribes the same hour sought 
to lay hands on him ; and they 
feared the people ; for they per- 
ceived that he had spoken this 
parable against them. 

20 And they watched him, and 
sent forth spies, which should 
feign themselves just men, that 
they might take hold of his words, 
that so they might deliver him unto 
the power and authority of the 
governor. 

2 1 And they asked saying. Mas- 
ter, we know that thou sayest and 
teachest rightly, neither acceptest 
thou the person of any^ but teach- 
est the way of God truly ; 

22 Is it lawful for us to give 
tribute unto Cesar, or no ? 

23 But he perceived their craf- 
tiness, and said unto them. Why 
tempt ye me ? 

24 Shew me a penny. Whose 
image and superscription hath it 1 
They answered and said, Cesar's. 

25 And he said unto them, 
Render therefore unto Cesar the 
things which be Cesar's and unto 
God the things which be God's. 

26 And they could not take 
hold of his words before the people ; 



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and they man-elled at his answer, 
and held their peace. 

27 Then came to him certain 
of the Sadducees, which deny 
that there is any resurrection : and| 
they asked him, | 

28 Saying, Master, Closes; 
wrote mito us^ If any man's broth- 1 
er die, having a wife, and he die; 
without children, thai his brother , 
should take his wife, and raise upj 
seed unto his brother. 

29 There were therefore seven 
brethren ; and the first took a wife, 
and died without children. 

30 And the second took her to 
wife, and he died childless. 

31 And the third took her : and 
in like manner the seven also ; 
and they left no children and died. 

32 Last of all the woman died 
also. 

33 Therefore in the resurrec- 
tion whose wife of them is she ? 
for seven had her to wife. 

34 And Jesus answering, said 
unto them, The children of this 
world marry, and are given m 
marriage ; 

35 But they which shah be ac- 
counted worthy to obtain that 
world, and the' resurrection from 
the dead, neither marry, nor are 
given in marriage ; 

36 Neither can they die any 
more ; for they are equal unto the 
ano-els ; and are the children of 



God, being the cliildren of there- 
smTection. 

37 Now, that the dead are rais- 
ed, even Moses shewed at the bush, 
when he calleth the Lord the God 
of Abraham, and the God of Isaac, 
God of Isaac, and the God of 
Jacob. 

38 For he is not a God of the 
dead, but of the hving : for all live 
unto him. 

I 39 Then certain of the scribes 
I answering, said. Master, thou hast 
I well said. 

j 40 And after that they durst not 
' ask him anv question at all. 

41 And he saiduntothem,How 
say thev Christ is David's son? 

42 And David himself saith in 
the book of Psalms, The Lord said 
unto my Lord, Sit thou on my 
right hand, 

43 Till I make thine enemies 
thy footstool. 

'44 David therefore calleth him 
Lord, how is he then his son \ 

4a Then, in the audience of all 
the people, he said unto his disci- 
ples, 

46 Beware of the scribes, which 
desire to walk in long robes, and 
love greetings in the markets, and 
the highest seats in the synagogues, 
and the chief rooms at feasts : 

47 ^Yhich. devour widows' 
houses, and for a shew make long 
prayers : the same shall receive 
greater damnation. 



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FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



I KINGS VIII. V. 22 to v. 62. 



22 And Solomon stood before 
tlie altar of the Lord, in the pre- 
sence of all the congregation of 
Israel, and spread forth his hands 
toward heaven : 

23 And he said, Lord God of 
lsr3ie\,there is no God like thee, in 
heaven abo^^e, or on earth beneath, 
who keepest covenant and mercy 
-with thy servants that walk before 
thee with all their heart ; 

24 Who hast kept with thy ser- 
vant David my father that thou 
promisedst him : thou spakest also 
with thy mouth, and hast fulfilled 
it with thine hand, as it is this day. 

25 Therefore now. Lord God 
of Israel, keep with thy servant 
David my father that thou pro- 
misedst him, saying. There shall 
not fail thee a man in my sight to 
sit on the throneof Israel ; so that 
thy children take heed to their 
way, that they walk before me as 
thou hast walked before me. 

26 And now, O God of Israel, 
let thy word, I pray thee, be veri- 
fied, which thou spakest unto thy 
servant David my father. 

27 But will God indeed dwell 
on the earth ? Behold, the heaven, 
and heaven of heavens, cannot 
contain thee vhow much less- this 
house that I have builded 1 

28 Yet have thou respect unto 
the prayer of thy servant, and to 
his supplication, O Lord my God, 
to hearken unto the cry and to the 
prayer which thy servant prayeth 
before thee to-day. 

22 That thine eyes may be 



open toward this house night and 
day, even toward the place of which 
thou hast said,. My name shall 
be there ; that thou may est hearken 
unto the prayer which thy servant 
shall make toward this place. 

30 And hearken thou to the 
supplication of thy servant, and of 
thy people Israel, when they shall 
pray toward this place ; and hear 
thou in heaven thy dwelling-place 
and when thou hear est, forgive. 

31 If any man trespass against 
his neighbour, and an oath^ belaid 
upon him to cause him to swear,, 
and the oath come before thine 
altar in this house : i 

32 Then hear thou in heaven, 
and do, and judge thy servants,, 
condemning the wicked,, to bring^ 
his way upon his head ; and justi- 
fying the righteous, to give him 
according to his righteousness. 

33 When thy people Israel be 
smitten down before the enemy, 
because they have sinned against 
thee, and^shall turn again to thee, 
and confess thy name, and pray, 
and make supplication unto the o 
in this house : 

34 Then hear thou in heaven, 
and forgive the sin of thy people 
Israel, and bring them again unto 
the land which thou gavest unto 
their fathers. 

35 When heaven is shut up, 
and there is no rain, because^ they 
have sinned against thee ; If they 
pray toward this place, and confess^ 
thy name, and turn from their sin, 
when thou afllictest them : 

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36 Then hear thou in heaven, 
and forgive the sin of thy servants, 
and of thy people Israel, that thou 
teach them the good way wherein 
they should walk, and give rain 
upon thy land which thou hast 



that they may know that this house, 
which I have buiided, is called by 
thy name. 

'44 If thy people go out to 
battle againsttheir enemy, whither- 
soever thou shalt send them, and 



given to thy people for an inherit- i shall pray unto the Lord toward 
ance. ' ! city which thou hast chosen, 

37 If there be in the land fa- ' and toward the house that I have 
mine, if there be pestilence, blast- : built for thy name : 

ing, mildew, locust, or if there be | 45 Then hear thou in heaven 
caterpillar ; if their enemybesiege .their prayer and their supplication, 
them in the land of their cities, ' and maintain their cause, 
whatsoever plague, whatsoever 46 If they sin against thee, (for 
ness, there be ; there is no man that sinneth not,) 

38 What prayer and suppli- 1 and thou be angry with them, and 
cation soever he^noJehy any man, ' deliver them to the enemy, so that 
or bv all thv people Israel, which ' they carry them away captives un- 
shall know every man the plague to the land of the enemy, far or 
of his own. heart, and spread forth ' near ; 

his hands toward this house : | 47 Yet if they shall bethink 

39 Then hear thou in heaven ; themselves in the land whither 
thy dwelling-place, and forgive, they were carried captives, and 
and do, and^give to every man ac- repent, and make supplication unto 
cording to his ways, whose heart thee in the land of them that ca_r- 
thou knovv-est ; (fortliou, 6r67i thou ried them captives, saying, We 
only, knoAvest the hearts of all the have sinned, and have done per- 
children of men :) versely, we have committed wick- 

40 That thev may fear thee all edness ; 

the days that they live in the land 4S And so return unto thee with 
which' thou gavest unto our fa- all their heart, and with all their 
thers. " soul, in the land of their enemies 

4 1 Moreover, conceniing a ■ which led them away captive, and 
sranger, that is not of thy people pray unto thee toward their _ land 
Israel, but cometh out of a far | which thou gavest unto their fa- 
country for thy name's sake ; ! thers, the city which thou hast 

42 (For they shall hear of thy | chosen, and the house which I 
great name, and of thy strong ; have built for thy name : 

hand, and of thy stretched out arm ;) | 49 Then hear thou their prayer 
when he shall come and pray to- i and' their supplication in heaven 
ward this house : jthy dwelling-place, and maintain 

43 Hear thou in heaven thy | their cause, 
dwelling-place, and do according I 50 And forgive thy people that 
to all that the stranger calieth to 1 have sinned against thee, and all 
thee for ; that all people of the their transgressions wherein they 

have transgressed against thee, 
and give them compassion before- 



earth may know thy name, to fear 
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them who carried them captive, 
that they may have compassion 
on them : 

51 For they he thy people, and 
thine inheritance, which thou 
broughtest forth out of Egypt, from 
the midst of the furnace of iron : 

52 That thine eyes may be 
open unto the supplication of thy 
servant, and unto the supplication 
of thy people Israel, to hearken 
unto them in all that they call for 
unto thee. 

53 For thou didst separate them 
from among all the people of the 
earth, to be thine inheritance, as 
thou spakest by the hand of Mo- 
ses thy servant, when thou brought- 
est our fathers out of Egypt, 
Lord God. 

54 And it was so, that when 
Solomon had made an end of pray- 
ing all this prayer and supplication 
imto the Lord, he arose from be- 
fore the altar of the Lord, from 
kneeling on his knees with his 
hands spread up to heaven. 

55 And he stood, and blessed 
all the congregation of Israel with 
a loud voice, saying, 

56 Blessed be the Lord, that 



hath given rest unto his people Is- 
rael, according to all that he pro- 
mised : there hath not failed one 
word of all his good promise, 
which he promised by the hand of 
Moses his servant. 

57 The Lord our God be with 
us, as he was with our fathers ; 
let him not leave us, nor forsake 
us ; 

58 That he may incline our 
hearts unto him, to walk in all his 
ways, and to keep his command- 
ments, and his statutes, and his 
judgments, which he commanded 
our fathers, 

59 And let these my words, 
wherewith I have made suppli- 
cation before the Lord, be nigh 
unto the Lord our God day and 
night, that he maintain the cause 
of his servant, and the cause of 
his people Israel at all times, as 
the matter shall require : 

60 That all the people of the 
earth may know that the Lord is 
God, and that there is none else. 

61 Let your heart therefore be 
perfect with the Lord our God, to 
walk in his statutes, and to keep 
his commandments, as at this day.. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
II PETER 1. 



SIMON PETER, a servant and 
an apostle of Jesus Christ, to them 
that have obtained like precious 
faith with us, through the righteous- 
ness of God and our Saviour Jesus 
Christ : 

2 Grace and peace be multiplied 



unto you through the knowledge 
of God, and of Jesus our Lord, 

3 According as his divine power 
hath given unto us all things that 
pertain unto life and godliness, 
through the knowledge of him that 
hath called us to glory and virtue i 



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4 Whereby are given unto us | 
exceeding great and precious pro- 
mises ; that by these ye might be 
partakers of the divine nature, hav- 
ing escaped th^ corruption that is 
in the world through lust. 

5 And beside this, giving all 
diligence, add to your faith, virtue; 
and to virtue, knowledge ; 

6 And to knowledge, temper- 
ance ; and totemperance, patience; 
and to patience, godliness ; 

7 And to godliness, brotherly 
kindness ; and to brotherly kind- 
ness, charity. 

8 For if these things be in you, 
and abound, they make 7j(m that ye 
shall neithei be barren nor unfruit- 
ful in the knowledge of our Lord 
Jesus Christ. 

9 But he that lacketh these 
things is blind, and cannot see afar 
off, and hath forgotten that he was 
purged from his old sins. 

10 Wherefore the rather, bre- 
thren, give diligence to make your 
calling^and election sure ; for if ye 
do these things, ye shall never fall : 

11 For so an entrance shall be 
ministered imto you abundantly 
into the everlasting kingdom of our 
Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. 

12 Wherefore I will not be neg- 
ligent to put you always in remem- 
brance of these things, though ye 
know them, and be established m 
the present truth. 

13 Yea, I think it meet, as long 
as I am in this tabernacle, to stir 



you up, by putting you in remem- 
brance ; 

14 Knowing that shortly I must 
put off this my tabernacle, even 
as our Lrord Jesus Christ hath 

I shewed me. 

15 Moreover, I will endeavour 
that ye may be able after my de- 
cease to have these things always 
in remembrance. 

16 For we have not followed 
cunningly-devised fables, when we 
made known unto you the power 
and coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ, but were eye-witnesses of 
his majesty. 

17 For he received from Goa 
the Father honour and glory, when 
there came such a voice to^ him 
from the excellent glor}^ This is 
my beloved Son in whom am well 
pleased. 

18 And this voice which came 
from heaven we heard, when we 
were with him in the holy mount. 

19 We have also a- more sure 
word of prophecy ; v;hereunto ye 
1 do well that ye take heed, as unto 

a light that shineth in a dark place, 
until the day da^^m, and the day- 
star arise in your hearts ; 

20 Knowing this first, that no 
prophecy of the scripture is of any 
private interpretation. 

21 For the prophecy came not 
in old time by the will of man ; but 
holy men of God spake as they 
icere moved by the Holy Ghost. 



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THE TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
I KINGS XVII. 



AND Elijah the Tishbite, who 
wOjS of the inhabitants of Gilead, 
said unto Ahab, As the Lord God 
of Israel liveth, before whom I 
stand, there shall not be devy nor 
rain these years, but according to 
my word. 

2 And the word of the Lord 
came unto him, saying, 

3 Get thee hence, and turn thee 
eastward, and hide thyself by the 
brook Cherith, that is before Jor- 
dan. 

4 And it shall be, that thou 
shalt drink of the brook : and I 
have commanded the ravens to feed 
thee there. 

5 So he went, and did according 
unto the word of the Lord ; for he 
went and dwelt by the brook Che- 
rith, that is before Jojdan. 

6 And the ravens brought him 
bread and flesh in the morning, 
and bread and flesh in the even- 
ing ; and he drank of the brook. 

7 And it came to pass, after a 
while, that the brook dried up, be- 
cause there had been no rain in the 
land. 

8 And the word of the Lord 
came unto him, saying, 

9 Arise, get thee to Zarephath, 
which belongeth to Zidon, and 
dwell there : behold I have com- 
manded a widow woman there to 
g^ustain thee. 



10 So he arose and went to 
Zarephath ; and when he came to 
the gate of the city, behold the 
widow woman i^^is there gathering 
of sticks ; and he called to hex, 
and said. Fetch me, I pray thee, 
a little water in a vessel that I may 
drink. 

11 And as she was going to 
fetch it, he called to her and said, 
Bring me, I pray thee, a morsel 
of bread in thine hand. 

12 And she said, As the Lord 
thy God liveth, I have not a cake, 
but an handful of meal in a barrel^ 
^.ud a little oil in a cruse : and be». 
hold, I am gathering two sticks, 
that I may go in and dress it for 
me and my son, that we may eat 
it, and die. 

13. And Elijah said unto her, 
Fear not : go, and do as thou hast 
said ; but make me thereof a little 
cake first, and bring it unto me, 
and after make for thee and for thy 
son ; 

14 Fox thus saith the Lord 
God of Israel. The barrel of meal 
shall not waste, neither shall the 
cruse of oil fail, until the day that 
the Lord sendeth rain upon the 
earth. 

1 5 And she went, and did ac- 
cording to the saying of Elijah ; 
and she, and he, and her house, did 
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of ,he Lo.B. .vh,ch he .pake 21 A»d ^te^ ^^^^^^ 

='!?A„a i. c.»e ,0 pass LT.tr'oo^rp,"' -SSS ' 

house fell sick ; and Ms sickness agam. ^ 

.-as so sore that there was - ^ ;f ^Hph. and the sonl of the 

'"f? i^d'she'said unto Elijah, child came into him again, and he 

^Vhat have I to do ^vith thee, revived^ ^^^^ 

thou man of God! art thou come f^;^^';^,Vi^n down out x>f the 

unto me to caU my sm to remem- -d brought ; ^^^^ ^^^^^^ 

brance, and to slay my son 1 ''!t^'Tum unto his mother ; and 

19 And he said unto her Gne l^red^'™ thv son liveth. 
thv son. And he took him out Elijah J^^^^ , t ^ 

of her bosom, and carried him up ^4 AM me ^^^^^^^^ 
into a loft where he abode, and i^]^^ ^^l^ Qoi, and that the 
laid him upon his own bed. « ' ^ a man ^ ^^^^^^ 

20 \ndhe cried unto the LoKD, ^^or(l 01 tne i^uk j 
and said, Lord my God, hast es truth. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JOH>" III. 

THERE was a man of the time into his mother's womb, and 
Pharisee., named Xicodemus, ^ Reborn 

ruler of the Jews : ! Except a man be 

•2 The same came to Jes^s by 1 sa> unto , f 

except God be with him J ^esn is 

3 Jesus answered and said un o bom o th^ -P^^ P ^^^^ ^^^^ 

him, Verily, verily I say unto 7 

thee, Except a man be bom again, thee, l e i^^ .^^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^.^^^^^ 
he cannot see the kingdom of God. j » ^^^^^ 

4 Nicodemus saith unto ^m, , hstetn an ^^jj ^.^^nce 
How can a man be born when he J«^^2;th and whither it goeth • 
is old^ can he enter the second, U cometh, ana 



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§0 is every one tliat is bom of the 
Spirit. 

9 Nicodemus answered and 
said unto hinij How can these 
things be ? 

10 Jesus answered and said 
unto him, Art thou a master of Is- 
rael, and knowest not these things ? 

11 Verily, verily, I say unto 
thee. We speak that we do know, 
and testify that we have seen ; and 
ye receive not our witness. 

12 If I have told you earthly 
4;hings, and ye believe not, how 
shall ye believe if I tell you of 
heavenly things ? 

13 And no man hath ascended 
up to heaven, but he that came 
down from heaven, even the Son 
of man which is in heaven. 

14 And as Moses lifted up the 
serpent in the wilderness, even so 
must the Son of man be lifted up ; 

1 5 That whosoev^l- believeth in 
him should not perish, but have 
eternal life. 

16 For God so loved the worlds 
that he gave his only begotten 
Son, that whosoever believeth in 
him should not perish, but have 
everlasting life. 

17 For God sent not his Son 
into the world to condemn the 
world ; but that the world through 
him might be saved. 

18 He that believeth on him is 
not condemned : but he that be- 
lieveth not is condemned already, 
because he hath not believed in the 
name of the only begotten Son of 
God. 

19 And this is the condemna- 
tion, that light is come into the 
world, and men loved darkness 
rather than light, because their 
deeds were evil. 

20 For every one that doeth 



evil hateth the light, neither 
cometh to the light, lest his deeds 
should be reproved. 

21 But he that doeth truth 
cometh to the lights that his deeds 
may be made manifest, that they 
are wrought in God. 

22 After these things came 
Jesus and his disciples into the 
land of Judea ; and there he tar- 
ried with them, and baptized. 

23 And-John also was baptizing 
in iEnon, near to Salim, because 
there was much water there ; and 
they came, and were baptized: 

24 For John was not yet cast 
into prison. 

25 Then there arose a question 
between some of John's disciples 
and the Jews about purifying. 

26 And they came unto John, 
and said unto him, Rabbi, he that 
was with thee beyond Jordan, to 
whom thou bearest witness, be- 
hold, the same baptizeth, and all 
men come to him. 

27 John answered and said, 
A man can receive nothing, except 
it be given him from heaven. 

28 Ye yourselves bear me wit- 
ness, that I said, I am not the 
Christ, but that I am sent before 
him^ 

29 He that hath the bride is the 
bridegroom : but the friend of the 
bridegroom, which standeth and 
heareth him, rejoiceth greatly be- 
cause of the bridegroom's voice. 
This my joy therefore is fulfilled. 

30 He must increase, but I 
must decrease. 

31 He that cometh from above 
is above all : he that is of the earth 
is earthly, and speaketh of the 
earth : he that cometh from hea- 
ven is above all. 

32 And what he hath seen and 



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heard, that he testifieth ; and no 
man receiveth his testimony. ^ 

33 He that hath received ins 
testhnony hath set to his seal that 

God is true. ^ m i 

34 For he whom God hath sent 
speaketh the ^vords of God : for 
God gireth not the Spirit by mea- 
sure unto him- 



\ 35 The Father loveth the Son, 
I and hath given all things into his 

^hand. , . 

i 36 He that believeth on the 
\ Son hath everlasting life : and he 
5 that beUeveth not the Son shall 
: not see life ; but the wrath of God 
! abideth on him. 



'FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



I KI>^GS XVIII. 



A'^D it came topass after m.any 
davs, that the word of the Lord 
came to Ehiah in the third year, 
savins,Go,shewthyselfuntoAhao: 

and I will send rain upon the eartii. 

2 \nd Elij ah went to she w him- 
self unto Ahab : ^n^^ there icas ^ 
sore famine in Samaria. ^ j 

3 And Ahab called Ooaaiah, i 
which z/.-asaie^ovenior oihishouse : | 
(now Obadiah feared the Lord i 

Sfreatly : ^ t i i 

^ 4 For it was so, when Jezebel 
cut off the prophets of the Lord. 
that Obadiah took an hundred pro- 
phets, and hid them by fifty ni a 
cave, and fed them with bread and 

water.) ^ /-m j- t. 

5 And Ahab said unto Obadiah, 
Go into the land, unto all fountains 
of water, and unto all brooks ; per- 
adventure we may find grass to save 
the horses and mules alive, that 
we lose not all the beasts. 

6 So they divided the land be- 
tween them, to pass throughout it : 
Ahab went one way by himselt, 
and Obadiah went another way b} 

himself. . , 

7 And as Obadiah was m the 



wav. behold, Elijah met himv and 
he knew him. and fell on his face, 
and said. Art thou that my lord 

Elijah? _ 

S \nd he answered him, 1 ara . 
20, tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is 

i here, . t 

9 A.nd he said, AMiat have i 
.mned. that thou wouldest deliver 
i thy servant into the hand of Ahab, 
I to'slav me ■ ^ . - -u 

1 1 * As me Lord thy God iivetn, 
there i^ no nation nor kingdom 
Avhithermv lord hath not sent to 
.eek thee : and when they said. 
He is not there, he took an oath oi 
the kingdom and nation, that they 
found thee not. 

11 And now thou sayest, brO, 
tellthv lord. Behold, Elijah is here. 

12^ And it shall come to pass, 
n , soon o^s I am gone from thee, 
that the Spirit of the Lord shaU 
carry thee whither I know not ; 
and 5. when I come and tell Ahab, 
and he cannot find thee, he shall 
Slav me : but I thy servant fear the 
Lord from my youth. 

1 3 Was it not told my lord what 
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pliets of the Lord, how I hid an 
hundred men of the Lord's pro- 
phets by fifty in a eavej and fed 
them with bread and water 1 

14 And now thou sayest^ Go, 
tell thy lord, Behold, Elijah is 
here : and he shall slay me. 

15 And Elijah said, As the Lord 
of hosts liveth, before whom I stand, 
I will surely shew myself unto him 
to-day. 

16 So Obadiah went to meet 
Ahabj and told him ; and Ahab 
went to meet Elijah. 

17 And it came to pass, when 
Ahab saw Elijah, that Ahab said 
unto him, Ar^ thou he that troubleth 
Israel? 

18 And he answered, I have not 
troubled Israel ; but thou, and thy 
father's house, in that ye have for- 
saken the commandments of the 
Lord, and thou hast followed 
Baalim. 

19 Now therefore send, and 
gather to me all Israel unto mount 
Carmel, and the prophets of Baal 
four hundred and fifty, and the pro- 
phets of the groves four hundred, 
which eat at Jezebel's table. 

20 So Ahab sent unto all the 
children of Israel, and gathered the 
prophets together unto mount Car- 
mel. 

21 And Elijah came unto all 
the people, and said, How long 
halt ye between two opinions 1 If 
the Lord be God, follow him : but 
if Baal, then follow him. And the 
people answered him not a word. 

22 Then said Elijah unto the 
people, I, even I only, remain a 
prophet of the Lord ; but Baal's 
prophets are four hundred and fifty 
men. 

23 Let them therefore give us 
two bullocks ; and let them choose 



one bullock for themselves, and 
cut it in pieces, and lay it on wood) 
and put no fire under ; and I will 
dress the other bullock^ and lay it 
on wood, and put no fire under : 

24 And call ye on the name of 
your gods, and I will call on the 
name of the Lord ; and the God 
that answereth by fire, let him be 
God^ And all the people answered 
and said, It is well spoken. 

25 And Elijah said unto the pro- 
phets of Baal, Choose you one bul- 
lock for yourselves, and *d]less it 
first ; for ye are many ; and call on 
the name of your gods, but put no 
fire under, 

26 And they took the bullock 
which was given them, and they 
dressed it, and called on the name 
of Baal from morning even until 
noon, sayings O Baal, hear, us ! 
but there teas no voice, nor any^that 
answered. And they leaped upon 
the altar which was made* 

27 And it came to pass at noon, 
that Elijah mocked them, and said, 
Cry aloud ; for he is a god : either 
he is talking, or he is pursuing, or 
he is in a journey, or peradventure 
he sleepeth, and must be awaked. 

28 And they cried aloud, and 
cut themselves, after their manner, 
with knives and lancets, till the 
blood gushed out upon them. 

29 And it came to pass, when 
midday was past, and they prophe- 
sied until the time of the ofl?ering 
of the evening sacrifice, that there 
was neither voice, nor any to an- 
swer, nor any that regarded. 

30 And Elijah said unto all the 
people, Come near unto me. And 
all the people came near unto him : 
and he repaired the altar of the 
Lord that tvas broken down. 

31 And Elijah took twelve stones^ 
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according to the number of the 
tribes of the sons of Jacob, unto ^ 
whom the word of the Lord came, s 
saying, Israel shall be thy name ; t 

32 And. with the stones he built 
an altar in the name of the Lord : 
and he made a trench about the ( 
altar, as great as would contain i 
two measures of seed. 

33 And he put the wood in order, 
and cut the bullock in pieces, and 
laid hivi on the wood, and said, 
Fill four barrels with water, and 
pour it on the burnt-sacrihce, and 
on the wood. 

34 And he said. Do zahe second 
time : and they did it the second 
time. And he s'aid, Do it the third 
time : andthey didit the third time. 

35 And the water ran round 
about the altar ; and he filled the 
trench also with water. 

36 And it came to pass, at the 
tivie of the offering of the eL'e?mig 
sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet 
came near, and said. Lord God of 
Abraham, Isaac, and of Israel, let 
it be known this day that thou art 
God in Israel, and that I am thy 
servant, and that I have done all 
these things at thy word. 

37 Hear me, Lord, hear me ; 
that this people may knowthat thou 
art the Lord God, and that thou 
hast turned their heart back again. 

38 Then the fire of the Lord 
fell, and consumed the burnt-sacri- 
fice, and the wood, and the stones, 
and the dust, and licked up the 
water that ivas in the trench. 



39 And when all the people saw 
i^, they fell on their faces ; andthey 
said, The Lord, he is the God ; 
the Lord, he is the God. 

40 And Elijah said unto them, 
Take the prophets of Baal ; let not 
one of them escape. And they took 
them ; and Elijah brought them 
down to the brook Kishon, and 
slew them there. 

41 And Elijah said unto Ahab, 
Get thee up, eat and drink ; for 
there is a sound of abundance of 
rain. 

42 So Ahab went up to eat and 
to drink : and Elijah went up to the 
top of C arm el ; and he cast himself 
down upon the earth, and put his 
face between his knees, 

43 And said to his servant, Go 
up now, look toward the sea. And 
he went up, and looked, and saidj 
There is nothing. And he said, Go 
again seven times. 

44 And it came to pass, at the 
^ seventh time, that he said. Behold, 
: there ariseth a little cloud out of 

the sea, like a man's hand. And he 
■ said Go up, say unto Ahab, Pre- 
[ pare thy chariot, and get thee down, 

that the rain stop thee not. 
; 45 And it came to pass, in the 
I mean while, that the. heaven was 
I black with clouds and wind, and 
. there was a great rain. And Ahab 
) rode, and went to Jezreel. 

46 And the hand of the Lord 
, was on EUjah ; and he girded up 
3 his loins, and ran before Ahab to 
the entrance of Jezreel. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
II PETER II. 



BUT there were false prophets 
also among the people, even as 
there shall be false teachers among 
you, who privily shall bring in 
damnable heresies, even denying 
the Lord that bought them, and 
bring upon themselves swift de- 
struction. 

2 And many shall follow their 
pernicious ways ; by reason of 
whom the way of truth shall be 
evil spoken of. 

3 And through covetousness 
shall they with feigned words 
make merchandise of you : whose 
judgmentnowof along time linger- 
eth not, and their damnation slum- 
bereth not. 

4 For if God spared not the 
angels that sinned, but cast them 
down to hell, and delivered them 
into chains of darkness, to be re- 
served unto judgment ; 

5 And spared not the old world, 
but saved Noah, the eighth person 
a preacher of righteousness, bring- 
ing in the flood upon the world of 
the ungodly ; 

6 And turning the cities of So- 
dom and Gomorrha into ashes, 
condemned them with an over- 
throw, making them an ensample 
unto those that after should live 
ungodly ; 

7 And delivered just Lot, vexed 
with the filthy conversation of the 
wicked. 

8 (For that righteousness man 
dwelling among them, in seeing 
and hearing, vexed his righteous 
soul from day to day with their un- 
lawful df-eds :) 



9 The Lordknoweth how to de- 
liver the godly out of temptations, 
and to reserve the unjust unto the 
day of judgment to be punished ; 

10 But chiefly them that walk 
after the flesh in the lust of im- 
cleanness, and despise govern- 
ment : presumptuous are they, 
self-willed, they are not afraid to 
speak evil of dignities : 

11 Whereas angels, which aie 
greater in power and might, bring 
not railing accusation against them 
before the Lord. 

12 But these, as natural brute 
beasts, made to be taken and de- 
stroyed, speak evil of the things 
that they understand not, and 
shall utterly perish in th^ir own 
corruption ; 

13 And shall receive the re- 
ward of unrighteousness, as they 
that count it pleasure to riot in the 
day-time : spots they are and 
blemishes, sporting themselves 
with their own deceivings while 
they feast with you : 

1 4 Having eyes full of adultery, 
and that cannot cease from sin ; 
beguiling unstable souls : an heart 
they have exercised with covetous 
practices ; cursed children ; 

15 Which have forsaken the 
right way, and are gone astray, 
following the way of Balaam the 
son of Bosor, who loved the wages 
of unrighteousness ; 

16 But was rebuked for his ini- 
quity ; the dumb ass, speaking 
with man's voice, forbade the 
madness of the prophet. 

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water, clouds that are carried with 
a tempest, to whom the mist of 
darkness is reserved for ever. 

18 For when they speak great 
swelling ivords of vanity, they 
allui-e through the lusts of the 
flesh, throuA nujch wantonness, 
those that were clean escapedfrom 
them who live in error. 

19 While they promise them 
liberty, they themselves are the 
servants of corruption : for of whom 
a man is overcome, of the same is 
he brought in bondage. 

20 For if after they have es- 
caped the pollutions of the world, 
thi'ough the knowledge of the 



Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, 
. they are again entangled therein, 
I and overcome, the latter end is 
' worse with them than the begin- 
ning. 

21 For it had been better for 
them not to have known the way 
of rio^hteousness, than, after they 
I have "'known 2/, to turn from the 

holy commandment delivered unto 
them. 

22 But it is happened unto 
them according to the true proverb, 
The dog 25 turned to his own 
vomit a^ain ; and the sow 4hat 
was washed to her wallowing in 
: there mire, 



THE TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
II KIXGS V. 

NOW Naaman. captain of the ' would recover him of Ms leprosy, 
host of the kino- of S^Tia, was a ^ 4 And one went in, and told his 
great man with his master, and ;lord, sapng, Thus and thus said 
honourable: because by him the! the maid that of the land ot 
Lord had given deliverance unto Israel. 

Syria • he was also a mightv man 5 And the king of Syria said, 
in valour : hut he icas a leper. ^ Go to, go, and I will send a letter 

2 And the Syrians had gone out unto the king of Israel. And he 
by companies.' and had brought departed, and took with him ten 
awav captive out of the land of italems of silver, and six thousand 
Israel a little maid : and she wait- 1 pieces of gold, and ten changes ot 
ed on Naaman's wife. j raiment. , . 1 

3 Andshe said untoher mistress, I 6 And he brought the letter to 
Would God mv lord v:erev.-ith the I the king of Israel, saying. Now, 
prophet that is in Samaria ! for he \ when this letter is come unto thee, 



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behold, r Have therewith sent 
Naaman my servant, to thee, that 
thou mayest recover him of his 
leprosy. 

7 And it came to pass, when 
the king of Israel had read the 
letter, that he rent his clothes and 
said, Am I God, to kill and to 
make alive, that this man doth 
send unto me to recover a man of 
his leprosy ? Wherefore consider, 
I pray you, and see how he seek- 
eth a quarrel against me. 

8 And it was so, when Elisha 
the man of God had heard that 
the king of Israel had rent his 
clothes, that he sent to the king, 
saying, Wherefore hast thou rent 
thy clothes ? let him come now to 
me, and he shall know that there 
is a prophet in Israel. 

9 So Naaman came with his 
horses and with his chariot, and 
stood at the door of the house of 
Elisha. 

10 And Elisha sent a- messen- 
ger unto him, saying^. Go and wash 
in Jordan seven: times, and thy 
flesh shall come again unto thee, 
and thou shalt be clean. 

yi But Naaman was wroth, 
and went away, and said Be- 
hold, I thought, He will, surely 
come out to me, and stand, and 
call on the name of the Lord his 
God, and strike his hand over the 
place, and recover the leper. 

12 Are not Abana and Pharpar, 
rivers of Damascus, better than all 
the waters of Israel ? may I not 
wapeh in them, and be clean? 
So he turned, and went away in a 
rage. 

13 And his servants came near, 
and spake unto him, and said, My 
father, z/the prophet had bid thee 
4o some great thing, wouldest thou] 



not have done it? how much 
rather then, when he saith to thee 
Wash, and be clean ? 

14 Then went he down, and 
dipped himself seven times in Jor- 
dan, according to the saying of the 
man of God ; and his flesh came 
again like unto the flesh, of a little 
child, and he was clean. 

15 And he returned to the man 
of God, he and all his company, 
and came and stood before him : 
and he said, Behold, now I know 
that there is no God in all the earth 
but in Israel: now therefore, I 
pray thee, take a blessing of dty 
servant. 

16 But he said. As the Lord 
liveth, before whom I stand, I will 
receive none. And he urged him 
to take it : but he refused. 

17 And Naaman said. Shall 
there not then, I pray thee, be given 
to thy servant two mules' burdea 
of earth? for thy servant will 
henceforth ofler neither burnt- 
ofl*ering nor sacrifice unto other 
gods, but unto the Lord. 

18 In this thing the Lord par- 
don, thy servant, that when my 
master goeth into the house of 
Rimmon to worship there, and he 
leanethon my hand, and I bow my- 
selfintlie houseof Rimmon ; when 
I bow down myself in the house 
of Rimmon, the Lord pardon thy 
servant in this thing. 

1.9 And he said unto him. Go iii 
peace. So he departed from him 
a little way. 

20 But Gehazi, the servant of 
Elisha the man of God, said. Be- 
hold, my master haih spared Naa- 
man this Syrian, in not receiving 
at his hands that which he brought ; 
but, as the Lord Liveth, I willruni 



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after him and take some what of him. 

21 So Gehazi followed after Naa- 
man; and when Naaman saw him 
running after him, he lighted down 
from the chariot to meet him, and 
said, J5 all wein 

22 And he^ said, AlU5welk My 
master hath sent me, saying. Be- 
hold, even now there be come to 
me from mount Ephraim two young 
men of the sons- of the prophets ; 
give them, I pray thee a talent of 
silver, and two changes of gar- 
ments. 

23 And Naaman said, Be -con- 
tent, take two talents. And he 
urged him, and bound two talents 
of silver in two bags, with , two 
changes of garments, and laid 
^^em^upon two of his ser^'ants-;. 
and they bare them before him. 

24 And \vhen he cam^e to the 



tower, he took them from th^w 
hand, and bestowed them in the 
house : and he let the men go, and 
they departed. 

25 But he went in, and stood 
before his master ; and Elisha said 
unto him, Whence contest thouy 
Gehazi ? And he said, thy servant 
w^ent no whi^iier. 

26 And he said unto him. Went 
not mine heart with thee, when the 
man turned again from his chariot 
to meet thee 1 Is it time to re- 
ceive maney, and to receive gar- 
ments, and oliveyards, and vine- 
yards, and sheep, and oxen, and 
men-servants, and maid-servants ? 

27 The leprosy therefore of 
Naaman shall cleave unto thee, and 
unto thy seed for ever. And he 
wet out from his presence a lepet 
asivhiteSiS snow. . 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JOHN VII. 

AFTER these things Jesus ; 6 Then Jesus said unto them, 
wated in Galilee: for he Wd : My time is not yet come ; but your 
Lt walk in Jewry, because the time is al way ready, 
not walk in « ' ^ r^^ie world cannot hate you ; 

'^rN^Se J^ -t^st of taber-'but me it hateth, because I testify 
naL? 7as at hand. '.of it, that the works thereof are 

His brethren therefore said evil. 
Jo h m, Depart hence, and go 8 Go ye up unto this feast I 
Lto Judea that thv disciples also go not up yet unto this feast; for 
mly see the works -that thou doest. my time is not yet fvdl come, 
may see me vvuiiv ,;,^,,i„pt>r Q When he had said these words 

4 For there is no man that doetn J ne" iit- 
anv thing in secret, and he him- unto them, he abode stdl m Ga- 
■^pff '^peketh to be known openlv : lilee. 

bdi»ve in Mm. Kvero in secret. 



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11 Then the Jews sought him have made a man every whit whole 



at the feast, and said, where is he ? 

12 And there was much mur- 
muring among the people concern- 
ing him : for some said, He is a 
good man : others said, Nay ; but 
he deceiveth the people. 

13 Howbeit no man spake 
openly of him for fear of the Jews. 

14 Now, about the midst of the 
feast, Jesus went up into the tem- 
ple, and taught. 

15 And the Jews marvelled, 
saying, How knoweth this man 
letters, having never learned 1 

16 Jesus answered them, and 
said, My doctrine is not mine, but 
his that sent me. 

17 If any man will do his will, 
he shall know of the doctrine, 
whether it be of God, or ivheiher 
I speak of myself. 

L8 He that speaketh of himself 
seeketh his own glory : but he that 
seeketh his glory that sent him, 
the same is true, and no unright- 
eousness is in him. 

19 Did not Moses. glYe you the 
law, and yet none of you keepeth 
the law? Why go ye about to 
kill me ? 

20 The people answered and 
said. Thou hast a devil : who 
goeth about to kill thee ? 

21 Jesus answered and said 
unto them, I have done one work, 
and ye all marvel. 

22 Moses therefore gave unto 
you circumcision ; (net because it 
is of Moses, but of the fathers ;) 
and ye on the sabbath-day circum- 
cise a man. 

23 If a man on the sabbath-day 
receive circumcision, that the law 
of Moses should not be broken ; 
are ye angry at me, because I 



on the sabbath-day ? 

24 Judge not according to the 
appearance, but judge righteous 
judgment. 

25 Then said some of them of 
Jerusalem, Is not this he whom 
they seek to kill ? 

36 But lo, he speaketh boldly^' 
and they say nothing unto him. 
D® the rulers know indeed thai 
this is the very Christ ? 

27 Howbeit we know this man 
whence he is : but when Christ 
cometh, no man knoweth whence 
he is. 

28 Then cried Jesus in the 
temple, as he taught, saying, Ye 
both know me, and ye know 
whence I am : and I am not com& 
of myself, but he that sent me is 
true, whom ye know not. 

29 But I know hkn : for I am 
from him, and he hath sent me. 

30 Then they sought to take 
him : but no man laid hands on 
him, because his hour was not yet* 
come. 

31 And many of the people be- 
lieved on him, and said. When 
Christ cometh, will he do more 
miracles than these which this 
man hath done ? 

32 The- Pharisees heard that 
the people murmured such things 
concerning him .; and the Phari- 
sees and the chief priests sent 
officers to take him. 

33 Then said Jesus unto them, 
Yet a little while am I with you, 
and then I go unto him that sent* 
me. 

34 Ye shall seek me, and shall' 
not find me: and where I am, 
thither ye cannot come.. 

35 Then said the Jews among 
themselves, Whither will he go^ 



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that we shall not find him 1 will he 
go unto the dispersed among the 
Gentiles, and teach the Gen- 
tiles 1 

36 What manner of saying is 
this that he said, Ye shall seek 
me, and shall not find me ? and 
where I am, thither ye cannot 
come ? 

37 In the last day, that great 
day of the feast, Jesus stood and 
cried, saying, If any man thirst, 
let him come unto me, and drink. 

38 He that believeth on me, as 
the scripture hath said, out of his 
belly shall flow rivers of living 
water. 

39 (But this spake he of the 
Spirit, which they that believe on 
him should receive : for the Holy 
Ghost was not yet given ; because 
that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 

40 Many of the people there- 
fore, when they heard this saying, 
said. Of a truth this is the Prophet. 

41 Others said. This is the 
Christ. But some said. Shall 
Christ come out of Galilee 1 

42 Hath not the scripture said. 
That Christ cometh of the seed of 



David, and out of the town of 
Bethlehem, where David was ? 

43 So there was a divisiou 
among the people because of him. 

44 And some of them would 
have taken him ; but no man laid 
hands on him. 

45 Then came the officers to 
the chief priests and Pharisees ; 
and they said unto them, Why 
have ye not brought him 1 

46 The officers answered, 
Never man spake like this man. 

47 Then answered them the 
Pharisees, are ye also deceived? 

48 Have any of the rulers,, or 
of the Pharisees believed on him 1 

49 But this people, who know- 
eth not the law, are cursed. 

50 Nicodemus saith unto them, 
(he that came to Jesus by night, 
being one of them,) 

51 Doth our law judge any 
man before it hear him, and know 
what he doeth ? 

52 They answered and said 
unto him, Art thou also of Galilee ? 
Search, and look : for out of Gali- 
lee ariseth no prophet. 

53 And every man went unto 
his own house. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
II KINGS XIX. 



AND it came to pass, when' 
king Hezekiah heard it, that he 
rent his clothes, and covered him- 
self with sackcloth, and went in- 
to the house of the Lord. 

2 And he sent Ehakim, which 
loas over the household, and 
Shebna the scribe, and the elders 



of the priests, covered with sack- 
cloth, to Isaiah the prophet, the^ 
son of Amoz. 

3 And they said unto him, 
Thus saith Hezekiah, This day is 
a day of trouble, and of rebuke, 
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are come to the birth, and there is 
not strength to bring forth. 

4 It may be the Lord thy God 
will hear all the words of Rab- 
shakeh,whom the king of Assyria 
his master hath sent to reproach 
the living God ; and will reprove 
the words which the Lord thy 
God hath heard : wherefore lift 
up thy prayer for the remnant 
that are left. 

5 So the servants of king He- 
zekiah came to Isaiah. 

6 And Isaiah said unto them, 
Thus shall ye say to your master. 
Thus saith the Lord, be not afraid 
of the words which thou hast heard, 
with which the servants of the 
king of Assyria have blasphemed 
me. 

7 Behold, I will send a blast 
upon him, and he shall hear a 
rumour, and shall return to his 
own land : and I will cause him 
to fall by the sword in his own 
land. 

8 So Rab-shakeh returned, and 
found the king of Assyria warring 
against Libnah : for he had heard 
that he was departed from Lachish. 

9 And when he heard say of 
Tirhakahkingof Ethiopia, Behold 
he is come out to fight against 
thee ; he sent messengers 
unto Hezekiah, saying, 

10 Thus shall ye speak to He- 
Zekiah king of Judah, saying, Let 
not thy God in whom thou trustest 
deceive thee, saying, Jerusalem 
shall not be delivered into the hand 
of the king of Assyria. 

11 Behold, thou hast heard 
what the kings of Assyria have 
done to all lands, by destroying 
them utterly ; and shalt thou be de- 
livered ? 

1^ Have the gods of the na- 



again 



tions delivered them which my fa- 
thers have destroyed ; as Gozan, 
and Haran, and Rezeph, and the 
children of Eden which were in 
Thelasar ? 

13 Where the king of Hamath, 
and the king of Arpad, and the 
king of the city of Sepharvaim, of 
Hena, and Ivah ? 

14 And Hezekiah received the 
letter of the hand of the messen- 
gers, and read it : and Hezekiah 
went up into the house of the 
Lord, and spread it before the 
Lord. 

15 And Hezekiah prayed before 
the Lord, and said, O Lord God 
of Israel, which dwellest between 
the cherubims, thou art the God, 
even thou alone, of all the king- 
doms of the earth ; thou hast made 
heaven and earth. 

16 Lord, bow down thine ear, 
and hear; open Lord, thine eyes, 
and see ; and hear the words of 
Sennacherib, v^hich hath sent him 
to reproach the living God. 

17 Of a truth. Lord, the kings 
of Assyria have destroyed the na- 
tions and their lands, 

18 And have cast their gods in- 
to the fire : for they ^vere no gods, 
but the work of men's hands, wood 
and stone ; therefore they have 
destroyed them. 

19 Now therefore, O Lord our 
God, I beseech thee, save thou us 
out of his hand, that all the king- 
doms of the earth may know that 
thou art the Lord God, even thou 
only. 

20 Hien Isaiah thesonof Amoz 
sent to Hezekiah, saying. Thus 
saith the Lord God of Israel, 
lhat Avhich thou hast prayed to 
me against Sennacherib king of 
Assyria I have heard. 

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21 This is the word that the 
Lord hath spoken concerning 
him ; The virgin, the daughter of 
Zion, hath despised thee, and 
laughed thee to scorn ; the daugh- 
ter of Jerusalem hath shaken her 
head at thee. 

22 Whom hast thou reproached 
and blasphemed? and against 
whom hast thou exaUed thy voice, 
and lifted up thine eyes on high ? 
even against the Holy One of Is- 
rael. 

23 By thy messengers thouhast 
reproached the Lord, and hast 
said, With the multitude of my 
chariots I am come up to the 
height of the mountains, to the 
sides of Lebanon, and will cut 
down the tall cedar-trees thereof, 
and the choice fir-trees thereof; 
and I will enter into the lodgings 
of his borders, a7id into the forest 
of his CarmeL 

24 I have digged and drunk 
strange waters, and with the sole 
of my feet have I dried up all the 
rivers of besieged places. 

25 Hast thou not heard long 
ago hoic I have done it, and of an^ 
cfent times that I have formed it ? 
now have I brought it to pass, that 
thou shouldest,be to lay waste 
fenced cities into ruinous heaps. 

26 Therefore their inhabitants 
were of small power, they were 
dismayed and confounded ; they 
were as the grass of the field, and 
as the green herb, as the grags on 
the house-tops, and <25 cor?i blasted 
before it be grown up. 

27 But I know thy abode, and 
thy going out, and thy coming in, 
and thy rage against me. 

28 Because thy rage against 
me and thy tumult is come up in- 



to mine ears, therefore I will ptif , 
my hook in thy nose, and my 
bridle in thy lips, and I will turn ; 
thee back by the way by which 
thou came St. 

29 And this shall he a sign unto 
thee. Ye shall eat this year such , 
things as grow of themselves, and 
in the second year that which 
springeth of the same ; and in the 
third year sow ye, and reap, and | 
plant vine yards, and eat the fruits | 
thereof. 

30 And the remnant that is es- 
caped of the house of Judah shall 
yet again take root dovmward,and 
bear fruit upward. 

31 For out of Jerusalem shall 
go forth a remnant, and they that 
escape out of mount Zion : the 
zeal of the Lord of hosts shall do 
this. 

32 Therefore thus saith the 
Lord concerning the king of As- 
syria, He shall not come into this 
city, nor shoot an arrow there, nor 
come before it with shield, nor 
cast a bank against it. 

33 By the way that he came, 
by the same shall he return, and 
shall not come into this city, saith 
the Lord. 

34 For I will defend this city, 
to save it, for mine own sake, and 
for my servant David's sake. 

35 And it came to pass that 
night, that the angel of the Lord 
went out and smote in the camp 
of the Assyrians an hundred four- 
score and five thousand: andwhen 
they arose early in the morning, 
[behold, they ?/'6re all dead corpses, 

36 So Sennacherib king of As^ 
Syria departed, and went and re- 
turned, and dwelt at Nineveh. 

37 And it came to pass, as he 



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j '^as worshipping in the house of I they escaped into the land of 

[ Nisroch his god, that Adram- Armenia : and Esarhaddon his son 

i| melech and Sharezer his sons reigned in his stead, 

:| smote him with the sword : and 

I ' 

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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
II PETER IIL 



ij THIS second epistle, beloved, 
j I now write unto you; in both 
j which I stir up your pure minds by 
I way of remembrance ; 
! • 2 That ye may be mindful of 
the words which were spoken be- 
fore by the holy prophets, and of 
the commandment of us the apos- 
it ties of the Lord and Saviour ; 
I 3 Knowing this first, that there 

I hhall come in the last days scoffers, 

I I walking after their own lusts, 

4 And saying, Where is the pro- 
mise of his coming ? for since the 
fathers fell asleep, all things con- 
tinue as they were from the begin- 
ning of the creation. 

5 For this they willingly are 
ignorant of, that by the word of God 
the heavens were of old, and the 
earth standing out of the water and 
in the water : 

6 Whereby the world that then 
' was, being overflowed with water, 

perished : 
I 7 But the heavens and the earth 

which are now, by the same word 
I are kept in store, reserved unto 

fire against the day of judgment 
j and perdition of ungodly men. 

I 8 But, beloved, be not ignorant 
; of this one thing, that one day is 

I I with the Lord as a thousand years, 
j and a thousand years as one day. 
i 9 The Lordis not slack concern- 
! 



inghis promise, as some men count 
slackness ; but is long-sufTering to 
us-ward, not willing that any should 
perish, but that all should come to 
repentance. 

1 But the day of the Lord will 
come as a thief in the night ; in 
the which the heavens shall pass 
away Avith a great noise, and the 
elements shall melt with fervent 
heat, the earth also, and the works 
that are therein shall be burned up, 
1 1 SeeingXhen /A.^z-^f all these things 
shall be dissolved, what manner 
of persons ought ye to be in all 
holy conversation and godliness ; 

1 2 Looking for and hasting unto 
the coming of the day of God, 
wherein the heavens being on fire 
shall be dissolved, and the ele- 
ments shall melt with fervent heat ? 

13 Nevertheless we, according 
to his promise, look for new hea- 
vens and a new earth, wherein 
dwelleth righteousness. 

14 Wherefore, beloved, seeing 
that ye look for such things, be 
diligent that ye may be found of 
him in peace, without spot, and 
blameless : 

15 And account that the long- 
suffering of our Lord is salvation ; 
even as our beloved brother Paul 
also, according to the wisdom given 
unto him, hath written unto you ; 



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16 As also In all his epistles,! 
speaking in them of these things ; 
in which are some things hard to 
be understood, which they that are 
unlearned and unstable wrest, as 
theT/ do also the other scriptures, 
unto their own destruction. 

17 Ye therefore, beloved, seeing 



ye know these things before, be- 
ware lest ye also, being led away 
with the error of the wicked, fall 
from your own stedfastness : 

18 But grow in grace, and m 
the knowledge of our Lord and 
Saviour Jesus Christ. To him be 
glory both now and for ever. Amen. 



THE TWENTY-SECOND SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOE MORJCING^ 
DANIEL YI. 



IT pleased Darius to set over 
the kingdom an hundred and twen- 
ty princes, which should be over 
the whole kingdom : 

2 And over these three presi- 
dents, of whom Daniel was first : 
that the princes might give account 
unto them, and the king should 
have no damage. 

3 Then this Daniel was prefer- 
red above the presidents and prin- 
ces^ because an excellent spirit 
was in him : and the king thought 
to set him over the whole realm. 

4 Then the presidents and prin- 
ces sought to find occasion against 
Daniel concerning the kingdom ; 
but they could find none occasion 
nor fault : forasmuch as he loas 
faithful, neither was there any 
error or fault found in him. 

5 Then said these men. We 
shall not find any occasion against 
this Daniel, except we find it 



against him concerning the law of 

his God. , 

6 Then these presidents ana 
princes assembled together to the 
king, and said this unto him, King 
Darius, live for ever. ^ 

7 All the presidents of the king- 
dom, the governors, and the prin- 
ces,the coimsellors,andthecaptams 
have consuUed together to establish 
a roval statute, and to make a firm 
decree, that whosoever shall ask 
a petition of any god or man ior 
thirty days, save of thee, O king, he 
shall be cast into the den of lions. 

8 Now, king, estabhsh the 
decree, and sign the writing, that 
it be not changed, according to the 
law of the Medes and Persians, 
which aUereth not. 

9 Wherefore king Darius sign- 
ed the writing and the decree. 

10 Now when Daniel knew 
that the 



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39? 



w^nt into Ms house : and, his win- 
dows being open in his chamber, 
toward Jerusalem, he kneeled 
upon his knees three times a-day, 
1 and prayed, and gave thanks before 
his God, as he did aforetime. 

1 1 Then these men assembled, 
and found Daniel praying and mak- 
ing supplication before his God. 

12 Then they came near, and 
spake before the king concerning 
the king's decree ; Hast thou not 
a decree, that every man that shall 
ask a 'petition of any god or man 
within thirty days, save of thee O 
king, shall be cast into the den of 
lions ? The king answered and 
said, The thing is true, according 
to the law of the Modes and Per- 
sians which altereth not. 

13 Then answered they, and 
said before the king, That Daniel 
which is of the children of the 
captivity of Judah, regardeth not 
thee O king, nor the decree that 
thou hast signed, but maketh his 
petition three times a-day. 

14 Then the king, when he 
heard these words^ was sore dis- 
pleased with himself, and set his 
heart on Daniel to deliver him ; 
and he laboured till the going 
down of the sun to deliver him. 

15 Then these men assembled 
unto the king, and said unto the 
king, Know, O king, that the law 
of the Modes and Persians is, 
That no decree nor statute which 
the king establisheth may be 
changed. 

16 Then the king commanded 
and they brought Daniel, and cast 
him into the den of lions. Noio 
the king spake and said unto 
Daniel, Thy God whom thou serv- 
€st continually, he will deliver 
thee. 



17 And a stone was brought 
and laid upon the mouth of the 
den ; and the king sealed it with 
his own signet, and with the sig- 
net of his lords, that the purpose 
might not be changed concerning 
Daniel. 

18 Then the king went to his 
palace, and passed the night fast- 
ing ; neither Vf ere instruments of 
musick brought before him ; and 
his sleep went from him. 

19 Then the king arose very 
early in the morning, and went in 
haste unto the den of lions. 

20 And when he came to the 
den, he cried with a lamentable 
voice unto Daniel : and the king 
spake and said to Daniel, O Da- 
niel, servant of the living God, is 
thy God, whom thou servest con- 
tinually, able to deliver thee from 
the lions ? 

21 Then said Daniel unto the 
king, O king, live for ever. 

22 My God hath sent his angel 
and hath shut the lions' mouths, 
that they have not hurt m.e : foras- 
much as before him innocency 
v/as found in me ; and also be- 
fore thee, king, have I done no 
hurt. 

23 Then was the king was ex- 
ceeding glad for him and com- 
manded that they should take Da- 
niel up out of the den. So Daniel 
was taken up out of the den, and 
no manner of hurt was found upon 
him, because he believed in his 
God. 

24 And the king commanded, 
and they brought those men which 
had accused Daniel, and they cast 
them into the den of lions, them, 
their children, and their wives : 
and the lions had the mastery of 
them, and brake all their bones in 

34 



pieces or ever they came at the 
bottom of the den. 

25 Then kmg Darius wrote 
unto all people, nations, and lan- 
guages that dwell in all the earth: 
Peace be multiplied unto you, 

26 I make a decree. That m 
every dominion of my kingdom 
men'tremble and fear before the 
God of Daniel ; for he is the liv- 
ing God. and stedfast for ever, and 



his kingdom that shall not be de^ 
stioyed, and his dominion shall be 
even unto the end. 

27 He delivereth and rescueth 
and he worketh signs and wonders 
in heaven and in earth, who hath 
delivered Daniel from the power 
of the lions. . 

28 So this Daniel prospered m 
the reign of Darius, and in the 
reign of Cyrus the Persian. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 

JOH^' VIII. 



JESUS went unto the mount of 
OUves. 

2 And early in the morning he 
came again into the temple, and all 
the people came unto him ; and he 



9 And they which heard it, be- 
ing convicted by their own con- 
science, went out one by one, be- 
ginning at the eldest, evenimio the 
last : and Jesus w^as left alone, and 
the woman standing in the midst. 



'^^''::i^:l S£^?l^^seesr\0 when Jesus^had lifted up 
brou^hrun o1i m a won.an taken himself, and saw none but the wo- 

n Tdult"- and when they had man, he ^J^.^^"^^^^^^^^ 

, ' . where are those tlime accuserb . 

e - i " ;;ko him. Master! hath no man condemned thee ^ 

1 • \- tn'-pn in pih'iterv ' 11 She said, ^o man, Loid. 

tbs women ^. , ta.en n. adt,.en , , ^^^^^^ ^^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^^^ 

No" Moses m the law com-; do I condemn thee: go, and sm no 
ded u:!. that such should be ' more. 



red' l^^"St S stX:; : Then spake Jesus again un- 

f Ti; Apv s"iVtemptino'him,'to them, saving, I am the hght of 
that tSir ha:-e To ^.use , the world ^ he that followeth me 
him. But Jesus stooped down, and shall not walk 

1 ... ^ .1 ^V,oll ho-v'^ 



' : ' hdi have the Ught of lite, 

^i^i''^'^.bug^i-ro.eoaxa.^. , Tire Pharisees therefore sai^ 

si„ .n,on, you, le, h,,, ft,, c.s, a n,„» .h»;, 

"»s°":r.i» w ..oped «V .= .s. 

and wrote on the ground. p\ miner i , j 



TRINITY. 



399 



\vhence I come, and whither I go. 

1 5 Ye judge after the flesh ; I 
judge no man. 

16 And yet if I judge, my judg- 
ment is true ; for I am not alone, 
but I and the Father that sent me. 

17 It is also written in your law, 
that the testimony of two men is 
true. 

18 1 am one that bear witness 
c>f myself, and the Father that sent 
me beareth witness of me. 

19 Then said they unto him, 
Where is thy Father ? Jesus an- 
swered. Ye neither know me, nor 
my Father : if ye had known me, 
ye should have known my Father 
also. 

20 These words spake Jesus in 
the treasury as he taught in the 
temple : and no man laid hands on 
him ; for his hour was not yet 
come. 

21 Then said Jesus again unto 
them, I go my way, and ye shall 
seek me, and shall die in your sins : 
whether I go, ye cannot come, 

^ 22 Then said the Jews, Will he 
kill himself? because he saith. 
Whither I go, ye cannot come. 

23 And he said unto them, Ye 
are from beneath ; I am from above : 
ye are of this world : I am not of 
this world. 

24 I said therefore unto you, 
'hat ye shall die in your sins ; for 
if ye believe not that I am he, ye 
shall die in your sins. 

25 Then said they unto him, 
Who art thou ? And Jesus saith 
unto them, Even the same that I 
said unto you from the beginning. 

26 I have many things to say 
and to judge of you : but he that 
sent me is true ; and I speak to the 
world those things which I have 
heard of him. 



27 They understood not that he 
spake to them of the Father. 

28 Then said Jesus unto them, 
When ye have lifted up the Son of 
man, then shall ye know that I am 
Ae, and that I do nothing of myself ; 
but as my Father hath taught me, 
I speak these things. 

29 And he that sent me is with 
me ; the Father hath not left me 
alone ; for I do always those things 
that please him. 

30 As he spake these words 
many believed on him, 

31 Then said Jesus to those 
Jews which believed on him. If ye 
continue in my word, then are ye 
my disciples indeed ; 

32 And ye shall know the truth, 
and the truth shall make you free. 

33 They answered him. We be 
Abraham's seed, and were never 
in bondage to any man : how say- 
est thou, Ye shall be made free ? 

34 Jesus answered them, Verily, 
verily, I say unto you, Whosoever 
committeth sin is the servant of 
sin. 

35 And the servant abideth not 
in the house for ever ; hut the Son 
abideth ever. 

36 If the Son therefore shall 
make you free, ye shall be free in- 
deed. 

37 I kno w that y e are Abr aham^s 
seed : but ye seek to kill me, be- 
cause my word hath no place in 
you. 

38 I speak that which I have 
seen with my Father ; and ye do 
that which ye have seen with your 
father. 

39 They answered and said un- 
to him, Abraham is our father. 
Jesus saith unto them, If ye were 
Abraham's children, ye would do 
the works of Abraham, 



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400 

40 But now ye seek to kill me, 
a man that hath told you the tx'uth, 
which I have heard of God : this 
did not Abraham. 

41 Ye do the deeds of your fa- 
ther. Then said they to him. We 
be not born of fornication ; we have 
one Father, even God. 

42 Jesus said unto them, if God 
were your Father, ye would love 
me : for I proceeded forth and came 
from God ; neither came I of my- 
self, but he sent me. 

43 Why do- ye not understand 
my speech? even because ye can- 
not hear my word. 

44 Ye are of your father the 
devil, and the lusts of your father 
ye will do : he was a murderer 
from the beginning, and abode not 
in the truth, because there is no 
truth in him. When he speaketh a 
lie, he speaketh of his own :. for he 
is a liar, and the father of it. 

45 And because I tell you. the 
truth, ye believe me not. 

46 Wliich of you convincethme 
of sin ? And if I say the truth, why 
do ye not believe me ? 

47 He that is of God heareth 
God's words : ye therefore hear 
them not, because ye are not of 
God. ^ ^ 

48 Then answered the Jews, 
and said unto him, Say we not w^ell 
that thou art a Samaritan,, and hast 
a devil '? 

49 Jesus answered, I have not 
a devil : but I honour my Father, 
and ye do dishonour me. 



50 And I seek not mine own 
glory I there is one that seeketh and 

judgeth. 

51 Yerily, verily,! say unto you, 
If a man keep my saying, he shall 
never see death. 

52 Then said the Jews unto ham, 
Now we know that thou hast a de- 
vil. Abraham is dead, and the pro- 
phets ; and thou sayest, If a man 
keep my saying, he shall never 
taste of death. 

53 Art thou greater than our 
father Abraham, which is dead? 
and the prophets are dead : whom 
makest thou thyself? 

54 Jesus answered, If I honour 
mvself, my honour is nothing : it is 
my Father that honoureth me ; of 
whom ve say, that he is your God. 

55 Yet ye have not known him ; 
but I know him :, and if I should 
say, I know him not, I shall be a 
liar like unto you : but I know him, 
and keep his saying. ^ ^ 

56 Your father Abraham rejoic- 
ed to see my day ; and he saw it, 
and was glad. 

57 Then said the Jews unto him, 

Thou art not yet fifty years old, 
and hast thou seen Abraham ? 

58 Jesus said unto them, Yerily, 
erily, I say unto you, Before Abra- 
ham was, I am. 

59 Then took they up stones to 
cast at him : but Jesus hid himself, 
and went out of the temple, going 
through the midst of them, and SQ 
passed by. 



TR I N I T Y« 



401 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
DANIEL VIL 



IN the first year of Belshazzar, 
king of Babylon, Daniel had a 
dream, and visions of his head upon 
his bed : then he wrote the dream, 
and told the sum of the matters. 

2 Daniel spake and said, I saw 
in my vision by night, and behold, 
the four winds of the heaven 
strove upon the great sea. 

3 And four gxeat beasts came 
up from the sea, diverse one from 
another. 

4 The first was like a lion, and 
had eagle's wings : I beheld till 
the wings thereof were plucked, 
and it was lifted up from the earth, 
and made stand upon the feet as a 
man, and a man's heart was given 
to it. 

5 And behold another beast, a 
second like to a bear, and it raised 
up itself on one side, and it had 
three ribs in the mouth of it be- 
tween the teeth of it : and they 
said thus unto it, Arise, devour 
much flesh. 

6 After this I beheld, and lo 
another, like a leopard, which had 
upon the back of it four wings of 
a fowl : the beast had also four 
heads ; and dominion was given to 
it. 

7 After this I saw in the night- 
visions, and behold a fourth beast, 
dreadful and terrible, and strong 
exceedingly ; and it had great iron 
teeth ; it devoured and brake in 
pieces, and stamped the residue 
with the feet of it : and it was 
diverse from all the beasts that 
were before it ; and it had ten 



8 I considered the horns, and 
behold, there came up among them 
another little horn, before whom 
there were three of the first horns 
plucked up by the roots : and be- 
hold, in this horn were eyes like 
the eyes of man, and a mouth 
speaking great things. 

9 I beheld till the thrones were 
cast down, and the Ancient of 
days did sit, whose garment was 
white as snow, and the hair of his 
head like the pure wool ; his throne 
was like the fiery flame, and his 
wheels as burning fire. 

10 A fiery stream issued and 
came forth from before him : thou 
sand thousands ministered unto 
him, and ten thousand times ten 
thousand stood before him : the 
judgment was set, and the books 
were opened. 

.11 I beheld then, because of the 
voice of the great words which the 
horn spake ; I beheld, even till the 
beast was slain, and his body de- 
stroyed, and given to the burning 
flame. 

12 As concerning the rest of 
the beasts, they had their dominion 
taken away : yet their lives were 
prolonged for a season and time 

13 1 saw in the night-visions, 
and behold, one like the son of 
man, came with the clouds of hea- 
ven, and came to the Ancient of 
days, and they brought him near 
before him. 

14 And there was given him 
dominion, and glory, and a king- 
dom, that all people, nations, and 
languages, should serve him : hii^ 



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dominion 25 an everlasting domin- 
ion, which shall not pass away, 
and his kingdom that which shall 
not be destroyed. 
* 15 I Daniel was griered in my 
spirit in the midst of 77z?/ body, and 
the visions of my head troubled 
me. 

16 I came near imto one ot 
them that stood by. and asked him 
the truth of all this. So he told me, 
and made me know the interpre- 
tation of the things. 

17 These great beasts,, \vhich 
are four, are four kings, which 
shall arise out of the earth. 

18 But the saints of the most 
Hisfh shall take the kingdom, and 
pos'sess the kingdom for ever, even 
for ever and ever. 

19 Then I would know the 
truth of the fourth beast, which 
was diverse from alLthe others, 
exceeding dreadful, whose teeth 
were of iron, and his nails 0/ brass ; 
Schick devoured, brake ni pieces, 
and stamped the residue with his 
feet: , • , 

20 And of the ten horns that 
were in his head, and of the other 
which came up, and before whom 
three fell : even of that horn that 
had eves, and a mouth that spake 
very great things, whose lookicas 
more stout than his fellows. 

21 I beheld, and the same horn 
made war with the saints, and 
prevailed against them ; 

22 Tntil the Ancient of days 
came, and judgment was given to 



the saints of the most High ; and 
the time came that the saints pes- 
sessed the kingdom. 

23 Thus he said, The fourth 
beast shall be the fourth kingdom 
upon earth, which shall be diverse 
from all kingdoms, and shall devour 
the whole earth, and shall tread it 
down, and break it in pieces. 

24 And the ten horns out of 
this kingdom are ten kings that 
shall arise : and another shall rise 
after them ; and he shall be diverse- 
from the fii*st, and he shall subdue 
three kings. 

25 And he shall speak great 
words against the most High, and 
shall wear out the saints of the 
most High, and think to change 
times and laws : and they shall be 
given into his hand, until a time 
and times and the dividing of time. 

1 26 But the judgment shall sit, 
and they shaU take away his 
dominion, to consume and to de- 
stroy it unto the end. 

27 And the kingdom and domi- 
nion, and the greatness of the king- 
dom under the whole heaven, shall 

' be given to the people of the saints 
' of the most High, whose kingdom 
is an everlasting kingdom, and all 
dominions shall serve and obey 
him. 

28 Hitherto is the end oi the 
matter. As for me Daniel, my 
cooitations much troubled me, 

' and my countenance changed m 
! me : but I kept the matter in my 
heart. 



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40^ 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
I JOHN I. 



THAT which was from the be- 
ginning, which we have heard, 
which we have seen with aur ey es, 
which we have looked upon, and 
our hands have handled, of the 
Word of life : 

2 (For the life was manifested, 
and we have seen it, and bear wit- 
ness, and shew unto you that eter- 
nal life which was with the Fa- 
ther, and was manifested unto 
us;)^ 

3 That which we have seen 
and heard declare we unto you, 
that ye also may have fellowship 
with us : and truly our fellowship 
is with the Father, and with his 
Son Jesus Christ. 

4 And these things write we 
unto you, that your joy may be 
full. 

5 This then is the message 



which we have heard of him, and 
declare unto you, that God is light, 
and in him is no darkness at ail. 

6 If we say that we have fellow- 
ship with him, and walk in dark- 
ness, we lie, and do not the truth ; 

7 But if we walk in the light, 
as he is in the light, we have fel- 
lowship ane with another, and the 
blood of Jesus Christ his Son 
cleansethus from all sin. 

8 If we say that we have no sin 
we deceive ourselves, and the- 
truth is not in us. 

9 If we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from all un- 
righteousness. 

10 If we say that we have not 
sinned, we make him a liar, and 
his word is not in us. 



THE TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY, 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



PROVERBS L 



THE Proverbs of Solomon the 
son of David, king of Israel ; 

2 To know wisdom and instruc- 
tion : to perceive the words of un- 
derstanding : 

3. To receive the instruction of 



wisdom, justice, andjudgment, and 
equity : 

4 To give subtilty to the simple, 
to the young man knowledge and 
discretion. 

5 A wise man will hear, aai 



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will increase learning : and a man 
of understanding shall attain unto 
wise counsels ; 

5 To understand a proverb, and 
the interpretation: the words of 
the wise, and their dark sayings. 

7 The Fear of the Lord is the 
beginning of knowledge ; but fools 
despise wisdom and instruction. 

8 My son, hear the instruction 
of thy father, and forsake not the 
law of thy mother ; 

9 For they shall be an ornament 
of grace unto thy head, and chains 
about thy neck. 

10 My son, if sinners entice 
thee, consent thou not. 

11 If they say, Come with us, 
let us lay wait for blood, let us 
lurk privily for the innocent with- 
out cause : 

12 Let us swallow them up 
alive as the grave ; and whole as 
those that go down into the pit. 

13 We shall find all precious 
substance, we shall fill our houses 
with spoil ; 

14 Cast in thy lot among us : 
let us all have one purse, 

15 My son, walk not thou in 
the way with them , refrain thy 
foot from their path : 

16 For their feet run to evil, and 
make haste to shed blood : 

17 (Surely in vain the net is 
spread in the sight of any bird ;) 

18 And they lay wait for their 
own blood : they lurk privily for 
their oivn lives. 

19 So are the ways of every 
one that is greedy of gain : which 
taketh away the life of the owners 
thereof. 

20 Wisdom crieth without ; she 
uttereth her voice in the streets ; 

21 She crieth in the chief place 



of concourse, in the openings of 
the gates : in the city she uttereth 
her words, saying, 

22 How long ye simple ones, 
will ye love simplicity ? and the 
scorners dehght in their scorning, 
and fools hate knowledge ? 

23 Turn you at my reproof ; 
behold, I will pour out my Spirit 
upon you, I will make known my 
words unto you, 

24 Because I have called and 
ye refused, I have stretched out 
my hand, and no man regarded ; 

25 But ye have set at nought 
all my counsel, and would none 
of my reproof : 

26 I also will laugh at your 
calamity ; I will mock when your 
fear cometh: 

27 When your fear cometh as 
desolation, and your destruction 
cometh as a whirlwind; when 
distress and anguish cometh upon 
you ; 

28 Then shall they call upon 
but I will not answer ; they 



shall seek me early, but they shall 
not find me ; 

29 For that they hated know- 
ledge, and did not choose the fear 
of the Lord : 

30 They would none of my 
counsel ; they despised all my re- 
proof : 

31 Therefore shall they eat of 
the fruit of their own way, and be 
filled with their own devices. 

32 For the turning away of the 
simple shall slay them, and the 
prosperity of fools shall destroy 
them. 

33 But whoso hearkeneth unto 
me shall dwell safely, and shall 
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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JOHN IX. 



AND as Jesus passed by, he saw 
a man which was blind from his 
birth. 

2 And his disciples asked him, 
saying, Master, who did sin, this 
!j man, or his parents, that he was 
jj born blind ? 

11 3 Jesus answered. Neither hath 
I this man sinned, nor his parents : 
I but that the works of God should 
I be made manifest in him. 

4 I must work the works of him 
that sent me> while it is day : the 
night cometh, when no man can 

I work. 

5 As long as I am in the world, 
I am the light of the world. 

6 When he had thus spoken, he 
spat on the ground, and made clay 
of the spittle, and he anointed the 
eyes of the blind man with the clay, 

7 And said unto him, Go, wash 
in the pool of Siloam, (which is, 
by interpretation, Sent.) He went 
his way therefore, and washed, and 
came seeing. 

I 8 The neighbours therefore, and 
j they which before had seen him 

that he was blind, said. Is not this 

he that sat and begged ? 
I 9 Some said. This is he ; others 

said, He is like him : but he said, 

I am he, 

10 Therefore said they unto him. 
How were thine eyes opened ? 

11 He answered and said, A 
man that is called Jesus made clay, 
and anointed mine eyes, and said 
unto me, Go to the pool of Siloam, 
9,nd wash : and I went and washed, 
and I received sight. 



12 Then said they unto him, 
Where is he ? He said, I know not. 

13 They brought to the Phari- 
sees him that aforetime was blind, 

14 And it was the sabbath-day 
when Jesns made the clay,, and 
opened his eyes. 

15 Then again the Pharisees 
also asked him how he had receiv- 
ed his sight. He said unto them, 
He put clay upon mine eyes, and 
I washed, and do see. 

16 Therefore said some of the 
Pharisees^ This man is not of Godj 
because he keepeth not the sab« 
bath-day. Others said, How can 
a man that is a sinner do such 
miracles ? And there was a divi- 
sion among them. 

1 7 They say unto the blind man 
again. What say est thou of him, 
that he hath opened thine eyes ? 
He said. He is a prophet. 

18 But the Jews did not believe 
concerning him, that he had been 
blind, and received his sight, until 
they called the parents of him that 
had received his sight, 

19 And they asked them, say- 
ing, Is this: your son, who ye say 
was born blind ? how then doth he 
now see ? 

20 His parents answered them,, 
and said, We know that this is our 
son, and that he was born blind : 

21 But by what means he now 
seeth, we know not ; or who hath 
opened his eyes, we know not : he 
is of age, ask him ; he shall speak 
for himself. 

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exits, because they feared the Jews: ' 
for the Jews had agreed already, 
that if any man did confess that he 
^vas Christ, he should be put out of 
ihe synagogue. 

23 Therefore said his parents, 
he is of age, ask him. 

24 Then again called they the 
man that was blind, and said unto 
him. Give God the praise ; we know 
that this man is a sinner. 

25 He answered and said. 
Whether he be a sinner or 7io, I 
know not : one thing I know, that, 
whereas I was blind, now I see. 

26 Then said they to him again, 
What did he to thee ? how opened 
he thine eyes ? 

27 He answered them, I have 
told you already, and ye did not 
hear : wherefore would ye hear it 
again ? will ye also be his disci- 
ples 1 

28 Then they reviled him, and 
said, Thou art his disciple ; but we 
are Moses' disciples. 

29 We know that God spake 
unto Moses : as for this fellow, we 
know not from whence he is. 

30 The man answered and said 
unto them, Why, herein is a mar- 
vellous thing, that ye know not from 
whence he is, and yet he hath 
opened mine eyes. 

31 Now we know that God 
heareth not sinners : but if anyman 



be a worshipper of God, and doeth 
his will, him he heareth, 

32 Since the world began was 
it not heard that any man opened ^ \ 
the eyes of one that was born blind. 

33 If this man were not of God, 
he could do nothing. ^ , 

34 They answered and said un- i 
to him, Thou wast altogether born 
in sins, and dost thou teach us ? 
And they cast him out. 

35 Jesus heard that they had 
cast him out ; and when he had 
found him, he said unto him. Dost 
thou believe on the Son of God ? 

36 He answered and said. Who 
is he. Lord, that I might believe on 
him? 

37 And Jesus said unto him, 
Thou hast both seen, and it is he 
that talketh with thee. 

38 And he said, Lord, I believe. 
And he worshipped him. 

39 And Jesus said, For judg- 
ment I am come into this world, 
that they which see not might see, 
and that they which see might be 
made blind, 

40 And some of the Pharisees 
which were with him heard these 
words, and said unto him, Are we 
blind also '? 

41 Jesus said unto them, If ye 
were blind, ye should have no sin ; 
but now ye say, We see ; therefore 
your sin remaineth» 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
PROVERBS II. 



MY son, if thou wilt receive | 2 So that thou incline thine ear 
my words, and hide my command- unto wisdom, and apply thine 
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3 Yea, if thou criest after know- 
ledge, and liftest up thy voice for 
understanding ; 

4 If thou seekest her as silver, 
and searchest for her m for hid 
treasures ; 

5 Then shalt thou understand 
the fear of the Lord, and find the 
knowledge of God. 

6 For the Lord giveth wisdom : 
out of his mouth come^f A knowledge 
and understanding, 

7 He layeth up sound wisdom 
for the righteous : he is buckler 
to them that walk uprightly. 

8 He keepeth the paths ofjudg- 
ment, and preserveth the way of 
his saints. 

9 Then shalt thou understand 
righteousness, and judgment, and 
equiety ; yea, every good path. 

10 When wisdom entereth into 
thine heart, and knowledge is plea- 
sant unto thy soul, 

11 Discretion shall preserve 
thee, understanding shall keep 
thee ; 

12 To deliver thee from the 
way of the evil man, from the man 
that speaketh froward things ; | 



13 Who leave the paths of up- 
rightnesSj to walk in the ways of 
darkness ; 

14 Who rejoice to do eY\\,and 
delight in the frowardness of the 
wicked ; 

15 Whose ways are crooked, 
and they froward in their paths : 

16 To deliver thee from the 
strange woman, even from the 
stranger which flattereth with her 
words ; 

17 Which forsaketh the guide 
of her youth and forgetteth the 
covenant of her God. 

18 For her house inclineth unto 
death, and her paths unto the dead, 

19 None that go unto her return 
again, neither take they hold of 
the paths of life ; 

20 That thou mayest walk in 
the way of good men, and keep 
the paths of the righteous. 

21 For the upright shall dwell 
in the land, and the perfect shall 
remain in it. 

22 But the wicked shall be cut 
off from the earth, and the trans- 
gressors shall be rooted out of it. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
I JOHN II. 



MY little children, these things 
write I unto you, that ye sin not. 
And if any man sin we have an 
advocate with the Father, Jesus 
Christ the righteous : 

2 And he is the propitiation for 
our sins ; and not for ours only, 
but also for the sins of the whole 
world. 



3 And hereby we do know that 
we know him, if we keep his com- 
mandments. 

4 He that saith, I know him, 
and keepeth not his commandments^ 
is a liar, and the truth is not in 
him. 

5 But whoso keepeth his word, 
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perfected : hereoy know we that 
we are in him. 

6 He that saith he abideth m 
him, ought himseK also so to walk, 
even as he w^alked. ^ 

7 Brethren, I write no new- 
commandment nnto you, but an 
old commandment which ye had 
from the beginning : the old com- 
mandment is the word which ye 
have heard from the beginning. 

8 Again a new commandment I 
vnite unto you, which thing is true 
in him and' in you ; because the 
darkness is past, and the true light 
now shineth. j 

9 He that saith he is in the ^ 
light, and hateth his brother, is in ; 
darkness even until now. : 

10 Hethatloveth his brother, 
abideth in the Ught, and there is 
none occasionof stumbling in him : 

11 But he that hateth his bro- ; 
ther is in darkness, and walked in 
darkness, and knoweth not whither 
he goeth, because that darkness 
hath Winded his eyes. 

12 I write unto you, little chil- 
dren, because your sins are for- 
given you for his name's sake. 

13 I write unto you, fathers, 
because ye have known him that 
is from the beginning. I write unto 
you, young men, because ye have 
overcome the wicked one. I write 
unto you, little children, because 
ye have known the Father. 

14 1 have written unto you, fa- 
thers, because ye have known 
him that is from the beginning. I 
have written unto you, young men, 
because ye are strong, and the 
word of God abideth in you, and 
ye have overcome the wicked one. 

15 Love not the world, neither 
the things that are in the world. 
If any man love the world, the 



! love of the Father is not in him. 
j 16 For all that is in the world, 
'the lusts of the flesh, and the 
lust of the eyes, and the pride of 
jlife, is not of the Father, but is of 
the world. 

I 17 And the world passeth away, 
and the lust thereof : but he that 
doeth the will of God abideth for 
ever. 

18 Little children, it is the last 
time : and as ye have heard that 
antichrist shall come, even now 
: are there many antichrists, where- 
I by we know that it is the last time. 
I "^19 They went out from, us, but 
I thev were not of us ; for if they 
■ had been of us, they would ?i6> doubt 
ihave continued with us : but they 
ivent out, that they might be made 
manifest that they were not all of 
us. 

20 But ye have an unction from 
the Holy One, and ye know all 
things. 

211 have not Avritten unto you 
because ve know not the truth, 
but because ye know it, and that 
no lie is of the truth. 

22 Who is a liar, but he that 
, denieth that Jesus is the Christ ? 
1 He is antichrist, that denieth the 
I Father and the Son. 
I 23 Whosoever denieth the Son, 
'the same hath not the Father: 
! {but he that acknowledgeth the Son 
\hath the Father also.) 
1 24 Let that therefore abide in 
you which ye have heard from the 
beginning. If that which ye have 
heard from the beginning shall re- 
main in you, ye also shall continue 
in the Son, and in the Father. 

25 And this is the promise that 
he hath promised us, even eternal 
life. 

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! \mi6 you concerning them that 
I seduce you, 

I 27 But the anointing which ye 
i have received of him abideth in 
! you ; and ye need not that any 

man teach you : but as the same 
I anointing teacheth you of all 
i things, and is truth, and is no lie, 
I and even as it hath taught you ye 

shall abide in him. 

ij 



28 And now, little children, 
abide in him ; that when he shall 
appear, we may have confidence, 
and not be ashamed before him 
at his coming. 

29 If ye know that he is righte- 
ous, ye know that every one that 
doeth righteousness is born of 
him. 



THE TWENTY-FOURTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING, 
PROVEUBS III. 



MY son, forget riot my law ; but 
let thine heart keep my command- 
ments : 

2 For length of days, and long 
lifcj and peace, shall they add to 
thee. 

3 Let not mercy arid truth for- 
sake thee : bind them about thy 
neck ; write them upon the table of 
thine heart : 

4 So shalt thoii find favour and 
good understanding in the sight of 
God and man. 

5 Trust in the Lord with all 
thine heart; andlean not unto thine 
own understanding. 

6 In all thy ways acknowledge 
him, and he shall direct thy paths. 

7 Be not wise in thine own eyes : 
fear the Lord, and depart from 
evil. 

8 It shall be health to thy navel, 
and marrow to thy bones. 

9 Honour the Lord with thy 



substance, and with the first-fruits 
of all thine increase : 

10 So shall thy baths be filled 
with plenty, and thy presses shall 
burst out v/ith new wine. 

11 My son, despise not the 
chastening of the Lord ; neither 
be weary of his correction : 

12 For whom the Lord loveth 
he correcteth, even as a father the 
son in whom he delighteth, 

13 Happy is the man that find- 
eth wisdom, and the man that get- 
teth understanding. 

14 For the merchandise of it is 
better than the merchandise of sil- 
ver, and the gain thereof than fine 
gold. 

15 She is more precious than 
rubies : and all the things thou 
canst desire are not to be compared 
unto her. 

16 Length of days is in her 

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right hand ; and in her left hand ' 
riches and honour. 

17 Her ways are ways of pleas- 
antness, and all her paths j^j^re peace . 

18 She is a tree of life to them 
that lay hold upon her : and happy 
is every one that retaineth her. 

19 The Lord by wisdom hath 
founded the earth ; by understand- 
inghathhe established the heavens. 

20 Byhisknowledge the depths 
are broken up, and the clouds drop 
down the dew. 

21 My son, let not them depart 
from thine eyes : keep sound wis- 
dom and discretion : 

22 So shall they be life unto thy 
soul, and grace to thy neck, 

23 Then shalt thou walk in thy 
way safely, and thy foot shall not 
stumble. 

24 When thou liest down, thou 
shalt not be afraid ; yea, thou shalt 
lie down, and thy sleep shall be 
sweet. 

25 Be not afraid of sudden fear, 
neither of the desolation of the 
wicked, when it cometh. 

2:6 For the Lord shall be thy 



confidence, and shall keep thy foot 
from being taken. 

27 Withhold not good from them 
to whom it is due, when it is in the 
power of thine hand to do iU 

28 Say not unto thy neighbour, 
Go, and come again, and to-mor- 
row I will give ; when thou hast it 
by thee. 

29 Devise not evil against thy 
neighbour, seeing he dwelleth se- 
curely by thee. 

30 Strive not with a man with- 
out cause, if he have done thee no 
harm. 

3 1 Envy thou not the oppressor, 
and choose none of his ways. 

32 For the froward is abomin- 
ation to the Lord : but his secret 
is with the righteous. 

33 The curse of the Lord win 
the house of the wicked : but he 
blesseththe habitation of the just. 

34 Surely he scorneth the scor- 
ners : but he giveth grace unto the 
lowly. 

35 The wise shall inherit glory : 
but shame shall be the promotion 
of fools. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JOHN X. 



VERILY, verily, I say unto 
you. He that entereth not by the 
door into the sheepfold but climb- 
eth up some other way, the same 
is a thief and a robber. 

2 But he that entereth in by 
the door is the shepherd of the 
sheep. 

3 To him the porter openeth ; 
and the sheep hear his voice ; and 



he calleth his own sheep by name 
and leadeth them out. 

4 And when he putteth forth 
his own sheep, he goeth before 
them, and the sheep follow him ; 
they know his voice. 

5 And a stranger will they not 
follow, but will flee from him ; for 
they know not the voice of stran- 
gers. 



TRIN 

6 This parable spake Jesus unto 
them: but they understood not what 
things they were which he spake 
unto them. 

7 Then said Jesus unto them 
again, Verily, verily, I say unto 
you I am the door of the sheep. 

8 All that ever came before me 
are thieves and robbers ; but the 
sheep did not hear them. 

9 I am the door ; by me if any 
man enter in, he shall be saved, 
and shall go in and out and find 
pasture. 

10 The thief cometh not, but 
for to steal, and to kill, and to de- 
stroy ; I am come that they might 
have life, and that they might have 
it more abundantly. 

11 I am the good shepherd : 
the good shepherd giveth his life 
for the sheep. 

12 But he that is an hireling, 
and not the shepherd, whose own 
the sheep are not, seeth the wolf 
coming, and leaveth the sheep, and 
fleeth : and the w^olf catcheth 
them, and scattereth the sheep» 

13 The hireling fleeth, because 
he is an hireling, and careth not for 
the sheep. 

14 1 am the good shepherd, and 
know my sheep, and ara known of 
mine. 

15 As the Father knoweth me, 
even so know I the Father : and 
I lay down my life for the sheep : 

16 And other sheep I have, 
which are not of this fold ; them 
also I must bring, and they shall 
hear my voice : and there shall 
be one fold and one shepherd. 

17 Therefore doth my father 
love me, because I lay down my 
life, that I might take it again. 

18 No man taketh it from me, 
but I lay it down of myself ; I have 



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power to lay it down, and I have 
power to take it again. This com- 
mandment have I received of my 
Father. 

1 9 There was a division there- 
fore again among the Jews for these 

sayings. 

20 And many of them said. He 
hath a devil, and is mad : why hear 
ye him ? 

21 Others said, these are not 
the words of him that hath a devil : 
can a devil open the eyes of the 
blind ? 

22 And it was at Jerusalem the 
feast of the dedication, and it was 
winter. 

23 And Jesus walked in. the 
temple, in Solomon's porch. 

24 Then came the Jews round 
about him, and said unto him. How 
long dost thou make us to doubt 1 
If thou be the Christ tell us plainly. 

25 Jesus answered them, I told 
you, and ye believed not ; the 
works that I do in my Father's 
name, they bear witness of me : 

26 But ye believe not, because 
ye are not of my sheep, as I said 
unto you. 

27 My sheep hear my voice, 
and I know them, and they follow 
me ; 

28 And I give unto them eter- 
nal life ; and they shall never per- 
ish, neither shall any pluck them 
out of my hand. 

29 My Father, which gave them 
me, is greater than all ; and none 
is able to pluck them out of my 
Father's hand. 

30 I and my Father are one. 

31 Then the Jews took up stones 
again to stone him. 

32 Jesus answered them. Many 
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from my Father : for wliich of 
those works do ye stone me ? 

33 The Jews answered him, 
saying, For a good work we stone 
thee not, but for blasphemy ; and 
because that thou, being a man, 
makest thyself God. 

34 Jesus answered them, Is h 
not wTittenin your laAV, I said. Ye 
are gods ? 

35 If he called them gods unto 
whom the word of God came, and 
the scripture cannot be broken. 

36 Say ye of him, whom the 
Father hath sanctified, and sent 
into the world, Thou blasphemest ; 
because 1 saidj I am the Son of 
QodJ 



37 If I do not the works of my 
Father, believe me not. 

38 But if I do, though ye believe 
not me, believe the works : that ye 
may know and beUeve that the Fa- 
ther is in me, and I in him. 

39 Therefore they sought again 
to take him : but he escaped out 
of their hand, 

40 And went away again beyond 
Jordan, into the place where John 
at first baptized ; and there he 
abode. 

41 And many resorted unto him, 
and said, John did no miracles : 
but all things that John spake of 
this man were true. 

42 And many believed on him 

[there. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
PROVERBS Vni. 



DOTH not wisdom cry ? and 
understanding put forth her voice ? 

2 She standeth in the top of 
high places, by the way, in the 
places of the paths ; 

3 She crieth at the gates, at the 
entry of the city, at the coming in 
at the doors ; 

4 Unto you, men, I call ; and 
my voice is to the sons of man. ^ 

5 O ye simple, understand wis- 
dom ; and, ye fools, be ye of an 
understanding heart. 

6 Hear; for I will speak of ex- 
cellent things ; and the opening of 
ray lips shall be right things. 

7 For my mouth shall speak 
truth ; and wickedness is an abomin- 
ation to my lips. 

8 All the words of my mouth are 



in righteousness ; there is nothing 
froward or perverse in them. 

9 They are all plain to him that 
understandeth, and right to them 
that find knowledge. 

10 Receive my instruction, and 
not silver ; and knowledge rather 
than choice gold. 

1 1 For wisdom is better than 
rubies ; and all the things that may 
be desired are not to be compared 
to it. 

12 I wisdom dwell with pru- 
dence, and find out linowledge of 
witty inventions. 

13 The fear to the Lord is to 
hate evil : pride, and arrogancy, and 
the evil way, and the froward mouth, 
do I hate. 

14 Counsel, is mine, and souna 



T R I N 

F ■wisdom : I am understanding ; I 
I have strength. 

i 15 By me kings reign, and 
1 princes decree justice. 
I 16 By me princes rule, and 
I nobles, even all the judges of the 
earth. 

17 1 love them that love me ; 
and those that seek me early shall 
find me. 

1 8 Riches and honour are with 
me ; yea, durable riches and right- 
eousness. 

1 9 My fruit is better than gold, 
yea, than fine gold ; and my rev- 
enue than choice silver. 

20 I lead in the v^ay of right- 
eousness, in the midst of the paths 
of judgment ; 

21 That I may cause those that 
love me to inherit substance ; and 
I will fill their treasures. 

22 The Lord possessed me in 
the beginning of his way, before his 
works of old. 

23 I was set up from everlasting, 
from the beginning, or ever the 
earth was. 

24 When there were no depths, 
I was brought forth ; when there 
were no fountains abounding with 
water. 

25 Before the mountains were 
settled ; before the hills was I 
brought forth : 

26 While as yet he had not made 



ITY. 413 

the earth, nor the fields, nor the 
highest part of the dust of the 
world. 

27 When he prepared the hea- 
vens, I toas there : when he set a 
compass upon the face of the depth : 

28 When he established the 
clouds, above when he strengthen- 
ed the fountains of the deep : 

29 When he gave to the sea his 
decree, that the waters should not 
pass his commandment : when he 
appointed the foundation of the 
earth : 

30 Then I was by him, as one 
brought up with him ; and I was 
daily his delight, rejoicing always 
before him,. 

31 Rejoicing in the habitable 
part of his earth ; and my delights 
were with the sons of men. 

32 Now therefore hearken unto 
me, O ye children : for blessed are 
they that keep my ways. 

33 Hear instruction, andbe wise,, 
and refuse it not. 

34 Blessed is the man that hear- 
eth me, watching daily at my gates, 
waiting at the posts of my doors. 

35 For whoso findeth me find- 
eth life, and shall obtain favour of 
the Lord. 

36 But he that sinneth against 
me wrongeth his own soul : all 
they that hate me love death. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING; 
I JOHN III. 

BEHOLD what manner of love knoweth us not, because it knew 
the Father hath bestowed upon him not. 

us, that we should be called the 2 Behold, now are we the sons 
sons of God ! therefore the world of God j and it doth not yet ap- 

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414 TRINITY 



pear what we shall be ; but we; 14 We know that ^ve have 
know that, when he shall appear.! passed from death unto life, be- 



we 
see 



shall be like him ; for we shall ' cause we love the brethren . he 
u him as he is. S that loveth not his brother abideth 

3 And ererv man that hath this \ m death. ^ . ■ i 
hope in him piirifieth himself, even 15 Whosoever hateth his bro- 
as he is. pure". ther is a murderer : and ye know 

4 Whosoever committeth sin | that no murderer hath eternal iile 
transgresseth also the law : for sin I abiding in him. ^ 

is the transgression of the law. 16 Hereby perceive we the 

5 And yl know that he was ; love o/ G.^, because he laid do..m 
manifested to take awayour sins ; his life for us : and we ought to 
and in him is no sin. jlay do^vn our lives for the bre- 

6 Whosoever abideth in himithren. , . 

simieth not: whosoever snmeth; 17 ^^^^^ ^^^f ^^^^V^hJ^ 
hath not seen him, neither kno^Tn good, and seeth his brother ha^ e 

need, and shutteth up his bowels 
Little children, let no man j o/c.;7i;;^sno7zJrom him, how dwel- 
dBceive you : he that doethrighte- jleth the love of God m him ? 

^ - ^18 My little children, let us 

not love in word, neither in tongue ; 
but in deed and in truth. 

19 And hereby we know that 
we are of the truth, and shall as- 
sure our hearts before him. 

20 For if our heart condemn 
jii^ ui L.^vxx. God is greater than our heart, 
g'^Ylioro'e'er Ts born of God ! and knoweth all things. 

doth not commit sin ; for his seed | 21 beloved if our he artxoi^^^^^^^^ 
r.maineth in him ; and he cannot | us TiOt, then have we confidence 
sin, because he is born of God. i toward God. 

10 In this the children of God j 22 And whatsoever we ask, 
are manifest, and the children of , we receive of him, because we 
the devil : whosoever doeth not keep his commandmen s, and do 

' those things that are pleasing m 



ousness is righteous, even as he is 
righteous, 

8 He that committeth sin is of 
the devil; for the devil sinneth 
from the beginning. For this pur- 
pose the Son of God was mani- 
fested that he might destroy the 
works of the devil 



righteousness is not of God, nei- 
th°erhe that loveth' not his brother, his sight. ^ 

11 For this is the message that ! 23 And this is his command- 
ve heard fVom the begimimg, that|ment. That we ^J^^^J^ ^e^i^ on 
we should love one another. the name of his Son Jesus Chi ist 

12 Not as C^m.icho was of; and love one another, as he ga^e 
that wicked one, and slew liis j us commandment 

brother. And wherefore slew he { 24 And he that keepeth his 
him? because his own works were I commandments dwelleth in mm, 
evil, and his brother's righteous. ! and he in 1"'" ; and hereby ^ve 

13 Marvel not, my brethren if ; know that he abideth m us, by the 
the world hate you. Spirit which he hath given us. 



; 



TRINITY. 415 

THE TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 

FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
PROVERBS XI. 



! A FALSE balance is abomina- 
I tion to the Lord ; but a just weight 
I is his deUght. 

2 When pride cometh then 
' cometh shame ; but with the lowly 

is wisdom. 

3 The integrity of the upright 
shall guide them ; but the perverse- 
ness of transgressors shall destroy 
them. 

I 4 Riches profit not in the day 
I of wrath; but righteousness deliver- 
eth from death. 

5 The righteousness of the per- 
fect shall direct his way : but the 
wicked shall fall by his own wick- 
edness. 

6 The righteousness of the upright 
shall deliver them : but transgres- 
sors shall be taken in their own 
naughtiness. 

7 When a wicked man dieth, 
his expectation shall perish : and 
the hop€ of unjust men perisheth. 

8 The righteous is delivered out 
of trouble, and the wicked cometh 
in his stead. 

9 An hypocrite with his mouth 
destroyeth his neighbour ; but 
through knowledge shall the just 

I be delivered. 

i 10 When it goeth well with the 
; righteous, the city rejoiceth ; and 
I when the wicked perish, there is 
j shouting. 

I T 1 i^v the blessing of the upright 



the city is exalted ; but it is over» 
thrown by the mouth of the wick- 
ed. 

12 He that is void of wisdom 
despiseth his neighbour ; but a 
man of understanding holdeth his 
peace. 

13 A talebearer revealeth se- 
crets ; but he that is of a faithful 
spirit concealeth the matter. 

14 Where no counsel is^ the 
people fall : but in the multitude 
of counsellors there is safety. 

15 He that is surety for a stran- 
ger shall smart for it ; and he that 
hateth suretiship is sure. 

1 6 A gracious woman retaineth 
honour ; and strong men retain 
riches. 

17 The merciful man doeth 
good to his own soul : but he that 
is cruel troubleth his own flesh. 

18 The wicked worketh a de- 
ceitful work : but to him that sow- 
eth righteousness shall he a sure 
reward. 

19 As righteousness tendeth to 
life ; so he that pursueth evil,jp2^r- 
sueth it to his own death. 

20 They that are of a froward 
heart are abomination to the Lord : 
but such as are upright in their 
way are his delight. 

21 Though hand join in hand 
the wicked shall not be unpimish- 



416. TRIX 

ed: but the seed of the righteous! 
shall be delivered. 

22 As ajewelofgold in a swine's 
snout, so is a fair woman which is 
without discretion. 

23 The desire of the righteous 
is only good : but the expectation 
of the wicked is wrath. 

24 There is that scattereth, and 
yet increaseth ; d.nd there is that 
withholdeth more than is meet, but 
it tendeth to poveny. 

25 The liberal soul shall be 
made fat : and he that watereth 
shall be w^atered also himself. 

26 He that withholdeth corn, 
the people shall curse him; but 
blessing shall he upon the head of 
him that selleth it. 



I T Y , 

27 He that diligently seeketli 
aood procureth favour ; but he that 
seeketh mischief, it shall come 
unto him. 

28 He that trusteth in his 
riches shall fall ; but the righteous 
shall flourish as a branch. 

29 He that troubleth his o^vn 
house shall inherit the wind ; and 
the fool shall he servant to the wise 
of heart. 

30 The fruit of the righteous is 
a tree of life ; and he that winneth 
souls is Avise. 

31 Behold, the righteous shall 
be recompensedinthe earth : much 
more the wicked and the sinner. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JOHN XI. 



NOW a certain man was sick, ' days still in the same place where 
named Lazarus, of Bethanv, the he was. • -u v 

rn of Mary a^d her sister^AIar- 7 Then after that saith he to 
tha ^^^^ disciples, Let us go mto Judea 

2 (It was that Mary which', again _ 

anointed the Lord with ointment, 8 His disciples say unto him, 
a^d w'^^^^^^ feet with her hair, ^ Master the Jews of a.e sougjt a 
whose brother Lazarus was sick.) , stone thee ; and goest thou thither 

3 Therefore liis sisters sent un- : again ? 

to him, savin,, Lord, behold, he | 9 Jesus f ^-^^^^^'/^^ J^f 
whom Ihou lofest is sick. not twelve hours m the daj ? If 

4 When Jesus heard /Aa^hejany man walk m 

said, This sickness is not unto | stumbleth not, because he seeth 
death but for the glorv of God, ; the light of this ^vorld. 
tttl sonofGodfmgh^ .10 But if ^ man - k^ 

fied thereby. i ^^g^^' stumbleth, because tneie 



fled thereby. Imght tie stumDieti 

5 Now Jesus lovedMartha,and,isnoli^htin^ ^^^^ 

that he was sick, he abode tw.o friend Lazarus sleepeth , but 1 go,, 



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417 



that I may awake him out of sleep. 

12 Then said his disciples, 
Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well, 

13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his 
death : but they thought that he 
had spoken of taking of rest in 
sleep, 

14 Then said Jesus unto them 
plainly, Lazarus is dead. 

15 And I am glad for your 
sakes that I was not there, to the 
intent ye may believe ; nevertheless 
let us go unto him. 

16 Then said Thomas, which 
is called Didymus, unto his fellow- 
disciples, Let us also go, that we 
may die with him, 

17 Then, when Jesus came, he 
found that he had lain in the 
grave four days already. 

18 (Now Bethany was nigh un- 
to Jerusalem, about fifteen furlonp^s 
off.) 

19 And many of the Jews came 
to Martha and Mary, to comfort 
them concerning their brother. 

20 Then Martha, as soon as 
she heard that Jesus was coming, 
went and met him : but Mary sat 
still in the house. 

21 Then said Martha unto Je- 
sus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, 
my brother had not died, 

22 But I know, that even now, 
whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, 
God will give it thee, 

23 Jesus saith unto her, Thy 
brother shall rise again. 

24 Martha saith unto him, I 
know that he shall rise again in 
the resurrection at the last day. 

25 Jesus said unto her, I am 
the resurrection, and the life : he 
that belie veth in me, though he 
were dead, yet shall be live ; 

36 And whosoever liveth, and 



believeth in me, shall never die. 
Belie vest thou this ? 

27 She saith unto him, Yea, 
Lord : 1 believe that thou art the 
Christ, the Son of God, which 
should come into the world. 

28 And when she had so said, 
she went her way, and called 
Mary her sister secretly, saying, 
The Master is come, and calleth 
for thee. 

29 As soon as she heard that, 
she arose quickly, and came unto 
him, 

30 Now Jesus was not yet 
come into the town, but was in 
that place where Martha met him. 

31 The Jews then which were 
with her in the house, and com- 
forted her, when they saw Mary, 
that she rose up hastily and went 
out, followed her, saying. She 
goeth unto the grave to weep there. 

32 Then when Mary was come 
where Jesus was, and saw him, 
she fell down at his feet, saying 
unto him. Lord, if thou hadst been 
here, my brother had not died, 

33 When Jesus therefore saw 
her weeping, and the Jews also 
weeping which came with her, he 
groaned in the spirit, and was 
troubled, 

34 And said. Where have ye 
laid him ? They say unto him, 
Lord, come and see. 

35 Jesus wept. 

36 Then said the Jews, Behold 
how he loved him ! 

37 And some of them said. 
Could not this man, which opened 
the eyes of the blind, have caused 
that even this man should not have 
died? 

38 Jesus therefore again groan- 
ing in himself, cometh to the grave. 



418 



TRINITY. 



It was a cave, and a stone lay] 
upon it. 

39 Jesus said, Take ye away 
the stone. Martha, the sister of 
him that was dead, saith unto him. 
Lord, by this time he stinketh : 
for he hath been dead four days. 

40 Jesus said unto her, Said I 
not unto thee, that if thouwouldest 
believe, thou shouklest see the 
glory of God 1 

41 Then they took away the stone 
fro77i the place where the dead was 
laid. And Jesus Hfted up his 
eyes, and said, Father, I thank 
thee that thou hast heard me. 

42 And I knew that thou hearest 
me always : but because of the 
people which stand by I said it, 
that they may beUeve that thou hast 
sent me. 

43 And when he thus had 
spoken, he cried with aloud voice, 
Lazarus come forth. 

44 And he that was dead came 
forth, bound hand and foot with 
gTave-clothes ; and his face was 
bound about with a napkin. Jesus 
saith unto them, Loose him, and 
let him go. 

45 Then many of the Jews 
which came to Mary, and had seen 
the things which Jesus did,beUeved 
on him. 

46 But some of them went 
their ways to the Pharisees, and 
told them what things Jesus had 
done. 

47 Then gathered the chief 
priests and the Pharisees a council, 
and said, What do we, for this man 
doeth many miracles. 

48 If we let him thus alone, all 



men will believe on him : and the , 
Romans shall come and take away I 
both our place and nation. 

49 And one of them, named 
Caiaphas, being the high priest 
that same year, said uuto them, 
Ye know nothing at all. 

50 Nor consider that it is ex- \ 
pedient for us, that one man should 
die for the people, and that the 
whole nation perish not. 

51 And this spake he not of 
himself: but being high priest that 
year, he prophesied that Jesus 
should die for that nation ; 

52 And not for that nation only, 
but that also he should gather to- 
gether in one the children of God 
that \vere scattered abroad. 

53 Then, from that day forth, 
they took counsel together for to 
put him to death. 

54 Jesus therefore walked no 
more openly among the Jews ; but 
went thence unto a country near to 
the wilderness, into a city called 
Ephraim, and there continued Vv ith 
his disciples. 

55 And the Jews' passover was 
nigh at hand : and many went out 
of the country up to Jerusalem be- 
fore the passover, to purify them- 
selves. 

56 Then sought they for Jesus 
and spake among themselves, as 
they stood in the temple, What 
think ye ? that he will not come to 
the feast ? 

57 Now both the chief priests and 
the Pharisees had given a com- 
mandment, that, if any man knew 
where he were, he should shew 
it, that they might take him. 



TH INI T Y. 



419 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
PROVERBS XII. 



Whoso lo^etli instruction 
loveth knowledge; but he that 
hateth reproof is brutish. 

2 A good 7?ian obtaineth favour 
of the Lord : but a man of wick- 
ed devices will he condemn. 

3 A man shall not be establish- 
ed by wickedness: but the root 
of the righteous shall not be 
moved. 

4 A virtuous woman is a crown 
to her husband ; but she that mak 
eth ashamed is as rottenness in his 
bones. 

5 The thoughts of the righteous 
are right : but the counsels of the 
wicked are deceit. 

6 The words of the wicked are 
to lie in wait for blood ; but the 
mouth of the upright shall deliver 
them. 

7 The wicked are overthrown, 
and are not : but the house of the 
righteous shall stand. 

8 A man shall be commended 
according to his wisdom ; but he 
that is of a perverse heart shall be 
despised. 

9 He that is despised, and hath 
a servant, is better than he that 
honoureth himself, and lacketh 
bread. 

10 A righteous man regardeth 
the life of his beast : but the ten- 
der mercies of the wick-ed are 
cruel. 

1 1 He that tilleth his land shall 
be satisfied with bread ; but he 
that followeth vain persons is void 
of understanding. 

12 The wicked desireth the net 



of evil men ; but the root of the 
righteous yieldeth/r^^z^. 

13 The wicked is snared by 
the transgression of his lips : but 
the just shall come out of trouble, 

14 A man shall be satisfied with 
good by the fruit of his mouth : 
and the recompence of a man's 
hands shall be rendered unto him. 

15 The way of a fool is right 
in his own eyes : but he that 
hearkeneth unto counsel is wise. 

16 A fool's wrath is presently 
known : but a prudent man cover- 
eth shame. 

17 He that speaketh truth shew- 
eth forth righteousness ; but a false 
witness deceit. 

18 There is that speaketh like 
the piercings of a sword ; but the , 
tongue of the wise is health. 

19 The lip of truth shall be es- 
tablished forever; but a lying 
tongue is but for a moment. 

20 Deceit is in the heart of them 
that imagine evil : but to the coun- 
sellors of peace is joy. 

21 There shall no evil happen 
to the just ; but the wicked shall 
be filled with mischief. 

22 Lying lips are abomination 
to the Lord : but they that deal 
truly are his delight. 

23 A prudent man concealeth 
knowledge : but the heart of fools 
proclaimeth foolishness. 

24 The hand of the diligent shall 
bear rule ; but the slothful shall be 
under tribute. 

25 Heaviness in the heart of 



420 T R I X 

man maketli it stoop : but a good 
word maketh it glad. 

26 The righteous i5more excel- 
lent than his neighbour : but the 
way of the wicked seduceth 
them. 

27 The slothful man roasteth 



I t Y . 

not that which he took in hunting \ 
but the substance of a diligent man 
is precious. 

28 In the way of righteousness 
is life ; and in the pathway there- 
of there is no death. 



SECOND LESSOrC FOR EVENING^ 



I JOHN IV. 



BELOVED, believe not every 
spirit, but try the spirits whether 
they are of God ; because many 
false prophets are gone out into the 
world, \ 

2 Hereby know ye the Spirit of, 
God; Every spirit that confesseth 
that Jesus Christ is come in the : 
flesh is of God : \ 

3 And every spirit that confess- : 
ethnot that Jesus Christ is come' 
in the flesh is not of God : and this 
is that spi/rit of antichrist, whereof 
ve have heard that it should come ; 
and even now already is it in the 
world. 

4 Ye are of God, little children, 
and have overcome them ; because 
greater is he that is in you, than he 
that is in the world. 

5 They are of the world : there- i 
fore speak they of the world, and 
the world heareth them^ 

6 AVe are of God : he that know- 
eth God heareth us ; he that is not 
of God heareth not us. Hereby 
know we the spirit of truth, and 
the spirit of error. 

7 Beloved, let us love one an- 
other : for love is of God ; and 
every one that loveth is born of 
God, and knoweth God. 



8 He that loveth not, knoweth 
not God; for God is love. 

9 In this was manifested the 
love of God toward us, becausethat 
God sent his only begotten Son 
into the world, that we might live 
throuo:h him. 

lO^Herein is love, not that we 
loved God, but that he loved us, 
and sent his Son to he the propitia- 
: tion for our sins 

i 1 1 Beloved, if God so loved us, 
we ou^ht also to love one another. 

12 No man hath seen God at 
any time. If ^ve love one another, 
God dwelleth in us, and his love is 
perfected in us. 

13 Hereby know we that we 
dwell in him,' and he in us, because 
he hath given us of his Spirit. 

14 And we have seen, and do 
testifv, that the Father sent the Son 
, to he *the Saviour of the world. 
' 1 5 VTrosoever shall confess that 

Jesus is the Son of God, God 
dwelleth in him, and he in God. 
i 16 And we have known and 
: believed the love that God hath to 
' us. God is love ; andhethat dwell- 
eth in love, dwelleth in God, and 
God in him. 

17 Herein is our love made per 



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feet, that we may have boldness in 
th^ day of judgment : because as 
he is, so are we in this world. 

18 There is no fear in love, but 
perfect love casteth out fear : be- 
cause fear hath torment. He that 
feareth is not made perfect in love. 

1 9 We love him, because he first 
loved us. 



20 If a man say, I love God and 
hateth his brother, he is a liar : for 
he that loveth not his brother whom 
he hath seen, how can he love God 
whom he hath not seen ? 

21 And this commandment have 
we from him, That he who loveth 
God love his brother also. 



THE TWENTY-SIXTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
PROVERBS XIII. 



A WISE son hearethhls father's 
instruction : but a scorner heareth 
not rebuke, 

2 A man shall eat good by the 
fruit of his mouth ; but the soul of 
the transgressors shall eat vio- 
lence. 

3 He that keepeth his mouth 
keepeth his life : but he that o'pen- 
eth wide his lips shall have destruc- 
tion. 

4 The soul of the sluggard de- 
sireth, and hath nothing : but the 
soul of the diligent shall be made 
fat. 

5 A righteous man hateth lying ; 
but a wicked man is loathsome 
and Cometh to shame. 

6 Righteousness keepeth him 
that is upright in the way : but 
wickedness overthroweth the sin- 
ner. 

7 There is that maketh himself 
rich, yet hath nothing; there is 



that maketh himself poor, yet hath 
great riches. 

8 The ransom of a man's life 
are his riches ; but the poor hear- 
eth not rebuke. 

9 The light of the righteous re- 
joiceth : but the lamp of the wick- 
ed shall be put out. 

10 Only by pride cometh con- 
tention : but with the well-advised 
is wisdom. 

11 Wealth gotten by vanity 
shall be diminished ; but he that 
gathereth by labour shall increase. 

12 Hope deferred maketh the 
heart sick ; but when the desire 
cometh, it is a tree of life. 

13 Whoso despiseth the word 
shall be destroyed ; but he that 
feareth the commandment shall be 
rewarded. 

14 The law of the wise is a 
fountain of life, to depart from the 
snares of death. 

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422 ^ ^ ^ 

15 Good understanding giveth 
favour : but the way of transgres- 
sors is hard. 

16 Every prudent man dealeth 
with knowledge ; but a fool layeth 
open his folly. 

17 A wicked messenger falleth 
into mischief', but a faithful am- 
bassador is health. 

18 Poverty and shame shall be 
to him that refuseth instruction : 
but he that r e gar deth reproof shall 
be honoured. 

19 The desire accomplished is 
Weet to the soul : but ii is abomi- 
nation to fools to depart from evil. 

20 He that walketh with wise 
meii shall be wise ; but a compa- 



IT Y. 

nion of fools shall be destroyed, 

21 Evil pursueth sinners: but 
to the righteous good shall be re- 
paid. 

22 A good man leaveth an m- 
heritance to his children's children ; 
and the wealth of the sinner is laid 
up for the just, 

23 Much food is in the tillage 
of the poor : but there is that is 
destroyed for want of judgment. 

24 He that spareth his rod 
hateth his son ; but he thatloveth 
him chasteneth him betimes. 

25 The righteous eateth to the 
satisfying of his soul : but the belly 
of the wicked shall want. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



JOHN XV. 



1 AM the true vine, and my 
Father is the husbandman. 

2 Every branch in me that 
beareth not fruit he taketh away, 
and every branch that beareth fruit 
he purgeth it, that it may bring 
forth more fruit. 

3 Now ye are clean through 
the word which I have spoken 
unto you. 

4 Abide in me, and I in you. 
As the branch cannot bear fruit of 
itself, except it abide in the vine ; 
no more can ye, except ye abide 
in me. 

5 I am the vine, ye are the 
branches : he that abideth in me, 
and I in him, the same bringeth 
forth much fruit ; for without me 
ye can do nothing. 

o If a man abide not in me, he 



is cast forth as a branch, and is 
withered : and men gather them, 
and cast thern into the fire, and 
they are burned. 

7 If ye abide in me, and my 
words abide in you, ye shall ask 
what ye will, and it shall be done 
unto you. 

8 Herein is my Father glori- 
fied, that ye bear much fruit ; so 
shall ye be my disciples. 

9 As the Father hath loved me, 
so have I loved you : continue ye 
in my love. 

10 If ye keep my command- 
ments, ye shall abide in my love ; 
even as I have kept my Father^s 
commandments, and abide in his 
love. 

11 These things have I spoken 
mito you, that my joy might re- 



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423 



^main in you, and that your joy 
might be full. 

12 This is my commandment, 
That ye love one another, as I 
have loved you. 

13 Greater love hath no man 
than this, that a man lay down his 
life for his friends. 

14 Ye are my friends, if ye do 
whatsoever I command you. 

15 Henceforth I call you not 
servants ; for the servant knoweth 
not what his lord doeth : but I 
have called you friends ; for all 
things that I have heard of my 
Father I have made known unto 
you. 

16 Ye have not chosen me, but 
I have chosen you, and ordained 
you, that ye should go and bring 
forth fruit, and that your fruit 
should remain ; that whatsoever ye 
shall a-sk of the Father in my 
name, he may give it you. 

17 These things I command 
you, that ye love one another. 

18 If the world hate you, ye 
know that it hated me before it 
hated you. 

19 If ye were of the world, the 
world would love his own: but be- 
cause ye are not of the world, but 
I have chosen you out of the 
world, therefore the world hateth 
you. 



20 Remember the word that I 
said unto you, The servant is not 
greater than his lord. If they 
have persecuted me, they will also 
persecute you ; if they have kept 
my saying, they will keep yours 
also. 

21 But all these things will 
they do unto you for my name's 
sake, because they know not him 
that sent me. 

22 I f I had not come and spoken 
unto them, they had not had sin : 
but now they have no cloak for 
their sin. 

23 He that hateth me, hateth 
my Father also. 

24 If I had not done among 
them the works which none other 
man did, they had not had sin : 
but now have they both seen and 
hated both me and my Father. 

25 But this cometh to jpass, that 
the word might be fulfilled that is 
written in their law, they hated 
me without a cause. 

2^ But when the Comforter is 
come, whom I will send unto you 
from the Father, eveii the Spirit of 
truth, which proceedeth from the 
Father, he shall testify of me ; 

27 And ye also shall bear wit- 
ness, because ye have been with 
me from the beginning. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
PROVERBS XIV. 



EVERY wise woman buildeth 
her house : but the foolish pluck- 
eth it down with her hands. 

8 He that walketh in his up- 



rightness feareth the Lord : but 
he that is perverse in his ways 
despiseth him. 

3 In the mouth of the foolish is 



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a rod of pride, but tlie lips of the 
wise shall preserve them. 

4 Where no oxen are, the crib 
is clean : but much increase is by 
the strength of the ox. 

5 A faithful witness will not 
lie : but a false witness will utter 
lies. 

6 A scorner seeketh wisdom, 
^wd^findeth it not: but knowledge 
is easy unto him that understand- 
eth. 

7 Go from the presence of a 
foolish man, when thou perceivest 
not in him the lips of knowledge. 

8 The wisdom of the prudent 
is to understand his way : but the 
folly of fools is deceit, 

9 Fools make a mock at sin : 
but among the righteous there is 
favour. 

10 The heart knoweth his own 
bitterness; and a stranger doth 
not intermeddle ^Yith his joy. 

11 The house of the wicked 
shall be overthrown : but the ta- 
bernacle of the upright shall flour- 
ish. 

12 There is a way which seem- 
eth right unto a man ; but the end 
thereof are the ways of death. 

13 Even in laughter the heart 
is sorrowful ; and the end of that 
mirth is heaviness. 

14 The backslider in heart shall 
be filled with his own ways ; and 
a good man shall he satisfied from 
himself. 

15 The simple believeth every 
word : but the prudent man looketh 
well to his going. 

16 A wise man feareth, and 
departeth from evil : but the fool 
rageth, and is confident. 

17 He that is soon angry deal- 
eth foolishly : and a man of wicked 
devices is hated. 



18 The simple inherit folly: 
but the prudent are cro\\Tied with \ 
knowledge. 

19 The evilbowbeforethe good; 
and the wicked at the gates of the 
righteous. 

20 The poor is hated even ot 
his own neighbour : but the rich 
hath many friends. 

21 He that despiseth his neigh- 
bour sinneth : but he that hath 
mercy on the poor, happy is he. 

22 Do they not err that devise 
evil ? but mercy and truth shall be 
to them that devise good. 

23 In all labour there is profit : 
but the talk of the lips tendeth only 
to penury. 

24 The crown of the wise is 
their riches : but the foolishness 
of fools is folly, 

25 A true witness delivereth 
souls : but a deceitful icitness 
speaketh lies. 

26 In the fear of the Lord u 
strong confidence ; and his chil- 
dren shall have a place of refuge. 

27 The fear of the Lord is a 
fountain of life, to depart from the 
snares of death. 

28 In the multitude of people is 
the king's honour : but in the want 
of people is the destruction of the 
prince. 

29 He that is slow to wrath is 
of great understanding: but he thai 
is hasty of spirit exaUeth folly. 

30 A sound heart is the life of 
the flesh : but emy the rottenness 
of the bones. 

31 He that oppresseth the poor, 
reproacheth his Maker ; but he 
that honoureth him hath mercy on 
the poor. 

32 The wicked is driven av/ay 
in hi§ wickedness : but the right- 
eous hath hope in his death, 



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33 Wisdom resteth in the heart 
of him that hath understanding : 
but that ivhich is in the midst of 
fools is made known. 

34 Righteousness exaheth a 



nation : but sin is a reproach to 

any people. 

35 The king's favour is toward 
a wise servant : but his wTath is 
against him that causeth shame. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
JUDE. 



JUDE, the servant of Jesus 
Christ, and brother of James, to 
them that are sanctified by God 
the Father, and preserved in Jesus 
Christ a^nd called : 

2 Mercy unto you, and peace, 
and love, be multiplied. 

3 Beloved, w^hen I gave all 
diligence to write unto you of the 
common salvation, it was needful 
forme to write unto you, and exhort 
you, that ye should earnestly con- 
tend for the faith which w^as once 
delivered unto the saints. 

4 For there are certain men 
crept in unawares, who were be- 
fore of old ordained to this condem- 
nation, ungodly men, turning the 
grace of our God into lascivious- 
ness, and denying the only Lord 
God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 

5 I will therefore put you in 
remembrance,thoughye once knew 
this, how that the Lord, having 
saved the people out of the land 
of Egypt, afterward destroyed them 
that believed not. 

6 And the angels which kept not 
their first estate, but left their own 
habitation, he hath reserved in 
everlasting chains, under darkness, 
unto the judgment of the great 
day. 

1. Even as Sodom andGomorrha^ 



and the cities about them, in like 
manner, giving themselves over to 
fornication, and going after strange 
flesh, are set forth for an example, 
suffering the vengeance of eternal 
fire, 

8 Likewise also these filthy 
dreamers defile the flesh, despise 
dominion, and speak evil of digni- 
ties,. 

9 Yet Michael the archangel,^ 
when contending with the devil^, 
(he disputed about the body of Mo- 
ses.) durst not bring against him a 
railing accusation, but said, the 
Lord rebuke thee. 

10 But they speak evil of those 
things which they know not ; but 
what they know naturally, as brute 
beasts, in those things they corrupt 
themselves. 

1 1 Woe unto them ! for they have 
gone in the way of Cain, and ran 
greedily after the error of Baalam 
for reward, and perished in the 
gainsaying of Core. 

12 These are spots in your 
feasts of charity, when they feast 
with you, feeding them.selves with- 
out fear ; clouds they are without 
water, carried about of winds : 
trees whose fruit withereth, with- 
out fruit, twice dead, plucked up 
by the roots : 

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13 Raging waves of tlie sea, 
foaming out their own shame : 
wandering stars, to whom is re- 
served the blackness of darkness 
for ever. 

U And Enoch also, the seventh 
from Adam, prophesied of these, 
saying, Behold, the Lord cometh 
with ten thousand of his saints, 

15 To execute judgment upon 
all, and to convince all that are 
imgodlv among them of all their 
imgodly deeds which they have 
ungodlv committed, and of all their 
hard s'ji^crits which ungodly sin- 
ners have spoken against him, 

16 These are murmurers. com- 
plainers, vralking after their own 
lusts: and their mouth spcaketh 
oTeat swelling ?/-o/y/.5\ having men's 
persons in admiration because of 
advantage. 

■ IT But, beloved remember ye 
the words which were spoken be- : 
fore the apostles of our Lord Jesus 
Christ ; i 
IS How that they told youthere 
should be mockers in the last time i 



who should walk after their o^^^l 
ungodlv lusts. 

19 these be they who separate 
themselves, sensual, having not 
the Spirh. 

20 But ye, beloved, building up 
yourselves on yom* most holy faith, 
prayinor in the Holy Ghost. 

21 Keep yourselves in the love 
of God, looking for the mercy of 
our Lord Jesus Cinist unto eter- 
nal life. 

22 And of some have compas- 
sion, making a difference ; 

23 And others save with fear, 
pulling tfnim out of the fire ;^hating 
even the garment spotted by the 
flesh. 

24 NoAV unto him that is able 
to keep you from falUng, and to 
present \jou faultless before the 
presence'of his glory with exceed- 
in o; iov, 

25 To the only wise God our 
Saviom, he glory and majesty, do- 
minion and power, both now and 
■ ever. Amen. 



THE TWEXTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
PROVERBS XV. 

A SOFT answer turneth awav { 3 The eyes of the Lord are in 
wrath : but grievous words stir up every place, beholding the evil and 



anger. 

2 The tongue of the wise useth 
knowledge aright : but the mouth 
of fools poureth out foolishness. 



the good. 

4 A wholesome tongue is a tree 
of life : but perverseness therein 
is a breach in the spirit. 



TRINITY, 



5 A fool despiseth his father's 
instruction: but he that regardeth 
1 reproof is prudent. 
1 6 In the house of the righteous 
I is much treasure : but in the re- 
j venues of the wicked is trouble, 
i 7 The lips of the wise disperse 
knowledge : but the heart of the 
I foolish doeth not so. 

8 The sacrifice of the wicked 
is an abomination to the Lord ; but 
the prayer of the upright is his de- 
light. 

• 9 The way of the wicked is an 
I abomination unto the Lord : but 
j he loveth him that followeth after 
righteousness. 

10 Correction is grievous unto 
him that forsaketh the way : and 
he that hateth reproof shall die. 

1 1 Hell and destruction are be- 
■ fore the Lord : how much more 
j then the hearts of the children of 
1 men ? 

12 A scorner loveth not one that 
reprove th him : neither will he go 
unto the wise. 

13 A merry heart maketh a 
cheerful countenance : butbysorrow 
of the heart the spirit is broken. 

14 The heart of him that hath 
understanding seeketh knowledge : 

I but the mouth of fools seeketh fool- 
ishness : 

15 All the days of the afflicted 
are evil : but he that is of a merry 
heart hath a continual feast. 

16 Better is little with the fear 
of the Lord, than great treasure 
and trouble therewith. 

17 Better is a dinner of herbs 
j where love is, than a stalled ox 
i and hatred therewith, 

I 18 A wrathful man stirreth up 
i strife : but he that is slow to anger 
appeaseth strife. 

19 The way of the slothful man 
is as an heds^e of thorns : but the 



way of the righteous is made plain, 

20 A wise son maketh a glad 
father: but a foolish man despiseth 
his mother. 

21 Folly is joy to him that is 
destitute of wisdom : but a man of 
understanding walketh uprightly. 

22 Without counsel purposes 
are disappointed : but in the mul- 
titude of counsellors they are es- 
tablished. 

23 A man hath joy by the an- 
swer of his mouth ; and a word 
spoken in due season, how good is 
it! 

24 The way of life is shove to 
the wise, that he may depart from 
hell beneath. 

25 The Lord will destroy the 
house of the proud : but he will 
establish the border of the widow. 

26 The thoughts of the wicked 
are an abomination to the Lord ; 
but the ivords of the pure are plea- 
sant words. 

27 He that is greedy of gaiu 
troubleth his own house : but he 
that hateth gifts shall live. 

28 The heart of the righteous 
studieth to answer : but the mouth 
of the wicked poureth out evil 
things. 

29 The Lord is far from the 
wicked : but he heareth the pray- 
er of the righteous. 

30 The light of the eyes re- 
joiceth the heart ; and a good re- 
port maketh the bones fat. 

31 The ear that heareth the re- 
proof of life abideth among the 
wise. 

32 He that refuseth instruction 
despiseth his own soul : but he 
that heareth reproof getteth under- 
standing. 

33 The fear of the Lord th^ 
instruction of wisdom ; and before 
honour is humility. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JOHN XVL 



THESE things have I spoken' 
imto you, that ye should not be of- ' 
fended. i 

2 They shall put you out of the : 
s}aiagooues : yea, the tmie cometh, 
that whosoever killeth you will 
think that he doeth God service. 

3 And these things will they do 
unto you, because they have not 
known the Father, nor me. 

4 But these things have I told 
you, that, when the time shall come, 
ye may remember that I told you of 
them.^lnd these things I said not 
unto you at the beginning, because 
I was with you. 

5 But now I go my way to hnn 
that sent me; and none of youi 
asketh me, Whither goest thou ? } 

6 But because I have said these 
things unto you, sorrovr hath filled ; 
your heart. \ 

7 Nevertheless I tell you the 
truth; It is expedient for you that 
I go away : for if I go not away, 
the Comforter will not come unto 
you ; but if I depart, I will send 
him unto you. 

8 And when he is come, he will ^ 
reprove the world of sin, and of ^ 
righteousness, and of judgment : ; 

9 Of sin, because they believe , 

not on me : | 

10 Of righteousness, because I 

go to my Father, and ye see me no 
more ; 

11 Of judgment, because the 
prince of this world is judged. 

12 I have yet many things to 
say unto you, but ye cannot bear 
them now.. 



13 Howbeit when he, the Spirit 
of truth, is come, he will guide you 
into all truth : for he shall not speak 
of himself ; but whatsoever he shall 
hear, tkat shall he speak : and he 
will shew you things to come. 

14 He shall glorify me ; for he 
shall receive of mine, and shall 
shew if mito you. 
I 15 All things that the Father 
I hath are mine : therefore said I, 



that he shall take of mine, and 
shall shew^ it unto you. 

16 A little while, and ye shall 
not see me: and again a little while, 
and ye shall see me ; because I go 
to the Father. 

17 Then said 5{??/ie of his disci- 
ples among themselves, What is 
this that he saith unto us, A little 
while, and ye shall not see me ; 

! and again a little while, and ye 
; shall see me : and. Because I go to 
I the Father ? 

' 18 They said therefore, What 
is this that he saith, A little while ? 
I we cannot tell what he saith. 
1 19 Now Jesus knew that they 
I were desirous to ask him, and said 
' unto them, Do ye enquire among 
yourselves of that I said, A little 
Avhile, and ye shall not see me : 
and again a little while, and ye 
shall see me ? 

I 20 Verily, verily, I say unto you, 
j That ye shall weep and lament, but 
'the world shall rejoice; and ye 
shall be sorrowful, but your sorrow 
shall be turned into joy. 

21 x\ women wdien she is in 
1 travail hath sorrow,, because her 



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hour is come : but as soon as she 
is delivered of the child, she re- 
membereth no more the anguish, 
for joy that a man is born into the 
world. 

22 And ye now therefore have 
sorrow ; bat I will see you again, 
and your heart shall rejoice, and 
your joy no man taketh from you. 

23 And in that day ye shall ask 
me nothing. Yerily, verily, I say 
unto you, Whatsoever ye shall ask 
the Father in my name, he will 
give it you. 

I 24 Hitherto have ye asked no- 
i thing in my name ; ask and ye shall 
receive, that your joy may be full. 

25 These things have I spoken 
unto you in proverbs : but the time 
cometh, when I shall no more 
speak unto you in proverbs, but I 
shall shew you plainly of the Fa- 
ther. 

26 At that day ye shall ask in 
my name and I say not unto you, 
that I will pray the father for yea. 

27 For the father himself loveth 
you, because ye have loved me. 



and have believed that I came out 
from God. 

28 I came forth from the Father, 
and am come into the world : 
again, I leave the world, and go 
to the Father. 

29 His disciples said unto him, 
Lo now speakest thou plainly, and 
speakest no proverb. 

30 Now are we sure that thou 
knowest all thiugs, and needest 
not that any man should ask thee : 
by this we believe that thou camest 
forth from God. 

31 Jesus answered them, Do ye 
now believe ? 

32 Behold, the hour cometh, 
yea, is now come, that ye shall be 
scattered, every man to his own, 
and shall leave me alone ; and yet 
I am not alone, because the Father 
is with me. 

33 These things I have spoken 
unto you, that in me ye might have 
peace. In the world ye shall have 
tribulation ; but be of good cheer ; 
I have overcome the world. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



PROVERBS XVL 



THE preparations of the heart 
in man, and the answer of the 
tongue, is from the Lord. 
I g All the ways of a man are 
i clean in his own eyes : but the 
I Lord weigheth the spirits. 
I 3 Commit thy works unto the 
I Lord, and thy thoughts shall be 
I established. 

4 The Lord hath made all 



things for himself: yea, even the 
wicked for the day of evil. 

5 Every one that is proud in 
heart is an abomination to the 
Lord ; though hand join in hand, 
he shall not be unpunished. 

6 By mercy and truth iniquity 
is purged ; and by the fear of the 
Lord men depart from evil. 

7 When a man's ways pleaso 



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the Lord, he maketh even hisl 
enemies to be at peace with him. 

8 Better is a little with righte- 
ousness, than great revenues with- 
out right. 

9 A man's heart deviseth his 
way: but the Lord directeth his 
steps. 

10 A divine sentence is in the 
lips of the king ; his mouth trans- 
gresseth not in judgment. 

11 A just weight and balance 
are the Lord's : all the weights of 
the bag are his work. 

12 It is an abomination to kings 
to commit wickedness ; for the 
thi'one is estabhshed by righteous- 
ness. 

1 3 Righteous lips a re the delight 
of kings ; and they love him that 
speaketh right. 

14 The wrath of a king is as 
messengers of death : but a wise 
man will pacify it. 

15 In the light of the king's 
countenance wlife ; and his favour 
is as a cloud of the latter rain. 

16 How much better is it to 
get wisdom than gold ? and to get 
understanding rather to be chosen 
than silver ? 

17 The highway of the upright 
is to depart from evil : he that 
keepeth his way preserveth his 
soul. 

18 Pride ^^o^'^A before destruc- 
tion, and an haughty spirit before 
a fall. 

19 Better of an humble 
spirit with the lowly, than to divide 
the spoil with the proud. 

20 He that handleth a matter 
wisely shall find good ; and who- 



so trusteth in the Lord, happy is 
he. 

21 The wise in heart shall be 
calledprudent ; and the sweetness 
of the lips increaseth learning. 

22 Understanding is a well- 
spring of life unto him that hath 
it : but the instruction of fools is |. 
folly. ■ 

23 The heart of the wise teacih 
eth his mouth, and addeth learning 
to his lips. ^ 

24 Pleasant words are as an 
honey-comb, sweet to the soul, 
and health to the bones. 

25 There is a way that seemeth 
right unto a man ; but the end 
thereof are the ways of death. 

26 He that laboureth, laboureth 
for himself ; for his mouth craveth 
it of him. 

27 An ungodly man diggeth up 
evil; and in his lips there is as a 
burning fire. 

28 A froward man soweth 
strife ; and a whisperer separateth 
chief friends. 

29 A violent man enticeth his 
neighbour, and leadeth him into 
the way that is not good. 

30 He shutteth his eyes to 
devise froward things ; moving his 
lips he bringeth evil to pass. 

31 The hoary head is a crown 
of glory, if it be found in the way 
of righteousness. 

32 He that is slow to anger is 
better than the mighty ; and he that 
ruleth his spirit than he that 
taketh a city. 

33 The lot is cast into the lap ; 
but the whole disposing thereof is 
of the Lord. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING, 
II JOHN. 



THE elder unto the elect lady 
and her children, whom I love in 
the truth ; and not I only, but also 
all they that have known the truth ; 
, 2 For the truth's sake, which 
j dwelleth in us, and shall be with 
i us for ever. 

! 3 Grace be with you, mercy, 
j and peace, from God the Father, 
and from the Lord Jesus Christ, 
the Son of the Father, in truth 
I and love. 

4 I rejoiced greatly that I found 
of thy children walking in truth, 
as we have received a command- 

! ment from the Father. 

5 And now I beseech thee, 
; iady, not as though I wrote anew 
commandment unto thee, but that 
which we had from the beginning, 
that we love one another. 

6 And this is love, that we walk 
after his commandments. This is 
the commandment, That, as ye 
have heard from the beginning, ye 
should walk in it. 

7 For many deceivers are en- 



tered into the world, who confess 
not that Jesus Christ is come in 
the flesh. This is a deceiver and 
an antichrist. 

8 Look to yourselves, that we 
lose not those things which we 
have wrought, but that we receive 
a full reward. 

7 Whosoever transgresseth, and 
abideth not in the doctrine of 
Christ, hath not God: he that 
abideth in the doctrine of Christy 
he hath both the Father and the 
Son. 

10 If there come any unto you, 
and bring not this doctrine, receive 
him not into your house, neither 
bid him God speed : 

1 1 For he that biddeth him God 
speed is partaker of his evil deeds* 

12 Having many things to write 
unto you, I would not write with 
paper and ink ; but I trust to come 
unto you, and speak face to face, 
that our joy may be full. 

13 The children of thy elect 
sister greet thee* Amen* 



LESSONS FOR SAINT'S DAYS. y 

^ n^^^^vr^h in the holv observation of the 
Tke lelipou. miennoii ot h« Cm a, J •« "J j memorials 

God in heaven. 



ST. ANDREWS DAY. 
November 30. 



Peter. After o^' Saviour s a.censioii accoid^^^^^^ whence, as 

preached the gospel Scrhm and Ae ad^« ^ 
^JS^Se^s: tl1Vro-contu\: Leva's, byl^aYgJvernor's orders, first scourged, 
and then crucified. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING; 
PROVERBS XX. 

WINE is a mocker, strong ^ by reason of the cold . *Jer^>;e 
drinkwraging; and whosoever is . sliaU he beg m har^-est, and hate 

'^rThV^rS'Jktgti thert&nselintheheartof .an 
roaring of a Son; «A JprovokethU. /i^-. deep water ; but a man of 
Stranger smneth Ms . .nd— g^^^l d^^^^^^^^^^^ 

"1 Tis an honour for a man to I one Ms own goodness ; but a faith- 
4 The sluggard will not plow 



S-AINT 

integrity : his children are blessed 
after him. 

8 A king that sitteth in the 
throne of judgment scattereth away- 
all evil with his eyes. 

9 Who can say, I have made 
my heart clean, I am pure from 
my sin ? 

IG Divers weights, and divers 
measures, both of them are alike 
abomination to the Lord. 

11 Even a child is known by 
his doings, whether his work be 
pure, and whether it he right. 

12 The hearing ear, and the 
seeing eye, the Lord hath made 
even both of them. 

13 Love not sleep, lest thou 
come to poverty ; open thine eyes, 
and thou shalt be satisfied with 
bread. 

14 It is naughty it is naught, 
saith the buyer : but when he is 
gone his way^ then he boasteth. 

15 There is gold, and a multi- 
tude of rubies : but the lips of 
knowledge are a precious jewel. 

16 Take his garment that is 
surety for a stranger : and take a 
pledge of him for a strange wo- 
man. 

17 Bread of deceit is sweet to 
a man : but afterwards his mouth 
shall be filled with gravel. 

18 Every purpose is establish- 
ed by counsel : and with good 
advice make war. 

19 He that goeth about as a 



talebearer re vealeth secrets ; there- 
fore meddle not with him that flat- 
ter eth with his lips, 

20 Whoso curseth his father or 
his mother, his lamp shall be put 
out in obscure darkness. 

21 An inheritance may be got« 
ten hastily at the beginning ; but 
the end thereof shall not be bles- 
sed. 

22 Say not thou, I will recom» 
pense evil ; but wait on the Lord 
and he shall save thee. 

23 Divers weights are an abomi- 
, nation unto the Lord ; and a false 

balance is not good. 

24 Man's goings are of the Lord : 
how can a man then understand 
his own way ? 

25 It is a snare to the man who 
devoureth that which is holy, and 
after vows to make enquiry. 

26 A wise king scattereth the 
wicked, and bringeth the wheel 
over them, 

27 The spirit of man is the 
candle of the Lord, searching all 
the inward parts of the belly. 

28 Mercy and truth preserve 
the king : and his throne is uphold- 
en by mercy. 

29 The glory of young men is 
their strength ; and the beauty of 
old men is the grey head. 

30 The blueness of a wound 
cleanseth away evil ; so do stripes 
the inward parts of the belly. 



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SAINT S DAYS. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING* 



ACTS X. V. 34, 



34 Then Peter opened his 
moutli, and said, Of a tnitli I per- 
ceive that God is no respecter of 

persons : i -u ^ 

35 But in every nation he tnat 
feareth him, and worketh righte- 
ousness, is accepted with him. 

36 The word which God sent 
unto the children of Israel, preach- 
ing peace by Jesus Christ ; ( he is 
Lord of all ;) 

37 That word, I say ye know, 
which was published throughout 
all Judea, and began from Galilee, 
after the baptism which John 
preached ; t r 

38 How God anointed Jesus ol 
Nazareth with the Holy Ghost, 
and with power ; who went about 
doing good, and healing all that 
were oppressed of the devil : for 
God was with him. 

39 And we are witnesses of all 
things which he did both in the 
land of the Jews, and in Jeru- 
salem; whom they slew, and 
hanged on a tree : 

40 Him God raised up the 
third day, and shewed him openly ; 

41 Not to all the people, but 
unto witnesses chosen before of 
God, even to us, who did eat and 



drink with him after he rose from 
the dead. 

42 And he commanded us to 
preach unto the people, and to 
testify that it is he which was 
ordained of God to be the Judge of 
quick and dead. 

43 To him give all the prophets 
witness, that, through his name, 
whosoever believeth in him shall 
receive remission of sins. 

44 While Peter yet spake 
these words, the Holy Ghost fell 
on all them w^hich heard the word. 

45 And they of the circumcision 
which beUeved were astonished, 
as many as came with Peter, be- 
cause that on the Gentiles also 
was poured out the gift of the 
Holy Ghost. 

46 For they heard them speak 
with tongues, and magnify God. 
Then answered Peter, 

47 Can any man forbid water, 
that these should not be baptized, 
which have received the Holy 
Ghost as well as we l 

48 And he commanded them to 
be baptized in the name of the 
Lord. Then prayed they him to 
tarry certain days. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
PROVERBS XXL 



THEking'sheartisinthehand! 2 Every way of a man Z5 right in 
of the LoRD%5 the rivers of water, his own eyes ; but the Lord pon- 
ie turneth it withersoever he will. | dereth the hearts. 



SAINT 

3 To do justice and judgment 
is more acceptable to the Lord 
than sacrifice. 

4 An high look and a proud 
heart, and the plowing of the wick- 
ed, is sin. 

5 The thoughts of the diligent 
tend only to plenteousness ; but 
of every one that is hasty, only to 
want. 

5 The getting of treasures by a 
lying tongue is a vanity tossed to 
and fro of them that seek death. 

7 The robbery of the wicked 
shall destroy them : because they 
refuse to do judgment. 

8 The way of man is froward 
and strange ; but as for the pure 
his work is right. 

9 It is better to dwell in a 
corner of the house-top, than with 
abrawliii J woman in a wide house = 

10 The soul of the wicked de- 
sireth evil ; his neighbour findeth 
no favour in his eyes. 

1 1 When the scorner is punish- 
ed, the simple is made wise : and 
when the wise is instru.cted„ he re- 
ceiveth knowledge; 

12 The righteous man wisely 
considereth the house of the wick- 
ed : but God overthroweth the 
wicked for their wickedness. 

13 Whoso stoppeth his ears at 
the cry of the poor, he also shall 
cry himself, but shall not be heard. 

14 A gift in secret pacifieth an- 
ger ; and a reward in the bosom 
strong wrath. 

15 It is py to the just to do 
judgment ; but destruction shall be 
to the workers of iniquity. 

16 The man that wanderethout 
of the way of understanding shall 
remain, in the congregation of the 
dead. 

17 He that laXQth pleasure 



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shall be a poor man : he that lov- 
eth wine and oil shall not be rich. 

18 The wicked shall be a ran- 
som for the righteous, and the 
transgressor for the upright. 

19 It is better to dwell in the 
wilderness, than with a contentious 
and angry woman. 

20 There is treasure to be de- 
sired, and oil in the dwelling of 
the wise ; but a foolish man spend- 
eth it up. 

21 He that followeth after righ- 
teousness and mercy, findeth life, 
righteousness, and honour. 

22 A wise scaleth the city 
of the^ mighty, and casteth down 
the strength of the confidence 
thereof. 

23 Whoso keepeth his mouth 
and his tongue, keepeth his soul 
from troubles. 

24 Proud and haughty scorner 
is his name, who dealeth in proud 
wrath. 

25 The desire of the slothful 
killeth hin> ; for his hands refuse 
to labour. 

26 He coveteth greedily all 
the day long ; but the righteous 
giveth, and spareth not. 

27 The sacrifice of the wicked 
abomination : how much more, 

when he bringeth it with a wicked 
mind ? 

28 A false witness shall perish : 
but the man that heareth speaketh 
constantly. 

29 A wicked man hardenetli 
his face : but /or the upright, he 
directeth his way. 

30 TAerg 25 na wisdom, nor un- 
derstandings nor counsel against 
the Lord. 

31 The horse is prepared against 
the day of battle : but safety is of 
the Lord. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
HEBREWS VI. 



'THEREFORE leaving the 
principles of the doctrine of Christ, 
let us go on unto perfection ; not 
lapng again the foundation of re- 
pentance from dead works, and of 
faith toward God, 

2 Of the doctrine of baptisms,^ 
and of laying on of hands, and of 
resurrection of the dead, and of 
eternal judgment. 

3 And ihia will we do, if God 
permit. 

4 For it is impossible for those 
who were once enlightened, anu 
have tasted of the heavenly gift, 
and were made partakers of the 
Holy Ghost, 

5 And have tasted the good 
wojd of God, and the powers of 
the world to come, 

6 If they shall fall away, to 
renew them again unto repentance ; 
seeing they crucify to themselves 
the Son of God afresh, and put 
hi?/i to an open shame. 

7 For the earth which drinketh 
in the rain thatcorneth oft upon it, 
and bringeth forth herbs meet for 
them by whom it is dressed, re- 
ceiveth blessing from God : 

8 Bui that which beareth thorns 
and briers is rejected, and is nigh 
unto cursing ; whose end is to be 
burned. 

9 But, beloved, we are persuaded 
better things of you, and things 
that accompany salvation, though 
we thus speak. 

10 For God is not unrighteous 
to forget your work and labour of 
love which ye have shewed to- 
ward his namej in tha^. ye have 



ministered to the saints, and do 
minister. 

11 And we desire that every 
one of you do shew the same dili- 
gence to the full assurance of hope 
unto the end : 

12 That ye be not slothful, but 
followers of them who through 
faith and patience inherit the pro- 
mises. 

13 For when God made pro- 
mise to Abraham, because he 
could swear by no greater, he 
sware by himself, 

14 Saying, Surely blessing I 
will bless thee, and muhiplying 1 
will multiply thee. 

15 And so, after he had patiently 
endured, he obtained the promise. 

16 For men verily swear by 
the greater ; and an oath for con- 
firmation is to them an end of all 
strife. 

17 Wherein God, willing more 
abundantly to show unto the heirs 
of promise the immutability of his 
counsel, confirmed it by an oath : 

18 That by two immutable 
things, in which it was impossible 
for God to lie, we might have a 
strong consolation, who have fled 
for refuge to lay hold upon the 
hope set before us : 

19 Which hope we have as an 
anchor of the soul, both sure and 
steadfast, and which entereth into 
that within the vail : 

20 Whither the forerunner is 
for us entered, even Jesus, made 
an high priest for ever after the 
order of Melchisedec, 



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j ST. THOMAS THE APOSTLE. 

December 21. 

j St. ThomaSj who was also called Didymus, which in Greek signifies a 
I twin, as Thomas does in Hebrew, was a Jew by birth, and probably a Gali- 
lean. What became of this Apostle after our Saviour's ascension, is uncer- 
tain ; though it is generally believed that he preached the gospel and suffered 
martyrdom, jn the Indies. There are at Malabar, christians ta this day, who 
are called Christians of St Thomas. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
PROVERBS XXIIL 



WHEN thou sittest to eat with 
a ruler, consider diligently what is 
before thee : 

2 And put a knife to thy throat, 
if thou be a man given to appetite. 

3 Be not desirous of his dain- 
ties : for they are deceitful meat. 

4 Labour not to be rich ; cease 
from thine own wisdom. 

5 Wilt thou set thine eyes upon 
that which is not ? for riches cer- 
tainly make themselves wings ; 
they fly away, as an eagle toward 
heaven. 

6 Eat thou not the bread of him 
that hath an evil eye, neither de- 
sire thou his dainty meats ;. 

7 For as he thinketh in his 
heart, so is he : Eat and drink, 
saith he to thee : but his heart is 
not with thee. 

8 The morsel which thou hast 
eaten shall thou vomit up, and lose 
thy sweet words. , 

9 Speak not in the ears of a 
fool : for he will despise the wisdom 
of thy words. 

10 Remove not the old land- 



mark : and enter not into the fielda 
of the fatherless : 

11 For their Redeemer is 
mighty ; he shall plead their cause 
with thee. 

12 Apply thine heart unto in- 
struction, and thine ears to the 
words of knowledge. 

13 Withhold not correc tion from 
the child : for if thou beatest him 
with the rod, he shall not die. 

14 Thou shalt beat him with 
the rod, and shalt deliver his soul 
from hell. 

15 My son, if thine heart be 
wise, my heart shall, rejoice, even 
mine ; : 

16 Yea, my reins shall rejoice, 
when thy lips speak right things. 

17 Let not thine heart envy 
sinners ; but be thou in the fear of 
the Lord all the day long. 

1 8 For surely there is an end : 
and thine expectation shall not be 
cut ofF« 

19 Hear thou, my son and b^ 
wise, and guide thine heart in the 
way, . 

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43S SAINTS PAYS. 

20 Be not among wine-bibbers ; I a prey, and increasetii the frans- 
among riotous eaters of flesh. 1 gressors among men. 

21 For the drunkard and the ; 29 Who hath woe ? who hath V 
gluttonshaUcometo-poverty;and sorrow? who hath contentions? \ 
drowsiness shall clothe a . with ' who hath babblmg ? who hath 

1 wounds without cause who hatn 
^^22 Hearkenmto thy father that 'redness of eyes? . 
begat thee, and depise not thy, SOTheythattarry bngatthewme, 
Ser whk she is old. they that go to seek mixed wine^ 

23 Buy the truth, and sell it\ 31 Look not thou upon the w me 
not : wisdom, and instruction, i when it is red, wnen it f'^^^^^^ 
and understanding. : colour m the cup, tchen it mo. eth 

24 The father of the righteous itself aright. . ^. , ,., 

shall greatlv rejoice : and he that | 32 At the last it biteth like a ser- 
begett^eth a" wise child shall have : pent and stmgeth like an adder 
• -of him • 33 Thine eyes shall behold 

''%5 Thv father and thv mother ' strange women, and thine heart 
shall be ^lad, and she that bare ! shall utter perverse things ; 
t W shall reioice ! 24 Yea, thou shalt be as he that 

26 Mv son give me tMne ' lieth down in the midst of the sea, 
heart and let thine eves observe or as he that lieth upon the topoi 



! a mast. 



„ WaVS liiaou. 

27 For a^yllore is adeep ditch : 1 35 They have stricken me shalt 
and a strange ^voman is a narrow ; thou sc::. and I was not sick : they 
• ^ ' have bt^aten me, and i ieit it not , 

^ 28 She also lieth in wait as /or; when shaU I awake ? I will seek 

I it yet again. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



ACTS XXIII. 



AND Paul, earnestly beholding 
the councih said,Men fl/i^/ brethren, 
I have lived in all good conscience 
before God until this day. 

2 And the high priest iVnanias 
commanded them that stood by 
him to smite him on the mouth. 

3 Then said Paul unto hhn, 
God shall smite thee, thou whited 
wall : for sittesl thou to judge me 
after the law, and commandest me 
to be smitten contrary to the law ? 



4 And they that stood by saidy 
Revilest thou God's high priest? 

5 Then said Paul, 1 wist not, 
brethren, that he was the high 
priest : for it is written, Thou 
shah not speak evil of the ruler of 
thv people. 

'6 But when Paul perceived that 

the one part were Sadducees, and 
'the other Pharisees, he cried out 
: in the council, Men and brethren^ 
• I am a Pharisee, the son of a 



SAINT 

Pharisee : of the hope and resur- 
j rection of the dead I am called in 
I question. 

I 7 And when he had so said, 
I there arose a dissension between 
the Pharisees and the Sadducees : 
and the multitude was divided. 
I 8 For the Sadducees say that 
there is no resurrection, neither 
angel, nor spirit ; but the Phari- 
sees confess both. 
I 9 And there arose a great cry : 
I and the scribes that were of the 
I Pharisees' part arose, and strove, 
I saying, We find no evil in this 
man ; but if a spirit or an angel 
hath spoken to him, let us not fight 
against God. 

10 And when there arose a 
great dissension, the chief captain, 
fearing lest Paul should be pulled 
in pieces of them, commanded the 
soldiers to go down, and to take 
him by force from among them, 
and to bring him into the castle. 

1 1 And the night following the 
Lord stood by him, and said. Be 
of good cheer, Paul ; for as thou 
hast testified of me in Jerusalem, 
so must thou bear witness also at 
Rome. 

12 And when it was day, cer- 
tain of the Jews banded together, 
and bound themselves under a 
curse, saying that they would nei- 
ther eat nor drink till they had 
killed Paul. 

13 And they were more than 
forty which had made this con- 
spiracy. 

14 And they came to the chief 
jpriests and elders, and said. We 
have bound ourselves under a 
great curse, that we will eat noth- 
ing until we have slain Paul. 

15 Now therefore ye with the 
council signify to the chief captain 



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that he bring him down unto you 
to-morrow, as though ye would 
enquire something more perfectly 
concerning him : and we^ or ever 
he come near, are ready to kill 
him. 

16 And when Paul's sister's 
son heard of their lying in waU> 
he went and entered into the cas- 
tle, and told Paul. 

17 Then Paul called one of the 
centurions unto Aim, and said, 
Bring this young man unto the 
chief captain ; for he hath a cer- 
tain thing to tell him. 

18 So he took him, and brought 
him to the chief captain, and said, 
Paul the prisoner called me unto 
him, and prayed me to bring this 
young man unto thee, who hath 
something to say unto thee. 

19 Then the chief captain took 
him by the hand, and went with 
him aside privately, and asked 
him, What is that thou hast to tell 
me? 

20 And he said,, the Jews have 
agreed to desire thee that thou 
wouldest bring down Paul to-mor- 
row into the council, as though 
they v/ould enquire somewhat of 
him more perfectly. 

21 But do not thou yield unto 
them ; for there lie in wait for him 
of them more than forty men, 
which have bound themselves with 
an oath, that they will neither eat 
nor drink till they have killed him ;. 
and nov/ are they ready, looking- 
for a promise from thee. 

22 So the chief captain then. 
let the young man depart, and 
charged ]iim, See thou tell no man 
that thou hast shewed these things, 
to me. 

23 And he called unto him two. 
centurions, saying, Make ready 



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two hundred soldiers to go to Ce- 1 
sarea, and horsemen threescore | 
and ten, and spearmen two hun- 
dred, at the the tliird hour of the 
sight : 

24 And provide them beasts, 
that they may set Paul on, and 
bring him safe to Felix the gover- , 
nor. 

25 And he wrote a letter atier 
this manner : 

26 Claudius Lysias unto the 
most excellent governor Felix, 
se/ideth greetmg. 

27 This man was taken of the 
Jews, and should have been killed 
of them: then came I with an 
army, and rescued liim, havmg 
understood that he was a Roman. 

28 And when I would have 
known the cause wherefore they 
accused hun, I brought him forth 
into their council ; 

29 AVhom I perceived to be 
accused of questions of their law. 
but to have nothing laid to his 
charo-e wortliv of death or of bonds. 



30 And when it was told me 
how^ that the Jews laid wait for the 



man, I sent straightway to thee^. \ 
and gave commandment to his ac- 
cusers also to say before thee 
what the 7/ had against him. Fare- 
well. 

31 Then the soldiers, as it was 
commanded them, took Paul, and 
brought him by night to Anti- 
patris. 

32 On the morrow they left the 
horsemen to go with him, and re- 
turned to the cas-tle ; 

33 Who, when they eame to 
Cesarea, and delivered the epistle- 
to the governor, presented Paul 
also before him. 

34 And when the governor had 
read the letter, he asked of what 
province he was. And when he 
miderstood that he icus of Cilicia; 

35 I will hear thee, said he, 
when thine accusers are also come. 
And he commanded him to be 
kept m Herod's judgment-haU. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



PROVERBS XXIV. 



BE not thou envious against', 
evil men, neither desire to be with 
them : 

2 For their heart studieth de-^ 
struction, and their lips talk of 
mischief. 

3 Through wisdom is an house 
builded, and by understanding it is 
established ; 

4 And by knowledge shall the 
chambers be filled with all precious 
and pleasant riches. 



5 A wise man is strong ; yea, a - 
man of knowledge increaseth 
strength. 

6 For by wise counsel thou 
shalt make'thy war: and in mul- 
titude of counsellors there is safety. 

7 AVisdom is too high for a 
fool he openeth not his mouth m 

the gate. i -i 

8 He that deviseth to do evii 
shall be called a mischievoW- 
I person^ 



A I N T 

9 The thought of foolishness is 
sin ; and the s corner is an abomi- 
nation to men. 

10 If thou faint in the day of 
adversity, thy strength is small. 

11 If thou forbear to deliver 
ihem that are drawn unto death, 
and those that are ready to be 
slain ; 

12 If thou sayest. Behold, we 
knew it not ; doth not he that 
pondereth the heart consider it 1 
and he that keepeth thy soul, doth 
not he know iz^/ and shall not he 
render to every man according to 
his works ? 

13 My son, eat thou honey, be- 
cause it is good ; and the honey- 
comb, lohich is sweet to thy taste : 

14 So shall the knowledge of 
wisdom be unto thy soul : when 
thou hast found it, then there shall 
be a reward, and thy expectation 
shall not be cut off. 

15 Lay not wait, O wicked 
ma7i, against the dwelling of the 
righteous ; spoil not his resting- 
place : 

16 For a just man falleth seven 
times, and riseth up again : but 
the wicked shall fall into mischief. 

17 Rejoice not when thine 
enemy falleth ; and let not thine 
heart be glad when he stumbleth ; 

18 Lest the Lord see it, and 
i-t displease him, and he turn away 
his wrath from him. 

19 Fret not thyself because of 
evil men, neither be thou envious 
at the wicked : 

20 For there shall be no re- 
ward to the evil man ; the candle 
of the wicked shall be put out. 

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and the king ; and meddle not with 
them that are given to change. 

22 For their calamity shall rise 
suddenly ; and who knoweth the 
ruin of them both ? 

23 These thing also belong to 
the wise. It is not good to have 
respect of persons in judgment. 

24 He that saith unto the wicked, 
Thou art righteous ; him shall the 
people curse, nations shall abhor 
him : 

25 But to them that rebuke Am 
shall be delight, and a good bles- 
sing shall come upon them. 

26 Ilmry man shall kiss his 
lips that giveth a right answer. 

27 Prepare thy work without, 
and make it fit for thyself in the 
field ; and afterwards build thine 
house. 

28 Be not a witness against thy 
neighbour without cause ; a^d de-- 
ceive not with thy lips. 

29 Say not, I will do so to him 
as he hath done to me ; I will 
render to the man acccraing co his 
work. 

30 I went by the field of the 
slothful, and by the vineyard of 
the man void of understanding ; 

3 i And lo, it was all grown over 
with thorns, and nettles had co- 
vered the face thereof, and the 
stone-wall thereof was broken 
down. 

32 Then I saw> a7id considered 
it well ; I looked upon it, and r'>-. 
ceived instruction. 

33 Yet a little sleep, a little 
slumber, a little folding of the 
hands to sleep : 

34 So shall thy poverty come 
as one that travelleth ; and thy 
want as an arnied man.. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 




I JOHN 1. 



THAT which was from the be- 1 
ghming, which we have heard,] 
which we have seen with our eyes, I 
which we have looked upon, and 
our hands have handled, of the 
^Yord of life : 

2 (For the life was manifested, 
and we have seen it, and bear wit- 
ness, and shew unto you that eter- 
nal life which was with the Fa- 
ther, and was manifested imto 

3 That which we have seen 
and heard declare we unto you, 
that ve also may have fellowship 
with us : and truly our fellowship 
is with the Father, and with his 
Son Jesus Christ. 

4 And these things write we 
unto vou, that your joy may be 
full. 

5 This then is the message 



which we have heard of him, and 
declare unto you, that God is light, 
and in him is no darkness at alL 

6 If we say that we have fellow- 
ship with him, and walk in dark- 
ness, we lie, and do not the truth ; 

7 But if we walk in the light, 
as he is in the light, we have fel- 
lowship one with another, and the 
blood of Jesus Christ his Son 
cleansethus from all sin. 

8 If we say that we have no sm 
we deceive ' om^selves, and the 
truth is not in us. . 

i 9 If we confess oiu* sms, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from aU un- 
righteousness. 

10 If we say that we have not 
sinned, we make him a liar, and 
his w^ord is not in us. 



FAINT S £>AYS. 



443 



ST. STEPHEN'S DAY. 
December 26. 

This festival, according to the testimony of several very ancient writers, 
Was celebrated in the primitive times. The scripture is silent, as to the 
country and kindred of St. Stephen ; but it is probable that he was of the number 
of those helenistic Jews who believed in Jesus Christ, and was appointed headj 
or chief of the seven deacons, who were chosen in the year 53. He was a 
man " full of faith, and of the Holy Ghost," and was cruelly stoned to death 
by the Jews. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
PROVERBS XXVIII. 



THE wicked flee when no man 
pursueth : but the righteous are 
bold as a lion. 

2 For the transgression of a 
land many are the princes thereof : 
but by a man of understanding and 
knowledge the state thereof shall 
be prolonged. 

3 A poor man that oppresseth 
the poor is like a sweeping rain, 
which leaveth no food. 

4 They that forsake the law 
praise the wicked : but such as keep 
the law contend with them. 

5 Evil men understand not judg- 
ment : but they that seek the Lord 
understand all things, 

6 Better is the poor that walketh 
in his uprightness, than he that is 
perverse in his ways, though he be 
rich. 

7 Whoso keepeth the law is a 
■wise son : but he that is a compan- 
ion of riotous men shame th his 
father. 

8 He that by usury and unjust 
gain increaseth his substance, he 
shall gather it for him that will pity 
the poor. 

9 He that tumeth away his ear 



from hearing the law, even his 
prayer shall be abomination i 

10 Whoso causeth the righteous 
to go astray in an evil way, he shall 
failhimself into his own pit : but the 
upright shall have good things in 
possession. 

11 The rich man is wise in his 
own conceit : but the poor that hath 
understanding searcheth him out. 

12 When righteous men do re- 
joice, there is gTeat glory : but when 
the wicked rise^ a man is hidden. 

13 He that covereth his sins 
shall not prosper : but whoso con- 
fesseth and forsaketh them shall 
have mercy. 

14 Happy is the man that fear- 
eth alway : but he that hardeneth 
his heart shall fall into mischief. 

15 As 3, roaring lion, and a rang- 
ing bear ; so is a, wicked ruler over 
the poor people. 

16 The prince that Wanteth un- 
derstanding is also a great oppres- 
sor ; but he that hateth covetous- 
ness shall prolong his days. 

17 A man that doeth violence 
to the blood of ani/ person shall 
flee to the pit ; let no man stay him. 



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IS Whoso walketh uprightly i 
shall be saved : but he that is per- 
verse in his ways shall fall at once. 

19 He that tilleth his land shall 
have plenty of bread : but he that 
follovv^eth after vain persons shall 
have poverty enough. 

20 A faithful man shall abound 
with blessings : but he that maketh 
haste to be rich shall not be in- 
nocent. 

21 To have respect of persons 
is not good ; for, for a piece of 
bread that man will transgress. 

22 He that hasteth to be rich 
hath an evil eye, and considereth 
not that poverty shall comeuponhim. 

23 He that rebuketh a man, 
afterwards shall find more favour 



than he that flattereth with the 
tongue. 

24 Whoso robbeth his father or 
his mother, and saith, It is no 
transgression, the same is the com- 
panion of a destroyer. 

25 He that is of a proud heaft 
stirreth up strife ; but he that put- 
teth his trust in the Lord shall be 
made fat. 

26 He that trusteth in his own 
heart is a fool : but whoso walketh 
wisely, he shall be delivered. 

27 He that giveth unto the poor 
shall not lack : but he that hideth 
his eyes shall have many a curse. 

28 When the wicked rise, men 
hide themselves : but when they 
perish, the righteous increase. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING^ 
ACTS VI. V. 8 and Chap. VII. to v. 30. 



8 And Stephen, full of faith and 
power, did great wonders and 
miracles among the people. 

9 Then there arose certam ot 
the synagogue, which is called 
the synagogue of the Libertmes, 
and Cyrenians, and Alexandrians, 
and of them of Cilicia and of Asia, 
disputing with Stephen. 

10 And they were not able to 
resist the wisdom and the spirit by 
which he spake. 

11 Then they suborned men, 
which said. We have heard him 
speak blasphemous words against 
Moses, and against God. 

12 And they stirred up the peo- 
ple, and the elders, and the scribes, 
and came upon hira, and caught 
him, and brought him to the coun- 
cil, 



13 iVnd set up false witnesses, 
which said, This man ceaseth 
not to speak blasphemous words 
against this holy place, and the 

law. _ 

14 For we have heard him say, 
that this Jesus of Nazareth shall 
destroy this place, and shall change 
the customs which Moses de- 
livered us. 

15 And all that sat in the council, 
looking steadfastly on him, saw 
his face as it had been the face of 
an angel. 

THEN said the high priest, 
Are these things so ? 

2 And he said. Men, brethren, 
and fathers, hearken ; The God of 
o-lory appeared unto our father 
Abraham, when he was in Meso- 



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44a 



potamiaj before lie dwelt in Char- 
raiij 

3 And said unto him, Get thee 
out of thy country, and from thy 
kindredj and come into the land 
which I shall shew thee. 

4 Then came he out of the land 
of the Chaldeans, and dwelt in 
Charran ; and from thence, when 
his father was dead, he removed 
him into this land, wherein ye now 
dwell. 

5 And he gave him none in- 
heritance in it, no, not so much as 
to set his foot on : yet he promised 
that he would give it to him for a 
possession, and to his seed after 
him, when as yet he had no child. 

6 And God spake on this wise, 
That his seed should sojourn in a 
strange land ; and that they should 
bring them into bondage, and en- 
treat them evil four hundred years. 

7 And the nation to whom they 
shall be in bondage will I judge, 
said God : and after that shall they 
come forth, and serve me in this 
place. 

8 And he gave him the cove- 
nant of circumcision: and so 
Abraham begat Isaac, and cir- 
cumcised him the eighth da}^ \ and 
Isaac begat Jacob ; and Jacob 
begat the twelve patriarchs. 

9 And the patriarchs, moved 
with envy, sold Joseph into Egypt : 
but God was with him, 

10 And delivered him out of all 
his afflictions, and gave him favour 
and wisdom in the sight of Pha^ 
raoh king of Egypt ; and he made 
him governor over Egypt, and all 
his house. 

11 Now there came a dearth 
over all the land of Egypt and 
Chanaan, and great affliction : and 
our fathers found no sustenance. 



12 But when Jacob heard that 
there was corn in Egypt, he sent 
out our fathers first. 

13 And at the second time Jo- 
seph was made known to his bre- 
thren ; and Joseph's kindred was 
made known unto Pharaoh. 

14 Then sent Joseph, and 
called his father Jacob to him, and 
all his kindred J threescore and 
fifteen souls. 

15 So Jacob went down into 
Egypt, and died, he, and our 
fathers, 

16 And were carried over into 
Sychem, and laid in the sepulchre 
that Abraham bought for a sum of 
money of the sons of Emmor, the 
father of Sychem. 

17 But w^hen the time of the 
promise drew nigh, which God 
had sworn to Abraham, the people 
grew and multiplied in Egypt, 

18 Till another king arose j 
which knew not Joseph i 

19 The same dealt subtilly 
with our kindred, and evil-entreated 
our fathers, so that they cast out 
their young children, to the end 
they might not live. 

20 In which time Moses was 
born, and was exceeding fair, and 
nourished up in his father's house 
three months : 

21 And when he was cast out, 
Pharaoh's daughter took him up^ 
and nourished him for her own 
son. 

22 And Moses was learned in 
all the wisdom of the Egyptians, 
and Was mighty in words and in 
deeds. 

23 And when he was full fofty 
years old, it came into his heart 
to visit his brethren the children 
of Israel. 

24 And ^QGingQXiQof them^wSQX 



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wrong, lie defended Um, andj 
avenged him that Avas oppressed, I 
and smote the Egyptian, 

25 For he supposed his bre* j 
thren would have understood how 
that God by his hand would de- 
liver them ; but they understood 
not. 

26 And the next day he shewed 
himself unto them as they strove, 
and would have set them at one 
again, saying, Sirs, ye are bre- 



thren ; why do ye wrong one to 
another ? \ 

27 But he that did his neigh- 
bour wrong, thrust him away, say- 
ing, Who m.ade thee a ruler and a 
judge over us ? 

28 Wilt thou kill me, as thou 
didst the Egyptian yesterday 1 

29 Then fled Moses at this 
saying, and was a stranger in the 
land of Madian, where he begat 
two sons. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ECCLESIASTES IV. 



SO I returned, and considered 
all the oppressions that are done 
under the sun ; and behold, the 
tears of such as icere oppressed, 
and they had no comforter ; and 
on the side of their oppressors 
there was power; but they had no 
comforter. 

2 Wherefore I praised the dead 
which are already dead more than 
the living which are yet alive. 

3 Yea, better is he than both 
they which hath not yet been, who 
hath not seen the evil work that is 
done under the sun. 

4 Again, I considered all tra- 
vail, and every right work, that 
for this a man is envied of his 
neighbour. This is also vanity 
and vexation of spirit. 

5 The fool foldeth his hands to- 
gether, and eateth his own flesh. 

6 Better is an handful loith 
quietness, than both the hands full 
with travail and vexation of spirit. 

7 Then I returned, and I saw 
vanity under the sun. 

8 There is one alone and there 



is not a second ; yeaj he hath nei- 
ther child nor brother ; yet is there 
no end of all his labour ; neither is 
his eye satisfied with riches ; nei- 
ther saith he, For whom do I la- 
bour, and bereave my soul of good ? 
This is also vanity, yea, it is a 
sore travail. ^ 

9 Two are better than one ; be-^ 
cause they have a good reward for 
their labour. 

10 For if they fall, the one will 
lift up his fellow: but woe to 
him that is alone when he falleth ; 
for he hath not another to help him 



up. . 

11 Again, if two lie together, 
then they have heat : but how can 
one be warm alone ? 

12 And if one prevail against 
him, two shaU withstand him : and 
a threefold cord is not quickly 
broken. 

13 Better ^5 a poor and a wise 
child than an old and foolish king, 
who will no more be admonished. 

14 For out of prison he cometh 
to reign ; whereas also he that is 



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' born in his kingdom becometh 
i poor. 

15 I considered all the living 
which walk under the sun, with 
the second child that shall stand 
up in his stead. 



16 Thei'e is no end of all the 
people, even of all that have been 
before them ; they also that come 
after shall not rejoice in him. 
Surely this also is vanity and vexa- 
tion of spirit. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ACTS VIL V. 30 to v. 55. 



30 And when forty years were 
expired, there appeared to him, in 
the wilderness of mount Sina, an 
angel of the Lord in a flame of fire 
in a bush. 

31 When Moses saw it^ he 
wondered at the sight : and as he 
drew near to behold it, the voice 
of the Lord came unto him, 

32 Saying, I am the God of thy 
fathers, the God of Abraham, and 
the God of Isaac, and the God of 
Jacob. Then Moses trembled, and 
durst not behold. 

33 Then said the Lord to him, : 
Put off thy shoes from thy feet : 
for the place where thou standest 
is holy ground. 

34 I have seen, I have seen the 
affliction of my people which is in 
Egypt, and I have heard their groan- 
ing, and am come down to deliver 
them. And now come, I will send 
thee into Egypt. 

35 This Moses, whom they re- 
fused, saying, Who made thee a 
ruler and a judge ? the same did 
God send to he a ruler and a de- 
liverer, by the hand of the angel 
which appeared to him in the 
bush. 

36 He brought them out, after 
that he had shewed wonders and 



signs in the land of Egypt, and in 
the Red Sea, and in the wilderness 
forty years. 

37 This is that Moses which 
said unto the children of Israel, 
A prophet shall the Lord your God 
raise up unto you of your brethren 
like unto me : him shall ye hear. 

38 This is he that was in the 
church in the wilderness with the 
angel which spake to him in the 
mount Sina, and with our fathers ; 
who received the lively oracles to 
give unto us : 

39 To whom our fathers would 
not obey, but thrust him from them, 
and in their hearts turned back 
again into Egypt, 

40 Saying unto Aaron, Make us 
gods to go before us ; for as for 
this Moses, which brought us out 
of the land of Egypt, we wot not 
what is become of him. 

41 And they made a calf in 
those days, and offered sacrifice 
unto the idol, and rejoiced in the 
works of their own hands. 

42 Then God turned, and gave 
them up to worship the host of 
heaven ; as it is written in the 
book of the prophets, O ye house 
of Israel, have ye offered to me 
sjain beasts and sacrifices by the 



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space of {oxiy years in the wilder- 
ness % 

43 Yea, ye took up the taber- 
nacle of Moloch, and the star of 
your god Remphan, figures which 
ye made to worship them : and I 
■will carry you away beyond Baby- 
lon, 

44 Our fathers had the taber- 
nacle of witness in the wilderness, 
as he had appointed, speaking unto 
Moses, that he should make it 
according to the fasliionthat he had 
seen. 

\ 45 Which also our fathers that 
' came after brought in with Jesus 
into the possession of the Gentiles, 
whom God drave out before the 
face of our fathers, unto the days 
of David; 

- 46 Who found favour before 
God, and desired to find a taber- 
nacle for the God of Jacob. 

47 But Solomon built him an 
house. 

48 Howbeit the most Higii 



dwelleth not in temples made withV 
hands ; as saith the prophet, ^ 

49 Heaven is my throne, and 
earth is my footstool : what house 
will ye build me ? saith the Lord ; 
or what is the place of my rest 1 

50 Hath not my hand made all 
these things ? 

51 Ye stiff-necked and uncir- 
cumcised in heart and ears, ye do 
always resist the Holy Ghost ; as 
your fathers did, so do ye. 

52 Which of the prophets have 
not your fathers persecuted ? and 
they have slain them which shew- 
ed before of the coming of the Just 
One ; of whom ye have been now 
the betrayers and murderers ; 

53 Who have received the law 
by the disposition of angels, and 
have not kept it. 

54 When they heard these 
things, they were cut to the heart, 
and they gnashed on him with 
their teeth. 



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ST. JOHN THE EVANGELIST'S DAY. 
December 27. 

This festival is a feast of very great antiquity, as the primitive fathers 
assure us; and Maximus Tauriensis has a homily upon it, about the year of 
our Lord 400. St. John was a native of Bethsaida in Galilee, son of Zebedee 
and Salome, and by profession a fisherman. After our Saviour's ascension 
he preached in Asia, residing chiefly in Ephesus. Though much persecuted, 
he died a natural death, being an hundred years old. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ECGLESIASTES V. 



KEEP thy foot when thou goest 
to the house of God, and be more 
ready to hear than to give the sa- 
crifice of fools : for they consider 
not that they do evil. 

2 Be not rash v^rith thy mouth, 
and let not thine heart be hasty to 
.utter any thing before God ; for 
God is in heaven, and thou upon 
earth : therefore let thy words be 
few. 

3 For a dream cometh through 
the multitude of business : and a 
fool's voice is knoion by multitude 
of words. 

4 When thou vowest a vow 
unto God defer not to pay it ; for 
he hath no pleasure in fools : pay 
that which thou hast vowed. 

5 Better is it that thou should- 
est not vow, than that thou should- 
est vow and not pay. 

6 Suffer not thy mouth to cause 
thy flesh to sin \ neither say thou 
before the angel, that it vms an 
error : wherefore should God be 
angry , at thy voice, and destroy the 
work of thine hands ? 

1 Fox in the multitude of dreams 



and many words there are also 
divers vanities ; but fear thou 
God. 

8 If thou seest the oppression 
of the poor, and violent perverting 
of judgment and justice in a pro- 
vince, marvel not at the matter : 
for he that is higher than the high- 
est regardeth ; and there he higher 
than they. 

9 Moreover, the profit of the 
earth is for all ; the king himself ^ 
is served by the field. 

10 He that loveth silver shall 
not be satisfied with silver ; nor he 
that loveth abundance with • in- 
crease. This is also vanity. 

11 When goods increase, they 
are increased that eat them : and 
what good is there to the owners 
thereof, saving the beholding of 
them with their eyes ? 

12 The sleep of a labouring 
man is sweet, whether he eat little 
or much : but the abundance of the 
rich will not suffer him to sleep,. 

13 There is a sore evil which 
I have seen under the smiy namely^. 



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riches kept for the owners there- j 18 Behold that which I have 
of to their hurt. | seen ; it is good and comely for 

14 But those riches perish hy [one to eat and to drmk, and to en- v 
evil travail : and he begettethason, ^ joy the good of all his labour that \ 
and there is nothing in his hand. | he taketh under the sun aU the 

15 As he came forth of his i days of his life, which God giveth 
mother's womb, naked shall he ^ him; for it ^s his portion. . 
return to go as he came, and shall ; 1 9 Every man also to whom 
take nothing of his labour, which God hath given riches and wealth, 
he may carry awav in his hand. \ and hath given him power to eat 

16 \nd this also is a sore evil, J thereof, and to take his portion, and 
that in all points as he came, so ! rejoice in his labour ; this is the 
shall he go ; and what profit hath i gift of God. 

he'thathlth laboured forthe wind ? 20 For he shall not much re- 

17 \11 his days also he eateth in member the days of his lite ; be- 
darkness, and he hath much sor- cause God answereth him m the 
row and wrath with his sickness. 1 joy of his heart. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
REVELATIONS I. 

THE Revelation of Jesus t begotten of the dead, and the 
Chrkt which God gave unto him, , Prince cf the kings of the earth 
to shew unto his sLants things lUntohim that lovedus, and washed 
which must shortly come to pass ; us from our sins m his own blood 
Id t sent and stnfied it by his ; 6 And hath -ad^^ ^ing^ 
angel unto his servant John : 1 priests unto God and hi. Jr attier , 
I Who bare record of the word to him be gloiy and dommion for 
of God and of the testimony of ever and ever. Amen. 
? s?s°cS, and of all thmgsW 7 Behold, he -ineth w. h 

clouds; and every e\e stiall see 
3 Blessed 'is he that readeth, him, and they which pierced 
ard they Sat hear the words of him ; and aU kmdreds^f the earth 
tMs pSphecv, and keep those shall wail beca^ise of him. Even 
rhino-s which are written therein : j so, Amen. 

is and which was, and which is : mighty. 

to com! and f^om the seven; 9 I John, who also am your 
Spirits which are before his throne ; : brother, and companion m tribula- 
^^5 Ind from Jesus Christ, u-ho , tion, and in the kingdom and pa^ 
the faithfunVitness, and the first- 1 tience of Jesus Chust, was in tJie 



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isle that is called Patmos, for the 
! word of God, and for the testimony 
I of Jesus Christ. 

10 1 was in the Spirit on the 
Lord's day, and heard behind me 
a great voice, as of a trumpet, 

11 Saying, I am Alpha and 
Omega, the first and the last : and, 
What thou seest, write in a 
book, and send it unto the seven 
churches which are in Asia ; unto 
Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and 
unto Per^amos, and unto Thya- 
tira, and unto Sardis, and unto 
Philadelphia, and unto Laodicea. 

12 And I turned to see the voice 
that spake with me. And, being 
turned, I saw seven golden candle- 
sticks ; 

13 And in the midst of the 
seven candlesticks one like unto 

j the Son of man, clothed with a 
garment down to the foot, and girt 

j about the paps with a golden gir- 
dle. 

14 His head and his hairs ivere 
■white like wool, as white as snow ; 
and his eyes were as a flame of 
fire ; 

15 And his feet like unto fine 



S DAYS. 451 

brass, as if they burned in a fur- 
nace ; and his voice as the sound 
of many waters. 

16 And he had in his right hand 
seven stars ; and out of his mouth 
went a sharp two-edged sword ;. 
and his countenance was as the 
sun shining in his strength. 

17 And when I saw him, I fell 
at his feet as dead. And he laid 
his right hand upon me, saying 
unto me. Fear not ; I am the first 
and the last : 

18 / am he that liveth, and was 
dead f and, behold, I am ahve for 
evermore^ Amen ; and have the 
keys of hell and of death. 

1 9 Write the things which thou 
hast seen, and the things which 
are, and the things which shall be 
hereafter. 

20 The mystery of the seveii 
stars, which thou sawest in my 
right hand, and the seven golden 
candlesticks. The seven star& 
are the angels of the seven 
churches ; and the seven candle* 
sticks which thou sawest are the 
seven churches. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ECCLESIASTES VI. 



THERE is an evil which I 
have seen under the sun, and it 
is common among men : 

2 A man to whom God hath 
given riches, wealth, and honour, 
so that he wanteth nothing for his 
soul of all that he desireth, yet 
God giveth him not power to eat 
t^itereof, but a stranger eateth it i 



this is vanity, and it is an evil 
disease. 

3 If a man beget an hundred 
children, and live many years, so 
that the days of his years be many, 
and his soul be not filled with 
good, and also that he have no^ 
burial ; I say, that an untimely 
birth is better than he : 



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4 For he cometh in with vanity, 
and departeth in darkness, and his 
name shall be covered with dark- 
ness. 

5 Moreover, he hath not seen 
the sun, nor known any thing : 
this hath more rest than the other. 

6 Yea, though he live a thou- 
sand years twice told, yet hath he 
seen no good ; do not all go to one 
place ? 

7 All the labour of man is for 
his mouth, and yet the appetite is 
not filled. 

8 For what hath the wise more 
than the fool ? what hath the poor, 
that knoweth to w^alk before the 
living ? 



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9 Better is the sight of tli^ , 
eyes than the wandering of tha 
desire : this is also vanity and^ i 
vexation of spirit. 

10 That which hath been is 
named already, and it is known 
that it is man : neither may he 
contend with him that is mightier 
than he. 

11 Seemg there be many things 
that increase vanity, what is man 
the better. 

12 For who knoweth what is 
crood for man in this life, all the 
days of his vain life which he 
spendeth as a shadow ? for who 
can tell a man what shall be after 
him under the sun ? 



BECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
REVELATION XXII. 



AND he shewed me a pure river 
of water of life, clear as crystal, 
proceeding out of the throne of 
God and of the Lamb. 

2 In the midst of the street of it, 
and on either side of the river, was 
there the tree of life, which bare 
twelve manner fruits, yield- 
ed her fruit every month : and the 
leaves of the tree icere for the heal- 
ing of the nations. 

3 And there shall be no more 
curse : but the throne of God and 
of the Lamb shall be in it ; and his 
servants shall serve him. 

4 And they shall see his face ; 
and his name shall he in their fore- 
heads. 

5 And there shall be no night 
there ; and they need no candle, 
neither light of the sun ; for the 



Lord God giveth them light : and 
they shall reign for ever and ever. 

6 And he said unto me, These 
sayings are faithful and true i and 
the Lord God of the holy prophets 
sent his angel to shew unto his 
servants the things which must 
shortly be done. ^ 

7 Behold, I come quickly: 
\ blessed is he that keepeth the say- 
I ino-s of the prophecy of this book. 
1 °8 And I John saw these thmgs, 
\ and heard them. And when I had 
' heard and seen, I fell down to wor- 

ship before the feet of the angel 
which shewed me these things. 

9 Then saith he unto me, See 
thou do it not : for I am thy fellow- 
servant, and of thy brethren the 
prophets, and of them which keep 



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the sayings of this book : worship 
God. 

10 And he saith unto me, Seal 
not the sayings of the prophecy of 
this book ; for the time is at hand. 

11 He that is unjust, let him be 
unjust stiU : and he which is filthy, 
let him be filthy still : and he that 
is righteous, let him be righteous 
still : and he that is holy, let him 
be holy still. 

12 And behold, I come quickly: 
and my reward is with me, to give 
every man according as his work 
shall be 

13 I am Alpha and Omega, the 
beginning and the end, the first 
and the last. 

14 Blessed are they that do his 
commandments, that they may have 
right to the tree of life, and may 
enter in through the gates into the 
city. 

15 For without are dogs, and 
sorcerers, and whoremongers, and 
murderers, and idolaters, and who- 
goever loveth and maketh a lie. 

16 1 Jesus have sent mine an- 



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gel to testify unto you these things 
in the churches. I am the root and 
the ofispring of David, and the 
bright and morning star. 

1 7 And the Spirit and the bride 
say, Come. And let him that hear- 
eth say, Come. And let him that 
is athirst come. And whosoever 
will, let him take the water of life 
freely. 

18 For I testify unto every man 
that heareth the words of the pro- 
phecy of this book, If any man 
shall add unto these things, God 
shall add unto him the plagues 
that are written in this book ; 

19 And if any man shall take 
away from the words of the book 
of this prophecy, God shall take 
away his part out of the book of 
life, and out of the holy city, and 
from the things which are written 
in this book, 

20 He which testifieth these 
things saithjSurely I come quickly ; 
Amen. Even so, come Lord Jesus. 

21 The grace of our Lord Jesus 
Christ be with you all. Amen. 



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THE INNOCENT'S DAY. 
December 28. 

Ori-en assares tjs that this festival Avas celebrated by the holy fathers from 
the easiest a-es of Christianity. The scripture does not give us any account 
how m^^^^^^^^ to death bv Herod in Bethlehem; but histo- 

rians assert, that fourteen thousand fell in this bloody massacre, and that 
Judah's streams ran in intant blood. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JEREMIAH XXXI, to v. IR. 



AT the same time, saith the! 7 For thus saith the Lord, Smg 
Lord will I be the God of all the j with gladness for Jacob, and shout 
families of Israel, and they shall among the chief of the nations : 

publish ye, praise ye, and say, U 
Lord, save thy people, the rem- 
nant of Israel. 



be mv people. 

2 Thus saith the Lord, the 
people ivhichicereMt of the sword 
found grace in the wilderness ; 
even Israel, when I went to cause 
him to rest 



8 Behold, I will bring them 
from the north country^ and gather 
them from the coasts of the earth, 



3 The Lord hath appeared of i with them the blind and the 
old unto me, saying, Yea, I have |lame the woman with cMd an^^ 
loved thee with an everlasting j her that travaileth with chi d toge- 
love; therefore with loving kind- 1 ther : a great company shall return 
ness have I drawn thee. | thither It 

4 Again I will build thee, and j 9 They shall come with weep- | 
thou shah be buiU, virgin of Is- ling, and with supphcations will 1 
rael • thou shah again be adorned I lead them : I will cause them_ to 
with'thy tabrets, and shaU go forth i walk by the rivers of waters in a , 
in the dances of them that make I straight way, wherem they shaU f 
j^Q^^y not stumble ; for I am a father to i 

5 'Thou shah yet plant vines Israel, and Ephraim is my first- . 
upon the mountains of Samaria : born. ^ . r 

the planters shall plant, and shall 10 Hear the word of the Lord , 
eat them as common things. i O ye nations and declare tt m the | 

6 For there shall be a day, ^A^^ isles afar off, and say, He that 
the watchmen upon the mount scattered Israel will gather him 
Ephraim shall cry. Arise ye, and , and keep him, as a shepherd doth \ 
let us go up to Zion unto the Lord I his flock. . i q ^ 
Q^^Q^^^ ^ I U FortheLoRDhathredeemed 



f SAINT^ 

' Jacob, and ransomed him from 
I the hand of him that ivas stronger 
i than he. 

i 12 Therefore they shall come 
I and sing in the height of Zion, 
and shall flow together to the 
goodness of the Lord, for wheat, 
and for wine, and for oil, and for 
the young of the flock, and of the 
herd ; and their soul shall be as a 
Watered garden : and they shall 
not sorrow any more at all. 

1 3 Then shall the virgin rejoice 
in the dance, both young men and 
old together : for I will turn their 
mourning into joy, and will comfort 
them, and make them rejoice from 
their sorrow. 

14 And I will satiate the soul 



I of the priests with fatness, and 
my people shall be satisfied with 
my goodness, saith the Lord. 

15 Thus saith the Lord, A 
voice was heard in Ramah, lamen- 
tation, and bitter weeping ; Rachel 
weeping for her children, refused 
to be comforted for her children, 
because they were not* 

16 Thus saith the Lord, re- 
frain thy voice from weeping, and 
thine eyes from tears : for thy 
work shall be rewarded, saith the 
Lord ; and they shall come again 
from the land of the enemy. 

17 And there is hope in thine 
end, saith the Lord, that thy chiV 
dren shall come again to their own 
border. 



SECONB LESSON FOR MORNING* 
ACTS XXVII. to V. 21. 



AND when it was determined 
that we should sail into Italy, they 
delivered Paul and certain other 
prisoners, unto one named Julius, 
a centurion of Augutus's band. 

2 And, entering into a ship of 
Adramyttiura, we launched, mean- 
ing to sail by the coasts of Asia ; 
one Aristarchus, a Macedonian of 
Thessalonica, being with us. 

3 And the next day we touch- 
ed at Sidon. And Julius courteous- 
ly entreated Paul, and gave him 
liberty to go unto his friends to re- 
fresh himself. 

4 And when we had launched 
from thence, we sailed under Cy- 
prus, because the winds were con- 
trary. 

5 And when we had sailedover 



the sea of Cilicia and Pamphylia, 
we came to Myra, a city of Ly- 
cia. 

6 And there the centurion found 
a ship of Alexandria sailing into 
Italy ; and he put us therein* 

7 And when we had sailed slow- 
ly many days, and scarce were 
come over against Cnidus, the 
wind not suffering us, we sailed 
under Crete, over against Sal- 
mone ; 

8 And, hardly passing it, came 
unto a place which is called the 
Fair Havens : nigh whereunto 
was the city of Lasea. 

9 Now, when much time was 
spent, and when sailing was 
now dangerous, because already 
past, Paul admonished them. 



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10 And said unto them, Sirs, I j 
perceive that this voyage will be | 
with hurt and much damage, not 
only of the lading and ship, buc 
also of our lives. 

11 Nevertheless the centurion 
believed the master and the owner 
of the ship m.ore than those things 
which were spoken by Paul. 

12 And because the haven was 
not commodious to winter in, the 
more part advised to depart thence 
also, if by any means might attam 
to Phenice a7id there to winter : 
which is an haven of Crete, and 
lieth toward the south-west and 
north-west. 

13 And when the south wmd 
blew softly, supposing that they 
had obtained Meir purpose, loosmg 
thence, they sailed close by Crete. 

14 But " not long after there 
arose against it a tempestuous 
wind, called Euroclydon. 



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15 And when the ship was 
caught, and could not bear up intov , 
the wind, we let Aer drive. ^ V 

16 And running under a certain > 
island which is called Clauda, we 
had much work to come by the 
boat: 

1 7 Which when they had taken 
up, they used helps, undergirding 
the ship : and, fearing lest they 
should fall into the quicksands^ 
strake sail, and so were driven. 

18 And we being exceedingly 
tossed with a tempest, the next 
day they hghtened the ship : 

19 And the third dai/ we cast 
out with our own hands the tack- 
ling of the ship. 

20 And when neither sun nor 
stars in many days appeared, and 
no small tempest on us, all hope 
that we should be saved was then 
taken away. 



fiRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
WISDOM I. 



LOYE righteousness, ye that are | 
judges of the earth: think of the | 
Lord with a good (heart,) and mi 
simplicity of heark seek him. | 

2 For he will be found of them \ 
that tempt him not ; and sheweth | 
himself unto such as do not dis-^ 

trust him. 

3 For froward thoughts separate 

from God : and his power, when it 
is tried, reproveth the unwise. 

4 For into a mahcious soul wis- 
dom shall not enter ; nor dwell in 
the body that is subject unto sm. 

5 For the holy spirit of dis- 



cipline will dee deceit, and remove 
from thoughts that ate without un^ 
derstanding, and will not abide 
when unrighteousness cometh in* 
6 For wisdom is a loving spirit; 
and will not acquit a blasphemer 
of his words : for God is witness of 
I his reins, and a true beholder of 
his heart, and a hearer of his 
i tongue. 

1 7 For the spirit of the Lord 
! mieth the world : and that which. 
; containeth all things, hath know- 
! ledge of the voice. 
I 8 Therefore he that speaketu 



4' 



unrighteous things cannot be hid : 
neither shall vengeance, when it 
punisheth, pass by him. 

9 For inquisition shall be made 
into the counsels of the ungodly : 
and the sound of his words shall 
come unto the Lord for the mani- 
festation of his wicked deeds, 

10 For the ear of jealousy he ar- 
eth all things : and the noise of 
mufmufings is not hid. 

11 Therefore beware of mur- 
muring, which is unprofitable ; and 
refrain your tongue from back- 
biting: for there is no word sO 
secret, that shall go for nought : 
arid the mouth that belieth, slay- 
eth the soul. 

12 Seek not death in the error 
ef your life : and pull not upon 



yourselves destruction with the 
works of your hands. 

13 For God made not death: 
neither hath he pleasure in the 
destruction of the livin^e 

14 For he created all thirigSj 
that they might have their being : 
and the generations of the world 
were healthful ; and there is no 
poison of destruction in them, nor 
the kingdom of death upon the 
earth : 

15 (For righteousness is im-> 
mortal :) 

16 But ungodly men with their 
works and words called it to them: 
for when they thought to have it 
their friend, they consumed to 
nought, and made a covenant with 
it, because they are worthy to 

I take part with hi 



SECOND Lesson for evening. 



I JOHN V. 



WHOSOEVER believeth that 
Jesus is the Christis born of God : 
and every one that loveth him that 
begat, loveth him also that is be- 
gotten of him. 

2 By this we know that we 
love the children of God, when 
we love God, and keep his com- 
mandments. 

3 For this is the love of God, that 
we keep his commandments : and 
liiscommandments are not grievous. 

4 For whatsoever is born of God 
overcometh the world, and this is 
the victory that overcometh the 
world, even our faith. 

5 Who is he that overcometh 
the world, but he that believeth 
that Jesus is the Son of God ? 



6 This is he that came by wa- 
ter and blood, even Jesus Christ ; 
not by water only, but by water 
and blood. And it is the Spirit 
that beareth witness, because the 
Spirit is truth. 

7 For there are three that bear 
record in heaven, the Father, the 
Word, and the Holy Ghost ; and 
these three are one. 

8 And there are three that bear 
witness in earth, the spirit, and 
the water, and the blood : and 
these three agree in one. 

9 If we receive the witness of 
men, the witness of God is great- 
er ; for this is the witness of God 
which he hath testified of his Son. 

10 He that believeth on the 

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Son of God hath the witness in 
himself; he that believeth not God 
hath made him a liar ; because he 
believeth not the record that God 
gave of his Son. 

11 And this is the record, that 
God hath given to us eternal life ; 
B,nd this life is in his Son. 

12 He that hath the Son hath 
life ; and he that hath not the Son 
of God hath not life. 

13 These things have I written 
unto you that beUeve on the name 
of the Son of God, that ye may 
'know that, ye have eternal life, and 
that ye may believe on the name 
of the Son of God. 

14 And this is the confidence 
that we have in him, that, if we ask 
any thing according to his will, he 
heareth us : , n 

15 And if we know that lie 
hear us, whatsoever w^e ask, we 
know that we have the petitions 
that we desired of him. 



16 If any man see his brother 
sin a sin ichich is not unto death, 
he shall ask, and he shall give life 
for them that sin not unto death. 
There is a sin unto death : I do 
not say that he shall pray; for it. 

17 All unrighteousness is sin : 
and there is a sin not unto death. 

18 We know that whosoever is 
born of God sinneth not ; but he 
that is begotten of God keepeth 
himself, and that wicked one 
toucheth him not. 

19 And we know that we are 
of God, and the whole world lieth 
in wickedness. 

20 And we know that the Son 
of God is come, and hath-given us 
an understanding, that we may 
know him that is true ; and w« 
are in him that is true, even in his 
Son Jesus Christ. This is the 
true God, and eternal life. 

21 Little children, keep your- 
selves from idols. Amen. 



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THE CONVERSION OF ST. PAUL. 

January 35. 

St. Paul was a native of Tarsus in Silicia, a Pharisee by profession, and a 
Roman citizen by privilege. He was a pupil of the great Gamaliel, and be- 
came remarkable for his learning and eloquence. At first he was a perse- 
CQlor of the church, but being miraculously converted to Christianity, A.D.37, 
he became a zealous and faithful disciple of Jesus Christ. He preached the 
gospel at Jerusalem ; and from Jerusalem through Arabia, Asia, Greecej 
round about to Illyricum, to Rome, and even to the bounds of what was then 
called the western world. He was beheaded at the command of Nero, in that 
general persecution under his reign, raised against the Christians on pretence 
that they fired Rome. The place where he suffered martyrdom was called 
the Salvian Waters, about three miles from the city. His -death happened 
in A. D. 66., and in the sixty-eighth year of liis age. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
WISDOM V, 



THEN shall the righteous man 
stand in great boldness before the 
face of such as have afflicted him, 
and made no account of his la- 
bours. 

2 When they see it, they shall 
be troubled with terrible fear, and 
shall be amazed at the strangeness 
of his salvation, so far beyond all 
that they looked for. 

3 And they repenting and groan- 
ing for anguish of spirit shall say 
within themselves, This was he, 
whom we had sometimes in deri- 
sion, and a proverb of reproach : 

4 We fools accounted his life 
madness, and his end to be without 
honour : . 

5. How is he numbered among 
the children of God, and his lot is 
among the saints ! 

6. ThQrefpi:e have we ei:red from 
the way of truth, and tha light of 



righteousness hath not shined 
unto us, and the sun of righteous- 
ness rose not upon us. 

7 We wearied ourselves in the 
way of wickedness and destruc- 
tion : yea, we have gone through 
deserts, where there lay no way : 
but as for the way of the Lord, we 
have not known it. 

8 What hath pride profited us ? 
or what good hath riches with our 
vaunting brought us ? 

9 All those things are passed 
away like a shadow, and as a post 
that hasteth by ; 

10 And as a ship that passeth 
over the waves of the water, 
which when it is gone by, the 
trace thereof cannot be found, 
neither the pathway of the keel in 
the waves ; 

11 Or as when a bird hath flown 
through the air, there is no tokeii. 



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of her ^vav to be found, but the : for with his right hand shall he . . 
itht air bemg beaten with the i cover them and with his arm shall \ , 
<;trf.ke of her wiD<T3, and parted , he protect them. \ 
Sthe Tiolen ioTs; and motion! U He shall take to him his 
of them ^s passed through, and jealousy for complete armour, and 
lieSr afterLd no s^gn where | ma^the.ejure ^weapon tor 

^^'l-rSr hi;: :Sn'an arrow i^rH^^hall put on nghteous- 
is shot at a mark, it parteth the ness as a breastplate and true 
tir%l Lmediatel^ometh to- jud^ient ^-tea' ^ ^ h^S' for 
gether again, so that a man cannot , 19 He shall take holmess tor 
know where it went through : : an invincible shield. 

13 Even so we in like manner, \ 20 His severe wrath shall be 
as soon as we were born, be.an ; sharpen for a sword, and the world 
to draw To our end, and had^no; shall fight with him agamst the 
si on of virtue to shew: but were! unwise. 

S^lS^ur own wickedness. 21 T^en shall the ngl^^^-g 

14 For the hope of the un^odlv thunderbolts go abroad , and ironi 
is 1 ke du't that is^blown awaf wuh ^ the clouds, as from a well-drawn 

he wind ; Uke a thm froth ihat is , bow, shall they fly to the mark 
Siven^wav with the storm ; like ^ 22 And hailstones full oi wrath 
fs the rJke which is dispersed ^ shall be -st out of a ston^^^^^^^^^^ 
here and there with a tempest, and , and_the water ot f ^^^^^^^^^^ 
passethawavas the remembrance; against them, and the flood, shall 
of a suest that tarrieth but a day. ; cruellv drown them 

U But the ri^.hteous live fori 23 lea, a might. ^^^^^ 
evermore.; their "reward also is ! stand up agamst them, and like a 
^rthe Lord, and the care of storm shall blow them a^^^^^ 
them IS with the Most High. ^ iniquity shall lay waste the whole 

16 Therefore shall they receive ! earth, and ill-dealmg ^^^11^ 
a glorious kingdom, and a beauti- ; throw the thrones of the mightv. 
ful crown from the Lord's hand : i 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ACT§ XXII. 10 V. -22. 



MEN, brethren, and fathers, 
hear ye my defence which I make 
now unto you. 

2 (And' when they heard that 
he spake in the Hebrew tongue to 
them, they kept the more silence : 
and he saith,) 



3 I am verily a man whic-h am 
a Jew, born in' Tarsus, a city in 
CiUcia, yet brought up in this city 
at the feet of Gamahel, a7id taught 
according to the perfect manner of 
the law of the fathers, and wa^ 



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zealous toward God, as ye all are 
this day. 

4 And I persecuted this way 
unto the death, binding and de- 
livering into prisons both men and 
women. 

5 And also the high priest doth 
bear me witness, and all the estate 
of the elders ; from whom also I 
received letters unto the brethren, 
and went to Damascus, to bring 
them, which were there bound 
unto Jerusalem, for to be punished. 

6 And it came to pass, that, as 
I made my journey, and was come 
nigh unto Damascus about noon, 
suddenly there shone from heaven 

I a great light round about me. 
• 7 And I fell unto the ground, 
and heard a voice saying unto me, 
Saul, Saul, why persecutest thou 

I me? 

I 8 And I answered. Who art 
i thou, Lord ? And he said unto me, 

I am Jesus of Nazareth^ whom 

thou persecutest, 

9 And they that were with me 
saw indeed the light, and were 
afraid ; but they heard not the 
voice of him that spake to me, 

10 And I said. What shall I do, 
I Lord? And the Lord said unto 

me. Arise, and go into Damascus, 
i and there it shall be told thee of 
all things which are appointed for 
thee to do. 

11 And when I could not see 
for the glory of that light, being 
led by the hand of them that were 
with me, I came into Damascus. 

I 12 And one Ananias, a devout 



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man according to the law, having 
a good report of all the Jews which 
dwelt there, 

13 Came unto me, and stood, 
and said unto me, Brother Saul, 
receive thy sight. And the same 
hour I looked up upon him. 

14 And he said, The God of 
our fathers hath chosen thee, that 
thou shouldest know hi& will, and 
see that Just One, and shouldest 
hear the voice of his mouth. 

1 5 For thou shalt be his witness 
unto all men of what thou hast 
seen and heard. 

16 And now why tarriest thou t 
arise, and be baptized, and wash 
away thy sins, calling on the name 
of the Lord. 

17 And it came to pass, that 
when I was come again to Jeru- 
salem, even while I prayed in the 
temple, I was in a trance ; 

18 And saw him saying unta 
me. Make haste, and get thee 
quickly out of Jerusalem : for they 
will not receive thy testimony con- 
cerning me. 

1 9 And I said, Lord they know 
that I imprisoned and beat in 
every synagogue them that be- 
lieved on thee : 

20 And when the blood of thy 
martyr Stephen was shed, I also 
was standing by, and coiisenting 
unto his death, and kept the rai- 
ment of them that slew him, 

2 1 And he said unto me D^^ 
part : for I will send thee far hence 
unto the Gentiles^. 



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V 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 

WISDOM yi. 

and understand; learn )e max preventetli them that 

p„! and Wi..l>e muM.ua. of , --YhtJ'^eKe.h he, early 

nations. , . ^p'ol-ioll h^xe no crreat travail: for 

sels. . . ^ , ^-r^-c-hrwn watcheth for lier shall 

STdgr:, in b-e .0 .hen. th" *»"f£' begmmng 

in high places. | . ^ ^ggi^e of discipline : 

6 For mercy >vill P^'^^^'^ i thi care of discipline is love, 
the meanest: but mighty "^^^ | ^"^f^^J^J.^-e is the keeping of 
shall be mighti y tormented U J^^.^ . ^j^a the giving heed 

7 For he which is Lord ^"^^ l^^^^, ,s the assurance of 
all shall fear no man's person, nei- ;nnto iier la^vb 

Ser shall he stand in a.ve of -y ; ---\PXncorruption makethus 
ir.^^n's greatness ; for lie hath made ; 19 Ana mcui p 
Te small and 'great, and careth;near^un^o God,^ ^^^^^^ 

\%T:sore trial shaU come | dom brmgeth to a kh^^^^ 

do I speak, that ye may learn wis- 1 *t P^^f^' fo, evermore, 
dom, and not fall away : Jr^^ for wisdom, what she 

10 For they that keep holiness . 22^^^°^^^ ^,,^e up, I will teli 

holily, shall be judged l^^^y .^'^^ i '^^f ^ot hide mysteries from 
they'that have learned such thmgs ; ) ou, and no ^^^^ ^^^^ 

shall find what to answer. i nativity, and bring 

11 Wherefore set your f i ^^^S^^te of her into light,, 
tion upon my words : desire them,.j the kno«^e ^^^^ 

and ye shall be instructed.. i ^-^^ ^^^^^i^.P .^ill I go with con. 

12 Wisdom IS glo"O^V^"^l envy- for such a maa 
nevci fadeth away : yea, she islsuming emj 



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shall have no fellowship with wis- 
dom. 

24 But the multitude of the wise 
is the welfare of the world : and 



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a wise king is the upholding of the 
people. 

25 Receive therefore instruc- 
tion through my words, and it shall 
do you good. 



S^^ECOND LESSON FOR EVENING* 
ACTS XXYL to V. 24. 



THEN Agrippa said unto Paul, 
Thou art permitted to speak for 
thyself. Then Paul stretched 
forth the hand, and answered for 
himself : 

2 I think myself happy, king 
Agrippa, because I shall answer 
for myself this day before thee 
touching all the things whereof I 
am accused of the Jews : 

3. Especially because I know 
thee to be expert in all customs 
and questions which are among 
the Jews ; wherefore I beseech 
thee to hear me patiently. 

4 My manner of life from my 
youth, which was at the first 
among mine own nation at Jeru- 
salem, know all the Jews ; 

5 Which knew me from the 
beginning, (if they would testify,) 
that after the most straitest sect of 
our religion, I lived a Pharisee. 

6 And now I stand and am 
judged for the hope of the promise 
made of God unto our fathers : 

7 Unto which promise our 
twelve tribes, instantly serving 
God day and night, hope to come : 
for which hope's sake. King Agrip- 
pa, I am accused of the Jews. 

8 Why should it be thought a 
thing incredible with you, that 
God should raise the dead? 



9 I verily thought with my- 
self, that I ought to do many 
things contrary to the name of Je- 
sus of Nazareth. 

10 Which thing I also did in 
Jerusalem: and many of the saints 
did I shut up in prison, having re- 
ceived authority from the chief 
priests; and when they were put 
to death, I gave my voice against 
tkem. 

1 1 And I punished them oft in 
every synagogue, and compelled 
them to blaspheme : and being ex- 
ceedingly mad against them, I 
persecuted them even unto strange 
cities. 

12 Whereupon as I went to 
Damascus with authority and com- 
mission from the chief priests, 

13 At mid-day, O king, I saw 
in the way a light from heaven, 
above the brightness of the sun, 
shining round about me, and them 
which journeyed with me. 

14 And when we were all fallen 
to the earth, I heard a voice 
speaking unto me, and saying, im 
the Hebrew tongue, Saul, Saul,, 
why persecutest thou me 1 It is 
hard for thee to kick against the 
pricks. 

15 And I said, Who art thou^. 



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SAINTS DAYS. 



Lord! And he said, I am Jesus, 
whom thou persecutes!. 

16 But rise, and stand upon 
thy feet ; for I have appeared unto 
thiee for this purpose, to make thee^ 
a minister and a witness both of 
these things which thouhast seen, 
and of those things in the which 
I will appear unto thee ; 

17 Delivering thee from the 
people, ^n^from the Gentiles, un- 
to whom now I send thee, 

18 To open their eyes, and to 
turn them from darkness to light, 
and from the power of Satan unto 
God, that they may receive for- 
giveness of sins, and inheritance 
among them which are sanctified 
by faith that is in me. 

19 Whereupon, king Agrip- 
pa, I was not disobedient unto the 
heavenly vision : 



20 But shewed first unto them 
of Damascus, and at Jerusalem, 
and throughout all the coasts of 
Judea, and then to the Gentiles, 
that thev should repent and turn 
to God.'and do works meet for re- 
pentance. 

21 For these causes the Jews 
caught me in the temple, and went 
about to kill 7ne. ^ 

22 Having therefore obtamed 
help of God, I continue unto this 
day, witnessing both to small and 
ore at, saving none other things 
than those which the prophets and 
Moses did say should come ; 

23 That Christ should suifer, 
and that he should be the first that 
should rise from the dead, and 
should shew light unto the people, 
and to the Gentiles. 



saint's days. 



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THE PURIFICATION OF THE VIRGIN MARY. 

February 2. A, D. 1. 

The presentation of Christ in the temple, commonly called, The purifi- 
cation of St. Mary the Virgin is a festival of very great antiquitv in the 
christian church, and is mentioned hy Methodius, bishop of Tyre, in his 
Homily upon it, in the third century. Purification was a Jewish ceremony, 
-ordained in the law of Moses, by which all their women were obliged to se- 
parate themselves from the public congregation forty days after the birth of 
a male child, and eighty after the birth of a female ; and when that time was 
expired, they were to go to the temple and offer a lamb, with a young pigeou 
or turtle ; or, if they were poor, two pigeons or two turtles. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
WISDOM IX. 



O GOD of my fathers, and hoxd 
of mercy, who hast made all things 
with thy word, 

2 And ordained man through 
thy wisdom, that he should have 
dominion over the creatures which 
thou hast made, 

3 And order the world accord- 
ing to equity and righteousness, 
and execute judgment with an up- 
right heart : 

4 Give me wisdom, that sitteth 
by thy throne ; and reject me not 
from among thy children : 

5 For I thy servant, and son of 
thine handmaid, am a feeble person, 
and of a short time, and too young 
for the understanding of judgment 
and laws. 

6 For though a man be never so 
perfect among the children of men, 
yet if thy wisdom be not with him, 
he shall be nothing regarded. 

7 Thou hast chosen me to be a 
king of thy people, and a judge of 
thy sons ^nd daughters ; 



8 Thou hast commanded me to 
build a temple upon thy holy mount, 
and an altar in the city wherein 
thou dwellest, a resemblance of 
the holy tabernacle, which tho\i 
hast prepared from the beginning. 

9 And wisdom was with thee : 
which knoweth thy works, and 
was present when thou madest the 
world, and knew what ^Yas accept- 
able in thy sight, and right in thy 
commandments. 

10 O send her out of thy holy 
heavens, and from the throne of thy 
glory, that being present she may 
labour with me, that I may know 
what is pleasing unto thee. 

1 1 For she knoweth and under- 
standeth all things, and she shall 
lead me soberly in my doings, and 
preserve me in her power. 

12 So shall my works be accept- 
able, and then shall I judge thy 
people righteously, and be worthy 
to sit in my father's seat. 

13 For what man is he that car\ 



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know the counsel of God \ or who ' 
can think what the wiU of the 
Lord is ? 

14 For the thoughts of mortal 
men are miserable, and our devices 
are but uncertain. 

15 For the corruptible body 
presseth down the soul, and the 
earthlv tabernacle weigheth do\^'n 
the mind that museth upon many 
thincrs. 

16 And hardly do we guess 
aright at things that are upon earth, 



and with labour do we find ther- 
things that are before us : but the 
things that are in heaven who hath 
searched out ? 

17 And thy counsel who hath 
known, except thou give wisdom, ■\ 
and send thy Holy Spirit from 
above • 

18 For so the ways of them 
which lived on the earth were re- 
formed, and men were taught the 
things that are pleasing unto thee, 

; and were saved through wisdom. 



SECOND LESSON FOR CORNING. 
MATTHEW XXI. to v. 23. 



AND when they drew nigh 
unto Jerusalem, and were come to 
Bethpha^e, unto the mount of 
Olives, then Jesus sent two dis- 
ciples, 

2 Saving unto them, uo mto 
the villase^over against you. and 
^traio-htwav ve shall &id an ass 
tied.^and a colt with her ; loose 
thfin. and brmg them unto me. 

3 And if anv moji say ought, 
unto vou, ve shall say, The Lord 
hath need of them; and straight-^ 
wav he will send them. 

4 All this was done, that it 
mi^ht be fultilled which was spo- 
ken bv the prophet, saying, _ 

5 Tell ve the daughter of Sion, 
Behold, thv King cometh unto 
thee.meek, and shting upon an ass, 
and colt, the foal of an ass. 

6 And the disciples went, and 
did as Jesus commanded them, 

7 And brought the ass and the 
coh, andput on them their clothes, 
and'thev set him thereon. 

8 And a" very great multitude 



spread their sannents in the way : 
others cut down branches from the 
trees, and strewed them in tha 



wav. 

9 And the muhitudes, that went 
before and that followed, cried,^ 
^avmcT. Hosanna to the son of 
Da^id : Blessed is he that cometh 
in the name of the Lord ; Hosanna 
in the highest. 

10 An^d when he was come into. 
Jerusalem, all the city was moved, 
savinor, Who is this? - 

'l 1 And the muhitude said. This 
is Jesus the prophet of Nazareth 
of Galilee. 

12 And Jesus went into the 
temple of God. and cast out all 
them that sold and bought m the 
temple, and overthrew the tables ot 
the money-changers, and the seats 
of them that sold doves. _ 

13 \nd said unto them. It is 
written, Mv house shall be called 
the house of prayer : but ye have 
imade it a den of thieves. 
I 14 And the blind and the lame 



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<tm\e to him in the temple ; and 
he healed them. 

15 And when the chief priests 
and scribes saw the wonderful 
things that he did, and the children 
crying in the temple, and saying, 
Hosanna to the son of David : they 
were sore displeased, 

16 And said unto him, Hearest 
thou what these say ? And Jesus 
saith unto them, Yea ; have ye 
never read, Out of the mouth of 
babes and sucklings thou hast per- 
fected praise ? 

17 And he left them, and went 
out of the city into Bethany ; and 
he lodged there. 

18 Now in the morning, as he 
returned into the city, he hunger- 
•^ed. 

19 And when he saw a fig-tree 



in the way, he came to it, and 
found nothing thereon, but leaves 
only, and said unto it, Let no fruit 
grow on thee henceforward for 
ever. And presently the fig-tree 
withered away. 

20 And when the disciples saw 
it, they marvelled saying, How 
soon is the fig-tree withered away. 

21 Jesus answered and said 
unto them, Verily I say unto you, 
If ye have faith, and doubt not ye 
shall not only do this which is done 
to the fig-tree, but also, if ye shall 
say unto this mountain, Be thou 
removed, and be thou cast into the 
sea ; it shall be done. 

22 And all things, whatsoever 
ye shall ask in prayer, belie ving^ 
ye shall receive. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVE^NrNO. 
WISDOM XII. 



FOR thine incorruptible Spirit 
is in all things. 

2 Therefore chasteneth thou 
them by little and little that offend, 
and warnest them by putting them 
in remembrance wherein they 
have offended, that leaving their 
wickedness they may believe on 
thee, O Lord. 

3 For it was thy will to destroy 
by the hands of our fathers both 

I those old -inhabitants of thy holy 
i land, 

I 4 Whom thou hatedst for doing 
j most odious works of witchcrafts, 
! and wicked sacrifices ; 
I 5 And also those merciless 
murderers of children, and de- 



vourers of man's flesh, and the 
feasts of blood, 

6 With their priests out of the 
midst of their idolatrous crew, and 
the parents that killed with their 
own hands souls destitute of help: 

7 That the land, which thou 
esteemedst above all other, might 
receive a worthy colony of God's 
children. 

8 Nevertheless, even those thou 
sparedst as men, and didst send 
wasps, forerunners of thine host, 
to destroy them by little and little. 

9 Not that thou wast unable to 
bring the ungodly under the hand 
of the righteous in battle, or to de- 



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strov them at once with cruel i power, judgest with equity, ani^ 
beasts or with one rough word : orderest us with great favour : for V, 
10 BuLxecutingthj^judgmeras thou mayest use power when thou \\ 

jmnn them bv little and little, thou wilt. , i. . .-u . i 

Sest them place of repentance, 19 But by such works hast thoul 
Sbein.i^orantthat thev were ! taught thy people that the jus I i 
a nauSuv generation, and that j man should be merciful, and hast \ 
'hdr m\lu.e l^s bred m them, and made thy children to be of a good ^ 
that their cogitation would never | hope Aat thou givest repentance^ 

^"itpor'^it was a cursed seed 1 ^^For if thou didst punish the 
fro n tfe be inn n4 neither didst enemies of thy children, and the 
Su or fea? ofanv man give them condemned to death, with such 
nardon for those 'things wherein deliberation, giving them time and 
pardon tor tnose tni , ^ whereby they might be de- 

?2 ''foT who shall say, What I livered from their malice : 
ha t thou done ? or who shall with- 21 With how great circumspec- 
stand thy udgment^ or who shall tion didst thou judge thine o.n 



rccu^setkeforthe" nations that per- sons, unto whose fathers thou hast 
ish whom thou hast made? or sworn, and n.ade covenants of 
.vho shall come to stand ajain^t I ^ ^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ 

* s mer"^ doi chLtenus,thouscourgestour 

^' porSer is there any God enemies a thousand times more, 
bu^thou th ca eJh for il, to to the -tent that, when we judge 
S am Thou mightest shew that we should carefully thank of thy 
whom tnou migmeM o-oodness and when we ourselves 

thy udsment IS not unright. , gooaness, d.iiu , fof 

14 Neither shall king or ty-iare judged, we should look tor 
rant be able to set his face against "^e^^" ^.^^.^ ^^.^ereas men 

thee for any of whom thou hast j.;^,h«:fXu;,i, unright. 
^Ts ?orsomuch then as thou art jeously, thou iiast^ tormented them 
ri.h eoii Avself, thou orderest all \ with their ^^o^a^^^^^^^ 

J.J.atlf not deserved hem^rgods,^^^^ 

6 ^;;t?power is the begm-| despised, being decerved, as chil- 
in^ of righteousness, and because dren of no understanding. 
;r%eLordof;ilitm^^^^^^ 

%Vo: fhr merwilf not be- it u didst send a judgment to 
Ueve that thou art of a Ml power mock them 

thou shewest thy strength, and 2b ^^{'X 'ectiori where- 
among them that know it t^iou if-^jig/SH^^^^^^^^ 
makest their boldness manifest. m ne ttauiea > , 
18 Bm thou, mastering thy a judgment worth> ot Uoa. 



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27 For, look, for what things 
fchey grudged, when they were 
punished, that is, for them whom 
they thought to be gods ; [now] 
being punished in them, When 



they saw it, they acknowledged 
him to be the true God, whom be- 
fore they denied to know ; and 
therefore came extreme damnation 
upon them» 



SECONt) LESSON P6R EVENING. 
I CORINTHIANS Xlt. 



FOLLOW after charity, and 
desire spiritual gifts^ but rather 
that y^e i^nay prophesy. 

2 For he that speaketh, in an 
unknown tongue, speaketh not unto 
men, but unto God : for no man 
BnderstandethAm ; howbeit in the 
spirit he speaketh mysteries. 

3 But he that prophesieth 
speaketh unto men to edification, 
and exhortation, arid comfort. 

4 He that speaketh in an un- 
Imown tongue edifieth himself ; but 
he that prophesieth edifieth the 
church. 

6 I would that ye all spake with 
tongues, but rather that ye prophe- 
sied: for greater i5 he that prophe- 
sieth than he that speaketh with 
tongues, except he interpret, that 
the church may receive edifying 

6 Now, brethren, if I come un- 
to you speaking with tongues, what 
shall I profit you, except I shall 
speak to you either by revelation, 
or by knowledge, or by prophe- 
sying, or by doctrine ; 

7 And even things without life 
giving sound, whether pipe or 
harp, except they give a distinc- 
tion in the sounds, how shall it 
be known what is piped or harped ? 

8 For if the trumpet give an 



uncertain sound, who shall pre- 
pare himself to the battle ? 

9 So likewise ye, except ye 
utter by the tongue words easy to 
be understood, how shall it be 
known what is spoken? for ye 
shall speak into the air. 

10 There are, it liiay be, so 
many kinds of voices in the worlds 
and none of them is without signi- 
fication. 

1 1 Therefore if I know not the 
meaning of the voice, I shall be 
unto him that speaketh a barbarian, 
and he that speaketh shall be a 
barbarian unto me. 

12 Even so ye, forasmuch as 
ye are zealous of spiritual gifts, 
seek that ye may excel to the 
edifying of the church. 

13 Wherefore let him that 
speaketh in an unknown tongue, 
pray that he may interpret. 

14 For if I pray in Knunknoivn 
tongue j my spirit prayeth, but my 
understanding is unfruitful. 

15 What is it then ? I will pray 
with the spirit, and I will pray 
with the understanding also ; I 
will sing with the spirit, and I 
will sing with the understanding 
also. 

16 Else, when thou shalt bless 

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with the spirit, how shall he that 
occupieth the room of the unlearned 
say Amen at thy giving of thanks, 
seeing he understandeth not w^hat 
thou s aye St ? 

1 7 For thou verily givest thanks 
well, but the other is not edified. 

18 I thank my God, I speak 
with tongues more than ye all : 

19 Yet in the church I had 
rather speak five words with my 
understanding, that hy my voice I 
might teach others also, than ten 
thousand words in an uiihioicyi 
tongue. 

20 Brethren, be not children in 
understanding ; howbeit in malice 
be ye children, but in understand- 
ing be men. 

21 In the law it is written, 
With men of other tongues and 
other lips will I speak unto this 
people ; and yet for all that will 
they not hear me, saith the Lord. 

22 Wherefore tongues are for 
a sign, not to them that believe, 
but to them that believe not : but 
prophesying serveth not for them 
that believe not, but for them 
which believe. 

3 1 If therefore the whole church 
be come together into one place, 
and all speak with tongues, and 
there come in tJiose that are un- 
learned, or unbelievers, will they 
not say that ye are mad ? 

24 But if all prophesy, and 
there come in one that believeth 
not, or 07ie unlearned, he is con- 
vinced of all, he is judged of all ; 

25 And thus are the secrets of 
his heart mxade manifest ; and so, 
falling down on his face, he will 
worship God, and report that God 
is in you of a truth. 

26 How is it then, brethren? 
when ye come together, everyone 
of you hath a psalm, hath a doc- 



trine, hath a tongue, hath areveia* V 
tion, hath an interpretation. Let \j 



all things be done unto edifying. 

27 If any man speak in an un- 
knoivn tongue, let it he by two, or 
at the most hy three, and that by 
course ; and let one interpret. 

28 But if there be no inter- ^ 
preter, let him keep silence in the 
church : and let him speak to him- 
self, and to God, 

29 Let the prophets speak two 
or three^ and let the other judge. 

30 If any thing be revealed to 
another that sitteth by, let the 
first hold his peace. 

31 For ye may all prophesy 
one by one, that all may learn, 
and all may be comforted, 

32 And the spirits of the pro- 
phets are subject to the prophets, 

33 For God is not the author 
of confusion, but of peace, as in 
all churches of the saints. 

34 Letyour women keep silence 
in the churches : for it is not per- 
mitted unto them to speak; but 
they are commanded to be under 
obedience, as also saith the law. 

35 And if they will learn any 
thing, let them ask their husbands 
at home ; for it is a shame for wo- 
men to speak in the church. 

36 Whatl came the word of 
God out from you ? or came it unto 
you only? 

37 If any man thipk himself to 
be a prophet, or spiritual, let him 
acknowledge that the things that I 
w^rite unto you are the command- 
ments of the Lord. 

38 But if any man be ignorant, 
let him be ignorant. 

39 Wherefore, brethren, covet 
to prophesy, and forbid not to speak 
with tongues. 

40 Let all things be done de- 
cently, and in order. 



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ST. MATTHIAS' DAY. 



February 24. 

St Matthias^ an apostle of Jesus Christ, was chosen into that office to supply 
the vacancy made by the treachery of Judas Iscariot ; and was probably one 
of the seventy disciples. He continued at Jerusalem, till the powers of the 
Holy Ghost were conferred on the Apostles, to enable them to discharge their 
difficult employment; and then he is thought to have preached in Judea for 
some time with great success, and afterwards travelling eastwards, he fixed 
his residence near the irruption of the river Apsarus, and the portof Hypsus 
m Colchis. Among these barbarous people he obtained the crown of mar- 
tyrdom, A. D. 66. , but by what death is not certainly known. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
WISDOM XIX. 



AS for the ungodly, wrath came 
upon them without mercy unto the 
end : for he knew before what they 
would do ; 

2 How that having given them 
leave to depart, and sent them 
hastily away, they would repent, 
and pursue them. 

3 For whilst they were yet 
mourning and making h^mentation 
at the graves of the dead, they 
added another foolish device, and 
pursued them as fugitives, whom 
they had entreated to be gone. 

4 For the destiny, whereof they 
were worthy, drew them unto this 
end, and made them forget the 
things that had already happened, 
that they might fulfil the punish- 
ment which was wanting to their 
torments : 

5 And that thy people might 
pass a wonderful way : but they 
might tind a strange death. 

6 For the whole creature in his 
proper kind was fashioned again 



anew, serving the peculiar com- 
mandments that were given unto 
them, that thy children might be 
kept without hurt : 

7 As namely, a cloud shadow- 
ing the camp ; id where water 
stood before, dry land appeared j 
and out of the Red Sea a way 
without impediment ; and out of 
the violent stream a green field ; 

8 Wherethrough all the people 
went that were defended with thy 
hand, seeing thy marvellous strange 
wonders. 

9 For they went at large like 
horses, and leaped like lambs, 
praising thee, O Lord, who hadst 
delivered them. 

10 For they were yet mindful 
of the things that were done while 
they sojourned in the strange landj 
how the ground brought forth flies 
instead of cattle, and how the river 
cast up a multitude of frogs instead 
of fishes. 

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new generation of fowls, when be- 
ing led with their appetite, they 
asked delicate meats, 

12 For quails came up unto 
them from the sea, for their con- 
tentment. 

1 3 And punishments came upon 
the sinners, not without former 
signs by the force of thunders ; 
for they suffered justly according 
their own wickedness, insomuch as 
they used a more hard and hateful 
behaviour towards strangers. 

14 For the Sodomites did not 
receive those, whom they knew 
not when they came ; but these 
brought friends into bondage, that 
had well deserved of them. 

15 And not only so but perad- 
venture some respect shall be had 
of those because they used stran- 
gers not friendly i; 

16 But these grievously afflic- 
ted them, whom they had received 
with feastings, and were already 
made partakers of the same laws 
with them. 

17 Therefore even with blind- 
ness were these, stricken, as those 
w^ere at the doors of the righteous 
man: when, heing cQmpa,ss.ed 



about with horrible great darkness ^\ 
every one sought the passage of ^ 
his own doors. 

18 For the elements were 
changed in themselves by a kind 
of harmony, like as, in a psaltery, 
notes change the name of the tune, 
and yet are always sounds : which 
may well be perceived by the 
sight of the things that have bee?! 
done. 

1 9 For earthy things were turn- 
ed into watery, and the things that 
before swam in the water now 
went upon the ground. 

20 The fire had power in the 
water, forgetting his own virtue ; 
and the water forgat his own 
quenching nature. 

21 On the other side, the flames 
wasted not flesh of the corruptable 
living things, though they walked 
therein ; neither melted they tho 
icy kind of heavenly meat, that 
was of nature apt to melt. 

22 For in all things, Lord, 
thou didst magnify thy people, and 
glorify them, neither didst thou 
lightly regard them; but didst 
assist them in every time and 
place. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNINGc 
MARK VIL V. 24, 



24 And from thenge h« arose, 
and went into the borders of Tyre 
and Sidon, and -entered into an 
house, and would have no man 
know it : but he could not be hid. 

25 For a C6ri5tj^w woman, whose 
young daughter had an unclean 



spirit, heard of him, and came and 
fell at his feet ; 

26 (The woman was a Greek, 
a Syrophenician by nation ;) and 
she besought him that he would 
cast forth the devil out of her 
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27 But Jesus said unto her, 
Let the children first be filled : for 
it is not meet to take the children's 
bread, and to cast it unto the dogs. 

28 And she answered and said 
unto him, Yes, Lord: yet the 
dogs under the table eat of the 
children's crumbs. 

29 And he said unto her, For 
this saying go thy way ; the devil 
is gone out of thy daughter. 

30 And when she was come to 
her house, she found the devil 
gone out, and her daughter laid 
upon the bed. 

31 And again, departing fro-m 
the coasts of Tyre and Sidon, he 
came unto the sea of Galilee, 
through the midst of the coasts of 
Decapolis. 

32 And they bring unto him 
one that was deaf, and had an im- 
pediment in his speech ; and they 



beseech him to put his hand upon 
him. 

33 And he took him aside from 
the multitude, and put his fingers 
into his ears, and he spit, and 
touched his tongue ; 

34 And, looking up to heaven, 
he sighed, and saith unto him, 
Ephphatha, that is, Be opened. 

35 And straightway his ears 
were opened, and the string of his 
tongue was loosed, and he spake 
plain. 

36 And he charged them that 
they should tell no man : but the 
more he charged them, so much 
the more a gTeat deal they pub- 
lished it ; 

37 And were beyond measure 
astonished, saying. He hath done 
all things well : he maketh both 
the deaf to hear, and the dumb to 
speak. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ECCLESIASTICUS L 



ALL wisdom cometh from the 
Lord, and is with him for ever, 

2 Who can number the sand of 
the sea, and the drops of rain, and 
the days of eternity 1 

3 Who can find out the height 
of heaven, and the breadth of the 
earth, and the deep, and wisdom ? 

4 Wisdom hath been created 
before all things, and the under- 
standing of prudence from ever- 
lasting. 

5 The word of God Most High 
is the fountain of wisdom ; and 
her ways are everlasting command- 
ments. 

6 Tq whom hath the root, of 



wisdom been revealed? or who 
hath known her wise counsels ? 

7 [Unto whom hath the know- 
ledge of wisdom been made mani- 
fest ? and who hath understood 
her great experience ?] 

8 There is one wise and greatly 
to be feared, the Lord sitting upon 
his throne. 

9 He created her, and saw her, 
and numbered her, and poured her 
out upon all his works. 

10 She is with all flesh accord- 
ing to his gift, and he hath given 
her to them that love him. 

U The fear of the Lord is ho- 

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nour, and gloiy, and gladness, and 
a crown of rejoicing. 

12 The fear of the Lord mak- 
eth a merry heart, and giveth joy, 
and gladness, and a long life. 

13 Whoso feareth the Lord, it 
shall go well with him at the last, 
and he shall find favom* in the day 
of his death. 

14 To fear the Lord is the be- 
ginning of .wisdom : and it was 
created with the faithful in the 
womb. 

15 She hath buiU an everlast- 
ing foundation with men, and she 
shall continue with their seed. 

16 To fear the Lord is fulness 
of wisdom, and fiUeth men with 
her fruits. 

17 She filleth all their house 
with things desirable, and the gar- 
ners with her. increase. 

18 The fear of the Lord is a 
crown of wisdom, making peace 
and perfect heahh to flourish ; both 
w-hich are the gifts of God : and 
it enlargeth their rejoicing that 
love him. 

19 Wisdom raineth down skill 
.and knowledge of understanding, 
and exalteth them to honour that 
hold her fast. 

20 The root of wisdom is to 
fear the Lord, and the branches 
thereof are long life. 

21 The fear of the Lord driveth 



away sins : and where it is pre- 
sent, it turneth away wrath. 

22 A furious man cannot be 
justified ; for the sway of his fury 
shall be his destruction. 

23 A patient man will bear for 
a time, and afterward joy shall 
spring up unto him. 

24 He will hide his words for 
a time, and the lips of many shall 
declare his wisdom. 

25 The parables of knowledge 
are in the treasures of wisdom : 
but godliness is an abomination to 
a sinner. 

26 If thou desire wisdom, keep 
the commandments, and the Lord 
shall give her unto thee. 

27 For the fear of the Lord is 
wisdom and instruction : and faith 
and meekness are his delight. 

28 Distrust not the fear of the 
Lord when thou art poor : and 
come not unto him with a double 

20 Be not an hypocrite in the 
sight of men, and take good heed 
what thou speakest. 

30 Exah not thyself, lest thou 
fall, and bring dishonour upon thy 
soul, and so God discover thy se- 
crets, and cast thee down in the 
midst of the congregation, because 
thou camest not in truth to the 
fear of the Lord, but thy heart is 
full of.deceit. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING.. 



EPHESIANS I. 



PAUL, an apostle of Jesus 
Christ by the will of God, to the 
saints which are at Ephesus, and 
AO the faithful i- Christ Jesus : 



2 Grace he to you, and peace, 
from God our Father, and from^ 
the Lord Jesus Christ. 

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ther of our Lord Jesus Christ, who 
hath blessed us with all spiritual 
blessings in heavenly places in 
Christ, 

4 According as he hath chosen 
us in him before the foundation of 
the world, that we should be holy 
and without blame before him in 
love : 

5 Having predestinated us unto 
the adoption of children by Jesus 
Christ to himself, according to the 
good pleasure of his will, 

6 To the praise of the glory of 
his grace, wherein he hath made 
us accepted in the Beloved : 

7 In whom we have redemption 
through his blood, the forgiveness 
of sins, according to the riches of 
his grace ; 

8 Wherein he hath abounded 
toward us in all wisdom and 
prudence ; 

9 Having made known unto us 
the mystery of his will, according 
to his good pleasure, which he 
hath purposed in himself : 

10 That in the dispensation of 
the fulness of times, he might ga- 
ther together in one all things in 
Christ, both which are in heaven, 
and which are on earth, even in 
him ; 

11 In whom also we have ob- 
tained an inheritance, being pre- 
destinated according to the pur- 
pose of him who worketh all 
things after the counsel of his 
own will ; 

12 That we should be to the 
praise of his glory, who first 
trusted in Christ. 

13 In whom ye also trusted, 
after that ye heard the word of 



truth, the gospel of your salvation: 
in whom also, after that ye be- 
lieved, ye were sealed with that 
Holy Spirit of promise. 

14 Which is the earnest of our 
inheritance, until the redemption of 
the purchased possession, unto the 
praise of his glory. 

15 Wherefore I also, after I 
heard of your faith in the Lord 
Jesus, and love unto all the saints,. 

16 Cease not to give thanks 
for you, making mention of you in 
my prayers ; 

17 That the God of our Lord 
Jesus Christ, the Father of glory^ 
may give unto you the spirit af 
wisdom and revelation in the 
knowledge of him : 

18 The eyes of your understand- 
ing being enlightened ; that ye 
may know what is the hope of his 
calling, and what the riches of 
the glory of his inheritance in the 
saints, 

19 And what is the exceeding 
greatness of his power to us-ward 
who believe, according to the 
working of his mighty power, 

20 Which he wrought in Christy, 
when he raised him from the dead, 
and set him at his own right hand 
in the heavenly places, 

21 Far above ail principality 
and power, and might, and domin- 
ion, and every name that is named, 
not only in this world, but also in 
that which is to come ; 

22 And hath put all things un- 
der his feet, and ga\^e him to be 
the head over all things to the 
church, 

23 Which is his body, the ful- 
ness of him that filleth all in all^ 



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ANNUNCIATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY. 

March 25. j 

Thp Annunciation is a festival celebrated in memory ot tne declaration 
^vWch ihe™el Gabr^ made to the blessed Virgin Mary, that she should 
be the mothef of our Lord Jesus Christ, It has also, a particular respect to 
the incarnaiYon of our blessed Saviour - who, beiiig. tne eternal word of the 
Pflrhpr wa'^ at that time made tlesh. And tnus, this festn al ij bv bt. Athe- 

^Ih? she said have been about twenty years old when our Saviour ^'as 
bom knd to have lived fifteen years after his ascension into hea^ en. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. ^ 
ECCLESIASTICUS II. 

AIY son. if thou come to serve' 9 Ye that fear the Lord, hope 
the Lord, prepare thy soul for for good and for everlasting joy 
tpmntation and mercy. . 

7 set 'thv heart aright, and 10 Look at .Jie generations of 
constantly endure, and make not old' ^ee ; did ever any ru^^^^^^^ 
haste in time of trouble. ^ the Lord, and w^s confot^nded ? 

3 Cleave unto him, and depart i or did any abide m his fea and 
not awav, that thou mayest be in- was forsaken ! or -^^o'^ ^1^ 

creased-at thvlast end. T f fTof coml 

4 Whatsoever is brought upon! 11 For the Lord is full ofcom- 
thee take cheerfully, andbe patient passion and mercy long-suflering, 
wh n hou art changed to a low; and very pitiful, and o^'g-f^-^^' 

" = I and saveth in time of affliction. 

' 5 For gold is tried in the fire, \ U Wo be to fearful hearts, aad 
and acceptable men in the furnace i faint hands, and the sinner that 

r 1 I goetiL two ways I 

°^''Behe e m him, and he will|' 13 Wo imto him that is faint- 
help thee order th-wavanght,i hearted! for he believeth not; 

tlnl^i n ' ■ I therefore shall he not be defended, 

and trust m mm. , i , ; „- * tKat "havp loit 

7 Ye that fear the Lord, waitj U ^ ;V do 

for his mercy; and go not aside, patience I and ^^^il Ju 
1 , ' ' \ ^vheii the Lord shaii T]^it you. 

\-e tliat fear the Lord,believe ! 15 They that fear the Lord wiU 

him; and your re^.ard shall not^not f ^f^V^ya^ 
j^.^ ' ^ [that love him wiii keep ms wajs,. 



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16 They that fear the Lord 
will seek that which is well-pleas- 
ing unto him ; and they that love 
him shall be filled with the law. 

17 They that fear the Lord will 



prepare their hearts, and humble 
their souls in his sight, 

18 Saying, We will fall into 
the hands of the Lord, and not into 
the hands of men : for as his ma* 
jesty is, so is his mercy. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
LUKE X. to V, 25. 



AFTER these things the Lord 
appointed other seventy also, and 
sent them two and two before his 
face, into every city and place 
whither he himself would come. 

2 Therefore said he unto them. 
The harvest truly is great, but the 
labourers are few ; pray ye there- 
fore the Lord of the harvest, that 
he would send forth labourers into 
his harvest. 

3 Go your ways : behold, I send 
you forth as lambs among wolves. 

4 Carry neither purse, nor scrip, 
nor shoes ; and salute no man by 
the w^y. 

5 And into whatsoever house ye 
enter, first say. Peace he to this 
house. 

6 And if the son of peace be 
there, your peace shall rest upon 
it : if not, it shall turn to you again. 

7 And in the same house remain, 
eating and drinking such things as 
they give : for the labourer is wor- 

I thy of his hire. Go not from house 
to house. 

; 8 And into w^hatsQever city ye 
j enter and they receive you, eat 
I such things as are set before you ; 
I 9 And heal the sick that are 
I therein ; and say unto them. The 



kingdom of God is come nigh unto 
you. 

10 But into whatsoever city ye 
enter, and they receive you not, go 
your ways out into the streets of 
the same, and say, 

11 Even the very dust of your 
city, which cleaveth on us, we do 
wipe ofi* against you : notwithstand- 
ing, be ye sure of this, that the 
kingdom of God is come nigh unto 
you. 

12 But I say unto you, That it 
shall be more tolerable in that day 
for Sodom, than for that city. 

13 Woe unto thee, Chora3iin ! 
woe unto thee, Bethsaida ! far if 
the mighty works had been done 
in Tyre and Sidon which have been 
done in you, they had a great while 
ago repented, silting in sackcloth 
and ashes. 

14 But it shall be more toler- 
able for Tyre and Sidon at the 
judgment, than for you. 

1 5 And thou, Capernaum, which 
art exalted to heaven, shalt be 
thrust down to hell. 

16 He that heareth you, heareth 
me ; and he that despiseth you, 
despiseth me ; and he that des-. 



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piseth me, despisethhim that sent 
me. 

17 And the seventy returned 
again with joy, saying, Lord even 
the devils are subject unto us 
through thy name. 

18 And he said unto them, I be- 
held Satan as lightning fall from 
heaven. ^ 

19 Behold, I give unto you 
power to tread on serpents and 
scorpions, and over all the power 
of the enemy ; and nothing shall 
by any means hurt you. 

20 Notwithstanding, in this re- 
joice not that the spirits are subject 
unto you ; but rather rejoice, be- 
cause your names are written in 
heaven. 

21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced 
in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O 
Father, Lord of heaven and earth, 



that thou hast hid these things 
from the wise and prudent, and 
hast revealed them unto babes : 
even so, Father ; for so it seemed 
good in thy sight. 

22 All things are delivered to 
me of my Father : and no man 
knoweth who the Son is, but the 
Father ; and who the Father is, 
but the Son, and he to whom the 
Son will reveal hivi. 

23 And he turned him unto his 
disciples, and said privately, 
Blessed o.re the eyes which see 
the things that ye see : 

24 For I tell you, that many 
prophets and kings have desired 
to see those things which ye see, 
and have not seen them ; and to 
hear those things which ye hear, 
and have not heard them. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



ECCLESIASTTCUS III. 



Hear me your father, O chil- 
dren, and do thereafter, that ye 
may be safe 

2 For the Lord hath given the 
father honour over the children, 
and hath confirmed the authority 
of the mother over the sons. 

3 Whoso honoureth his father 
maketh an atonement for his sins : 

4 And he that honoureth his 
mother is as one that layeth up 
treasure. 

5 Whoso honoureth his father 
shall have joy of his oi(?7i children ; 
and when he maketh his prayer, 
he shall be heard. 

6 He that honoureth his father 



shall have a long life ; and he that 
is obedient unto the Lord shall be 
a comfort to his mother. 

7 He that feareth the Lord will 
honour his father, and will do 
service unto his parents, as to his 
masters, 

8 Honour thy father and mother 
both in word and deed, that a bles* 
sing may come upon thee from 
them. 

9 For the blessing of the father 
establisheththe houses of children; 
but the curse of the m^other root- 
eth out foundations. 

10 Glory not in the dishonour 



of thy father ; for thy father's dis- 
honour is no glory unto thee. 

11 For the glory of a man is 
from the honour of his father ; and 
a mother in dishonour is a reproach 
to the children. 

12 My son, help thy father in 
his age, and grieve him not as long 
as he liveth. 

13 And if his understanding fail, 
have patience with him ; and 
despise him not when thou art in 
thy full strength. 

14 For the relieving of thy fa- 
ther shall not be forgotten : and 
instead of sins it shall be added to 
build thee up. 

15 In the day of thine affliction 
it shall be remembered ; thy sins 
also shall melt away, as the ice in 
the fair warm weather. 

16 He that forsaketh his father 
is as a blasphemer ; and he that 
angereth his mother is cursed of 
God. 

17 My son, go on with thy 
business in meekness ; so shalt 
thou be beloved of him that is ap- 
proved. 

18 The greater thou art, the 
more humble thyself, and thou 
shalt find favour before the Lord. 

19 Many are in high place, and 
of renown : but mysteries are 
revealed unto the meek. 

20 For the power of the Lord 
is great, and he is honoured of 
the lowly. 

21 Seek not out the things 
that are coo hard for thee, neither 



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search the things that are above 
thy strength. 

22 But what is commanded 
thee, think thereupon loith rever^ 
ence ; for it is not needful for thee 
to see with thine eyes the things 
that are in secret. 

23 Be not curious in unneces- 
sary matters : for more things are 
shewed unto thee than men under^ 
stand. 

28 For many are deceived by 
their own vain opinion; and an 
evil suspicion hath overthrown 
their judgment. 

25 Without eyes thou shalt 
want light : profess not the know- 
ledge therefore that thou hast not^ 

26 A stubborn heart shall fare 
evil at the last ; and he that loveth 
danger shall perish therein. 

27 An obstinate heart shall be 
laden with sorrows ^ and the wick- 
ed man shall heap sin upon sin. 

28 In the punishment of the 
proud there is no remedy ; for the 
plant of wickedness hath taken 
root in him. 

29 The heart of the prudent 
will understand a parable ; and an 
attentive ear is the desire of a 
wise man. 

30 Water will quench a flaming 
fire ; and alms maketh an atone- 
ment for sins. 

31 And he that requiteth good 
turns is mindful of that which may 
come hereafter ; and when he 
falleth, he shall find a stay. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
II TIMOTHY III. 



THIS know also, that in the 
last days, perilous times shall 
come : 

2 For men shall be lovers of 
their own selves, covetous, boast- 
ers, proud, blasphemers, disobe- 
dient to parents, unthankful, un- 
holy, 

3 Without natural affection, 
truce -breakers, false accusers, in- 
continent, fierce, despisers of those 
that are good, 

4 Traitors, heady, high-minded, 
lovers of pleasures more than lo- 
vers of God ; 

5 Having a form of godliness, 
but denying the power thereof: 
from such turn away. 

6 For of this sort are they which 
creep into houses, and lead cap- 
tive silly women laden with sins, 
led away with divers lasts ; 

7 Ever learning, and never able 
to come to the knowledge of the 
truth. 

8 Now as Jannes and Jambres 
withstood tyloses, so do these also 
resist the trath : men of corrupt 
minds, rebrobate concerning the 
faith. 

9 But they shall proceed no 
further: for their folly shall be 
manifest unto all men, as theirs also 
was. 



10 But thou hast fully known 
my doctrine, mariner of life, pur- 
pose, faith, long-suffering, charity, 
patience, 

1 1 Persecutions, afflictions, 
which came unto me at x\ntioch, 
at Iconium, at Lystra ; what per- 
secutions I endured: but out of 
them all the Lord delivered me. 

12 Yea, and all that will live 
godly in Christ Jesus shall suffet 
persecution. 

13 But evil men and seducers 
shall wax worse and worse, de- 
ceiving, and being deceived. 

14 But continue thou in the 
things which thou hast learned 
and hast been assured of, knowing 
of whom thou hast learned them '; 

15 And that from a child thou 
hast known the holy scriptures, 
which are able to make thee wise 
unto salvation through faith which 
is in Christ Jesus. 

16 All scripture is given by in- 
spiration of God, and is profitable 
for doctrine, for reproof, for cor- 
rection, for instruction in right- 
eousness ; 

17 That the man of God may 
be perfect, thoroughly furnished 
unto all good works. 



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481 



ST, MARK'S DAY, 
April 25. 

The Evangelist St Mark was probably by birth a Jew, descended of the 
tribe of Levi ; and some, report, that, being sent by St. Peter to preach the 
gospel in Egypt, he suffered martyrdom at Alexandria, in the year of 
Christ 68, 



-FIRST LESSON FOR MORNINGo 
ECCLESIASTICUS IV. 



MY son, defraud not the poor 
6f his living, and make not the 
needy eyes to wait long. 

2 Make not an hungry soul sor- 
tbWful : neither provoke a liihn in 
his distress. 

3 Add not more trouble to an 
heart that is vexed : and defer not 
to give to him that is in need. 

4 Reject not the supplication 
of the afflicted : neither turn away 
thy face from a pdor man. 

5 Turn not away thine eye 
from the needy, and give him none 
occasion to €urse thee : 

6 For if he curse thee in the 
bitterness of his soul, his prayer 
shall be heard of him that made 
him. 

7 Get thyself the love of the 
congregation, and bow thy head to 
a great man. 

8 Let it not grieve thee to bow 
down thine ear to the poor, and 
give him a friendly answer with 
meekness. 

9 Deliver him that sufFereth 
wrong from the hand of the oppres- 
sor ; and be not faint-hearted when 
thou sittest in judgment. 



10 Be as a father unto the fa- 
therless, and instead of a husband 
unto their mother : so shalt thou 
be as a son of the Most High, and 
he shall love thee more than thy 
rriother doth. 

11 Wisdom exalteth her chil- 
dren, and layeth hold of them that 
seek her, 

12 He that loveth her loveth 
life ; and they that seek to her 
early shall be filled with joy. 

13 He that holdeth her fast 
shall inherit glory ; and whereso- 
ever she entereth, the Lord will 
bless. 

14 They that serve her shall 
minister to the Holy One ; and 
them that love her the Lord doth 
love. 

15 Whoso giveth ear unto her, 
shall judge the nations : and he 
that attendeth unto her shall dwell 
securely. 

16 If a man commit himself 
unto her he shall inherit her ; and 
his generation shall hold her in 
possession. 

1 7 For at the first she will walk 
with him by crooked ways, and 

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bring fear and dread upon him, and 
torment him with her discipline, 
until she may trust his soul, and 
try him by her laws, 

18 Then will she return the 
straight way unto him and comfort 
him, and shew him her secrets. 

19 But if he go wrong, she will 
forsake him, and give him over to 
his own ruin. 

20 Observe the opportunity, and 
beware of evil ; and be not asham- 
ed w^hen it concerneth thy soul. 

21 For there is a shame that 
bringeth sin ; and there is a shame 
which is glory and grace. 

22 Accept no person against 
thy soul, and let not the reverence 
of any man cause thee to fall. 

23 And refrain not to speak, 
when there is occasion to do good, 
and hide not thy wisdom in her 
beauty* 



D A t g * 

24 For by speech wisdom shall 
be known : and learning by word 
of the tongue. 

25 In no wise speak against the 
truth : but be abashed of the error 
of thine ignorance. 

26 Be not ashamed to confess 
thy sins ; and force not the course 
of the river. 

27 Make not thyself an under- 
ling to a foolish man : neither ac- 
cept the person of the mighty. 

28 Strive for the truth unto deathj 
and the Lord shall fight for thee. 

29 Be not hasty in thy tongue, 
and in thy deeds slack and re- 
miss. 

30 Be not as a lion in thy house ^ 
nor frantic among thy servants. 

31 Let not thine hand be stretch- 
ed out to receive, and shut when 
thou shouldest repay. 



SECOND LESSON FOR M0RNiN<5. 
JOHN VII. v. 32. 



32 The Pharisees heard that 
the people murmured such things 
concerning him ; and the Phari- 
sees and the chief priests sent offi- 
cers to take him, 

33 Then said Jesus unto them, 
Yet a little while am I with you, 
and then I go unto him that sent 
me. 

34 Ye shall seek me, and shall 
not find me: and where I am, 
thither ye cannot come. 

35 Then said the Jews among 
themselves, Whither will he go, 
that we shall not find him % w-ill 
he go unto the dispersed among 



the Gentiles, and teach the Gen* 
tiles ? 

36 What manner of saying is 
this that he said, Ye shall seek me, 
and shall not find me ? and where 
I am, thither ye cannot come % 

37 In the last day, that great 
day of the feast, Jesus stood and 
cried, saying, If any man thirst, 
let him come unto me, and drink. 

38 He that beUeveth on me, as 
the scripture hath said, out of his 
belly shall flow rivers of living 
water. 

39 (But this spake he of the 
Spirit, which they that believe on 



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him should receive : for the Holy 
Ghost was not yet given ; because 
that Jesus was not yet glorified.) 

40 Many of the people there- 
fore, when they heard this saying, 
said, Of a truth this is the Pro- 
phet. 

41 Others said, This is the 
Christ. But some said, Shall 
Christ come out of Galilee 1 

42 Hath not the scripture said, 
That Christ cometh of the seed of 
David, and out of the town of Beth- 
lehem, where David was 1 

43 So there was a division 
among the people because of him. 

44 And some of them would 
have taken him ; but no man laid 
hands on him. 

45 Then came the officers to 
the chief priests and Pharisees ; 



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and they said unto them, Why 
have ye not brought him ? 

46 The officers answered, Ne« 
ver man spake like this man. 

47 Then answered them the 
Pharisees, Are ye also deceived ? 

48 Have any of the rulers, or 
of the Pharisees, believed on him? 

49 But this people, who know- 
eth not the law, are cursed. 

50 Nicodemus saith unto theray 
(he that came to Jesus by night j 
being one of them,) 

5 1 Doth our law judge any man 
before it hear him, and know what 
he doeth ? 

52 They answered and said 
unto him, Art thou also of Galilee 1 
Search, and look : for out of Ga- 
lilee ariseth no prophet. 

53 And every man went unto 
his own house. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ECCLESIASTICUS V. 



SET not thy heart upon thy 
goods : and say not, I have enough 
for my life. 

2 Follow not thine own mind 
and thy strength, to walk in the 
ways of thine heart. 

3 And say not, Who shall con- 
trol me for my works 1 for the 
Lord will surely revenge thy 
pride. 

4 Say not I have sinned, and 
whatharmhath happened unto me? 
for the Lord is long-suffering, he 
will in no wise let thee go. 

5 Concerning propitiation, be 
not without fear to add sin unto 
sin; 



6 And say not, His mercy is 
great ; he will be pacified for the 
multitude of my sins : for mercy 
and wrath come from him, and 
his indignation resteth upon sin- 
ners. 

7 Make no tarrying to turn ta 
the Lord, and put not ofi" from day 
to day : for suddenly shall the 
wrath of the Lord come forth, and 
in thy security thou shalt be de- 
stroyed, and perish in the day of 
vengeance. 

8 Set not thine heart upon goods 
unjustly gotten : for they shall not 
profit thee in the day of calamity. 

9 Winnow not with every wind 



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and go not into every way ; for so 
doth the sinner that hath a double 
tongue. 

1 B e stedf ast m thy understand- 
ing ; and let thy word he the same. 

11 Be swift to hear: and let 
thy life be sincere : and with pa- 
tience give answer. 

12 If thou hast understanding 
answer thy neighbour ; if not lay 
thy hand upon thy mouth. 



13 Honour and shame is in talk ; 
and the tongue of man is his 
fall. 

14 Be not called a whisperer, 
and lie not in wait with thy tongue ; 
for a foul shame is upon the thief, 
and an evil condemnation upon the 
double tongue. 

15 Be not ignorant of anything 
in a great matter or a smalL 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING, 



I JOHN I. 



THAT which was from the be- 
ginning, which we have heard, 
which we have seen with our eyes, 
w^hich we have looked upon, and 
our hands have handled, of the 
Word of life : 

2 (For the life was manifested, 
and we have seen, it, and bear wit- 
ness, and shew unto you that eter- 
nal life which was with the Fa- 
ther, and was manifested unto 
lis ;) 

3 That which we have seen 
and heard declare we unto you, 
that ye also may have fellowship 
with us : and truly our fellowship 
is vdth the Father, and with his 
Son Jesus Christ. 

4 And these things write we 
unto you, that your joy may be 
full. 

5 This then is the message 



which we have heard of him, and 
declare unto you, that God is Hght, 
and in him is" no darkness at all. 

6 If we say that we have fellow- 
ship with him, and walk in dark- 
ness, we lie, and do not the truth ; 

7 But if we walk in the light, 
as hs is in the light, we have fel- 
lowship one with another, and the 
blood of Jesus Christ his Son 
cleansethus from all sin. 

8 If we say that we have no sm 
we deceive oiurselves, and the 
truth is not in us. 

9 If we confess oui' sms, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from all uja- 
righteousness. 

10 If we say that we have not 
sinned, we make him a. liar, and 
his word is not in us. 



SAINT DAYS. 



485 



ST. PHILIP AND ST. JAMESES DAY. 
May 1. 

St. Philip was a native of Bethsaida, and suffered martyrdom at Hierapolis, 
a city of Phrygia; for the magistrates being provoked at the success of Chris- 
tianity among the people, put St. Philip into prison, caused him to be severely 
scourged, and then led to execution ; where he was, as some say, hanged up 
by the neck against a pillar, though others affirm he was crucified ; but their 
malice being glutted with his death, they suffered his constant companion, 
St. Bartholomew, to give the corpse a decent burial. A. D. 53, St. James 
was the son of Cleophas, otherwise called Alpheus, and Mary, a near relation 
of the blessed Virgin. He is styled in Scripture, " our Lord's brother and 
by Josephus, the brother of Jesus Christ." He was surnamed the less, to 
distinguish him from the other St. James, either from the stature of his body, 
or the difference of his age; and the just, for the admirable holiness and 
urify of his life. He was consecrated bishop of Jerusalem, at which plac@ 
e suffered martyrdom, during the feast of the Passover, A. D. 63, 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ECCLESIASTICUS VII. 



DO no evil, so shall no liarm 
eome unto thee. 

2 Depart from the unjust, and 
iniquity shall turn away from thee. 

3 My son, sow not upon the 
furrows of unrighteousness, and 
thou shalt not reap them seven- 
fold. 

4 Seek not of the Lord pre- 
eminence, neither of the king the 
seat of honour. 

5 Justify not thyself before the 
Lord ; and boast not of thy wisdom 
before the king. 

6 Seek not to be judge, being 
not able to take away iniquity ; 
lest at any time thou fear the per- 
son of the mighty, and lay a stum- 
bling-block in the way of thjr up- 
rightness. 

7 Offend not the multitude of 
a city, and then thou shalt not cast 
thyself down among the people. 



8 Bind not one sin upon ano*- 
ther ; for in one thou shalt not be 
unpunished. 

9 Say not, God will look upon 
the multitude of my oblations, and 
when I offer to the most high God, 
he will accept it. 

10 Be not faint-hearted when 
thou makest thy prayer, and neg- 
lect not to give alms. 

1 1 Laugh no man to scorn in 
the bitterness of his soul : for there 
is one which humble th and ex- 
alteth. 

12 Devise not a lie against thy 
brother : neither do the like to thy 
friend. 

13 Use not to make any man- 
ner of lie : for the custom thereof 
is not good. 

14 Use not many words iii a 
multitude of elders, and make not 
much babbling when thou prayest. 



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15 Hate not laborious work, 
neither husbandry, which the 
Most High hath ordained. 

16 Number not thyself among 
the multitude of sinners, but re- 
member that wrath will not tarry 
long. 

17 Humble thy soul greatly : 
for the vengeance of the ungodly 
is fire and worms. 

18 Change not a friend for any 
good, by no means; neither a 
faithful brother for the gold of 
Ophir. 

19 Forego not a wise and good 
woman : for her grace is above 
gold. 

20 Whereas thy servant work- 
eth truly, entreat him not evil, nor 
the hireling that bestoweth him- 
self wholly for thee. 

21 Let thy soul love a good 
servant, and defraud him not of 
liberty. 

22 Hast thou cattle '? have an 
eye to them : and if they be for 
thy profit, keep them with thee. 
. 23 Hast thou children? in- 
struct them, and bow down their 
neck from their youth. 

24 Hast thou daughters ? have 
a care of their body, and shewnot 
thyself cheerful tov/ards them. 

25 Mary thy daughter, and so 
shalt thou have performed a 
weighty matter : but give her to a 
man of understanding. 

26 Hast thou a wife after thy 



mind 1 forsake her not : but give 
not thyself over to a light woman. 

27 Honour thy father with thy 
whole heart, and forget not the 
sorrows of thy mother. 

28 Remember that thou wast 
begotten of them, and how cans^ 
thou recompense them the things 
that they have done for thee 1 

29 Fear the Lord with all thy 
soul, and reverence his priests. 

30 Love him that made thee 
with all thy strength, and forsake 
not his ministers. 

31 Fear the Lord, and honour 
the priest ; and give him his por-. 
tion, as it is commanded thee ; 
the first fruits, and the trespass-of- 
fering, and the gift of the shoulders, 
and the sacrifice of sanctification, 
and the first fruits of the holy 
things. 

32 And stretch thine hand unto 
the poor, that thy blessing may be 
perfected. 

33 Agifthathgraceinthesightof 
every man living, and for the dead 
detain it not. 

34 Fail not to be with them 
that weep, and mourn with them 
that mourn. 

35 Be not slow to visit the 
sick : for that shall make thee to 
be beloved. 

36 Whatsoever thou takest in 
hand, remember the end, and thou 
shalt never do amiss. 



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487 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 



JOHN 

43 The day following Jesus 
would go forth into Galilee, and 
findeth Philip, and saith unto him, 
Follow me. 

44 Now Philip was of Beth- 
saida, the city of Andrew and Pe- 
ter. 

45 Philip findeth Nathanael, 
and saith unto him, We have found 
him of whom Moses in the law, 
and the prophets, did write, Jesus 
of Nazareth, the son of Joseph. 

46 And Nathanael said unto 
him, Can there any good thing 
come out of Nazareth ? Philip 
saith unto him. Come and see. 

47 Jesus saw Nathanael coming 
to him, and saith of him. Behold 
an Israelite indeed, in whom is no 
guile ! 

48 Nathanael saith unto him, 



:. V. 43. 

Whence knowest thou me ? Jesus 
answered and said unto him, Be-^ 
fore that Philip called thee, when 
thou wast under the fig-tree, I saw 

thee, 

49 Nathanael answered and 
said unto him, Rabbi, thou art the 
Son of God ; thou art the King of 
Israel. 

50 Jesus answered and said 
unto him, Because I said unto 
thee, I saw thee under the fig- 
tree, belie vest thou ? thou shalt 
see greater things than these. 

51 And he saith unto him, Ve- 
rily, verily, I say unto you. Here-, 
after ye shall see heaven open, 
and the angels of God ascending 
and descending upon the Son of 
man. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ECCLESIASTICUS IX. 



BE not jealous over the wife of 
thy bosom, and teach her not an 
evil lesson against thyself. 

2 Give not thy soul unto a wo- 
man to set her foot upon thy sub- 
stance. 

3 Meet not with an harlot, lest 
thou fall into her snares. 

4 Use not much the company 
of a woman that is a singer, lest 
thou be taken with her attempts. 

5 Gaze not on a maid, that thou 



fall not by those things that are 
precious in her. 

6 Give not thy soul unto har- 
lots, that thou lose not thine inheri- 
tance. 

7 Look not round about thee in 
the streets of the city, neither wan- 
der thou in the solitary places 
thereof. 

8 Turn away thine eye from a 
beautiful woman, and look not upon 
, another's beauty : for manv have 



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been deceived by the beauty of a 
woman ; for herewith love is kin- 
dled as a fire. 

9 Sit not at all with another 
man's wife, nor sit down with her 
in thine arms, and spend not thy 
money with her at the wine : lest 
thine heart incline unto her, and 
so through thy desire thou fall into 
destruction. 

10 Forsake not an old friend ; 
for the new is not so comparable 
to him ; a new friend is as new 
wine : when it is old, thou shalt 
drink it with pleasure. 

1 1 Envy not the glory of a sin- 
ner ; for thou knowest not what 
shall be his end. 

12 Delight not in the thing that 
the ungodly have pleasure in : but 
remember they shall not go unpun- 
ished unto their grave. 

13 Keep thee far from the man 
that hath power to kill : so shalt 



thou not doubt the fear of death ; 
and if thou come unto him, make 
no fault, lest he take away thy 
life presently ; remember that thou 
goest in the midst of snares, and 
that thou walkest upon the battle- 
ments of the city. 

14 As near as thou canst, guess 
at thy neighbour, and consult with 
the wise. 

15 Let thy talk be with the 
wise, and all'thy comunication in 
the law of the Most High. 

I 16 And let just men eat and 
drink with thee ; and let thy glo- 
rying be in the fear of the Lord. 

17 For the hand of the artificer 
the work shall be commended : 
and the wise ruler of the people 
for his speech. 

ISA man of an ill tongue is 
dangerous in his city : and he 
that is rash in his talk shall be 
hated. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



JUDE. 



JTJDE, the servant of Jesus 
Christ, and brother of James, to 
them that are sanctified by God 
the Father, and preserved in Jesus 
Christ, and called : 

2 Mercy unto you, and peace, 
and love, be multiplied. 

3 Beloved, when I gave all 
diligence to write unto you of the 
common salvation, it was needful 
forme to write unto you, and exhort 
you, that ye should earnestly con- 
tend for the faith which Avas once 
delivered unto the saints. 

4 For there are certain men 



crept in unawares, who were be- 
fore of old ordained to this condem- 
nation, ungodly men, turning the 
grace of our God mto lasci\dous- 
ness, and denying the only Lord 
God, and our Lord Jesus Christ. 

5 I will therefore put you in 
I remembrance,thoughye once knew 
'this, how that the Lord, having 

saved the people out of the land 
of Eg>T)t, afterward destroyed them 
that believed not. 

6 And the angels which kept not 
their first estate, but left their own- 
habitation, he hath reserved ilk 



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489 



everlasting chains, under darkness, 
unto the judgment of the great 
day. 

7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, 
and the cities about them, in like 
manner, giving themselves over to 
fornication, and going after strange 
fleshj.are set forth for an example, 
suffering the vengeance of eternal 
fire. 

8 Likewise also these filthy 
dreamers defile the flesh,, despise 
dominion, and speak evil of digni- 
ties, 

9 Yet Michael the archangel, 
when contending with the devil, 
(he disputed about the body of Mo- 
ses,) durst not bring against him a 
railing accusation, but- said, the 
Lord rebuke thee. 

10 But they speak evil of those 
things which they know not ; but 
what they know naturally, as brute 
beasts, in those things they corrupt 
themselves. 

1 1 Woe unto them ! for they have 
gone in the way of Cain, and ran 
greedily after the error^ of Baalam 
for reward, and perished in the 
gainsaying of Core. 

12 These are spots in your 
feasts of charity, when they feast 
with you, feeding themselves with- 
out fear ; clouds they are without 
water, carried about of winds : 
trees whose fruit withereth, with- 
out fruit, twice dead, plucked up 
by the roots : 

13 Raging waves of the sea, 
foaming out their own shame : 
wandering stars, to whom is re- 
served the blackness of darkness 
for ever. 

14 And Enoch also, the seventh 
from Adam, prophesied of these, 
saying, Behold, the Lord cometh 
with ten thousand of his. saints, 



15 To execute judgment upon 
all, and to convince all that are 
ungodly among them of all their 
ungodly deeds which they have 
ungodly committed, and of all their 
hard speeches which ungodly sin- 
ners have spoken against him.. 

16 These are murmurers-,,com- 
plainers, walking after their own 
lusts: and their mouth speaketh 
great swelling ivords, having men^s 
persons in admiration because of 
advantage. 

17 But, beloved, remember ye 
the words which were spoken be- 
fore of the apostles of our Lord 
Jesus Christ ;. 

18 How that theytold you there 
should be mockers in the last time, 
who should walk after their own 
ungodly lusts. 

19 These be they who separate 
themselves, sensual, having not 
the Spirit. 

20 But ye, beloved, building up 
yourselves on your most holy faith, 
praying in the Holy Ghost, 

21 Keep yourselves in the lov-e 
of God, looking for the mercy of 
our Lord Jesus Christ unto eter- 
nal life. 

22 And of some have compas- 
sion, making a difference ; 

23 And others save with fear,, 
pulling them out of the fire ; hating 
even the garment spotted by the 
flesh. 

24 Now unto him that is able 
to keep you from falling, and to 
present you faultless before the 
presence of his glory with exceed- 
ing joy, 

25 To the only wise God our 
Saviour, be glory and majesty, do- 
minion and power, both now aiid, 
ever. Amen. 



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I 



ST. BARNABAS THE APOSTLE. 

JCNE 11. i 

St Barnabas was a native of Cvprus, and a descendant of the tribe of Levi ; 
but his kindred are not known. His proper name was Joses, a softer termi- 
nation familiar with the Greeks, for Joseph ; to which, after his conversion 
to Christianity, the Apostles added that of Barnabas, signifying either the son 
of nrophecv, or the son of consolation. This apostle suffered martyrdom at 
Salamis, it'is said, whither some Jews, being come out of Syria, set upon him, 
as he was disputing in their synagogue, and stoned him to death. He was 
buried by his kinsman Mark, in a cave not far distant from the city. A.D. 5U. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ECCLESIASTICUS X. 

A WISE judge will instruct lings, injuries, and riches got by 
his people ; and the government ; deceit, the kingdom is translated 
of a prudent man is well ordered, j from one people to another. 

2 As the judo-e of the people is ! 9 Why is earth and ashes 
himself, so are^his officers; and proud ? There is not a more 
whatmanner of man the ruler of . wicked thing than a covetous 
the city is, such are all they that, man: for such an one setteth his 
dwell therein. own soul to sale ; because while 

3 An unwise king destroyeth he liveth, he casteth away his 
his people ; but through the pru- ; bowels. 

dence of them which^are in au- 'i 10 The physician cutteth off a 
thoritv, the citv shall be inhabited, long disease ; and he that is to- 

4 the power of the earth is in day a king, to-morrow shall die. 
the hand of the Lord, and in due i 11 For when a man is dead, 
time he will set over it one that is '.he shall inherit creeping things, 
profitable. ! beasts, and worms. 

5 In the hand of God is the: 12 The beginning of pride is 
prosperity of man : and upon the when one departeth from God, 
person of the scribe shall he lay ; and his heart is turned away from 
his honour. , his Maker. ,^ , ^ ^ . 

6 Bear not hatred to thv neigh- \ 13 For pride is the beginning 
hour for every wrong; and do no-; of sin, and he that hath it shall 
thincr at all bv injurious practices, pour out abomination : and there- 

T^'Pride is hateful before God fore the Lord brought upon them 
and man: and by both doth one j strange calamities, and overthrew 
commit iniquitv. j them utterly. 

a Because of unrighteous deal- 1 14 The Lord hath cast dowa 



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the thrones of proud princes, and 
set up the meek in their stead. 

15 The Lord hath plucked up 
the roots of the proud nations, and 
planted the lowly in their place. 

1 6 The Lord overthrew coun- 
tries of the heathen, and destroyed 
them to the foundations of the 
earth. 

17 He took some of them away, 
and destroyed them, and hath 
made their memorial to cease from 
the earth, 

18 Pride was not made for 
men, nor furious anger for them 
that are born of a woman. 

19 They that fear the Lord are 
a sure seed, and they that love him 
an honourable plant : they that re- 
gard not the law are a dishonour- 
able seed; they that transgress 
the commandments are a deceiv- 
able seed. 

20 Among brethren he that is 
chief is honourable : so are they 
that fear the Lord, in his eyes. 

21 The fear of the Lord goeth 
before the obtaining of authority : 
but roughness and pride is the lo- 
sing thereof. 

22 Whether "he be rich, noble, 
or poor, their glory is the fear of 
the Lord. 

23 It is not meet to despise the 



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poor man that hath understanding ; 
neither is it convenient to magnify 
a sinful man. 

24 Great men, and judges, and 
potentates, shall be honoured ; yet 
is there .none of them greater than 
he that feareth the Lord. 

25 Unto the servant that is wise 
shall they that are free do service : 
and he that hath knowledge will 
not grudge when he is reformed. 

26 Be not overwise in doing thy 
business ; and boast not thyself 
in the time of thy distress. 

27 Better is he that laboureth, 
and aboundeth in all things, than 
he that boasteth himself, and want- 
eth bread. 

28 My son, glorify thy soul in 
meekness, and give it honour ac^ 
cording to the dignity thereof. 

29 Who will justify him that 
sinneth against his own soul ? and 
who will honour hin> that disho« 
noureth his own life ? 

30 The poor man is honoured 
for his skill, and the rich man is 
honoured for his riches. 

31 He that is honoured in po- 
verty, how much more in riches ? 
and he that is dishonourable in 
riches, how much more in pover- 
ty ? 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ACTS XIV, 



AND it came to pass in Ico- 
nium, that they went both together 
into the synagogue of the Jews, 
and so spake, that a great multi- 
tude both of the Jews and also of 
the Greeks believed. 



2 But the unbelieving Jews 
stirred up the Gentiles, and made 
their minds evil affected against 
the brethren. 

3 Long time therefore abode 
they speaking boldly in the Lord? 



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which gave testimony unto the 
word of his grace, and granted 
sig^ns and wonders to be done by 
their hands. ^ i 

4 But the muhitude of the city \ 
w^as divided: and part held with 
the Jews, and part with the apos- 
tles. 

5 And when there was an as- 
sauU made both of the Gentiles, 
and also of the Jews, with their 
rulers, to use them despitefully, 
and to stone them., 

6 They were ware of it^ and 
fled unto Lystra and Derbe, cities 
of Lycaonia, and unto the region 
that lieth round about : 

7 And there they preached the 
gospel. 

8 And there sat a certain man 
at Lystra, impotent in his feet, 
being' a cripple from his mother's 
womb, who never had walked : 

9 The same heard Paul speak : 
who steadfastly beholding him, 
and perceiving that he had faith 
to be healed, 

10 Said with a loud voice, 
Stand upright on thy-"^eet. And 
he leaped and walked. 

11 And when the people saw 
what Paul had done, they lifted up 
their voices, saying in the speech 
of Lycaonia, the gods are come 
down to us in the likeness of men. 

12 And they called Barnabas, 
Jupiter ; and Paul, Mercurius, be- 
cause he was the chief speaker. 

13 Then the priest of Jupiter, 
which was before their city, brought 
oxen and garlands unto the gates, 
and would have done sacrifice 
with the people. 

14 Which when the apostles, 
Barnabas and Paul, heard of, they 
rent their clothes, and ran in 
ar^^na- the people, crying out, 



15 And saying, Sirs, Why do 
ye these things ? We also are 
men of like passions with you, 
and preach unto you, that ye should 
turn from these vanities unto the 
I li^dng God, which made heaven, 
jand earth, and the sea, and all 

things that are therein ; 

16 Who in times past suffered 
all nations to walk in their own 



ways. 

17 Nevertheless he left not 
himself without witness, in that 
he did good, and gave us rain from 
heaven, and fruitful seasons, filling 
our hearts with food and gladness. 

18 And with these sayings 
scarce restrained they the people, 
that they had not done sacrifice 
I unto them. 

! 19 And there came thither (J er- 
' tam J^\ys from Antioch and Ico- 
! nium, who persuaded the people, 
i and having stoned Paul, drew=i^i?;t 
' out of the city, supposing he had 
; been dead. 

I 20 Howbeit, as ^he disciples 
! stood round about him, he rose up, 
i and came into the city : and the 
! next day he departed with Barna- 
bas to Derbe. 

i 21 And when they had preached 
' the gospel to that city, and had 
taught many, they returned again 
;to Lystra, and to Iconium, and to 
Antioch, 

! 22 Confirming the souls of the 
disciples, a-nd exhorting them to 
continue m the faith, and that we 
must through much tribulation en- 
ter into the kin^-dom of God. 

23 And when they had ordained 
them elders in every church, and 
had praved with fasting, they com- 
mended them to the Lord, on 
; whom they believed. 
I 24 And after tbpv had passed 



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throughout Pisidia, th(^y came to 
I Pamphylia. 

25 And when they had preached 
thie word in Perga, they went 
down into Attalia ; 

26 And thence sailed to An- 
tioch, ftom whence they had been 
recommended to the grace of God 
for the work which they fulfilled. 



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27 And when they were come^ 
and had gathered the church to- 
gether, they rehearsed all that 
God had done with them, and how 
he had opened the door of faith 
unto the Gentiles, 

28 And there they abode long 
time with the disciples. 



FIRST LESSON ^OR EVENi:^G^. 



ECCLESIASTICUS XH. 



WHENthou wilt do good, know 
to whom thou do est it ; so shall 
thou be thanked for thy benefits. 

2 Do good to the godly man, 
and thou shalt find a recompence ; 
and if not from him, yet from the 
Most High. 

3 There can no good come to 
him that is always occupied in 
evil, nor to him that giveth no alms. 

4 Give to the godly man, and 
help not a sinner. 

5 Do well unto him that is lowly 
but give not to the ungodly : hold 
back thy bread, and give it not unto 
him, lest he overmaster thee there- 
by : for [else] thou shalt receive 
twice as much evil for all the good 
thou shalt have done unto him. 

6 For the Most High hateth 
sinners, and will repay vengeance 
unto the ungodly, and keepeth 
them against the mighty day of 
their punishment. 

7 Give unto the good, and help 
not the sinner. 

8 A friend cannot be known in 
prosperity : and an enemy cannot 
be hid in adversity. 

9 In the prosperity of a man, 



enemies v^ill be grieved : but in 
his adversity, even a friend will 
depart, 

10 Never trust thine enemy: 
for like as iron rusteth, so is his 
wickedness. 

1 1 Though he humble himself, 
and go crouching, yet take good 
heed and beware of him, and thou 
shalt be unto him as if thou hadst 
wiped a looking-glass, and thou 
shalt know that his rust hath not 
been altogether wiped away. 

12 Set him not by thee, lest, 
when he hath overthrown thee, he 
stand up in thy place ; neither let 
him sit at thy right hand, lest he 
seek to take thy seat, and thou at 
the last remember my words, and 
be pricked therewith. 

13 Who will pity the charmer 
that is bitten with a serpent, or 
any such as come nigh wildbeasts ? 

14 So one that goeth to a sin- 
ner, and is defiled with him in his 
sins, who will pity ? 

15 For a while he will abide 
with thee, but if thou begin to fall, 
he will not tarry. 

16 An enemy speaketh sweetly 

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with his lips, but in his heart he 
imagineth how to throw thee into 
a pit : he will weep with his eyes, 
but if he find opportunity, he will 
not be satisfied with blood. 

17 If adversity come upon thee, 



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thou shalt find him there first ; and 
though he pretend to help thee, 
yet shall he undermine thee. 

18 He will shake his head, and 
clap his hands, and whisper much, 
and change his countenance. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENINGj 
ACTS XV. to V. 36, 



AND certain men, which came 
down from Judea, taught the bre- 
thren, and said, Except ye be cir- 
cumcised after the manner of Mo- 
ses, ye cannot be saved. 

2 When therefore Paul and 
Barnabas had no small dissension 
and disputation with them, they 
determined that Paul and Barna- 
bas, and certain other of them, 
should go up to Jerusalem unto 
the apostles and elders about this 
question. 

3 And being brought on their 
way by the church, they passed 
through Phenice and Samariaj 
declaring the conversion of the 
Gentiles : and they caused great ' 
joy unto all the brethren. j 

4 And when they were come ; 
to Jerusalem, they were received | 
of the church, and of the apostles ! 
and elders, and they declared all' 
things that God had done with 
them. 

5 But there rose up certain of 
the sect of the Pharisees v/hich 
believed, saying, That it was need- 
ful to circumcise them, and to 
command them to keep the law of 
Moses. 

6 And the apostles and elders 
came together for to consider of 
thi.-i matter. 



7 And when there had beeii i 
much disputing, Peter rose up^ 
and said unto themj Men and bre- 
thren, ye know how that a good 
while ago God made choice among 
us, that the Gentiles by my mouth 
should hear the word of the gos- 
pel, and believe. 

8 And God^, which knoweth the 
hearts, bare them witness, giving 
them the Holy Ghost, even as he 
did unto us ; 

9 And put no difference between 
us and them, purifying their hearts 
by faith. 

' 10 Now therefore why tempt 
ye God, to put a yoke upon the 
iieck of the disciples, which nei- 
ther our fathers nor we were able 
I to bear ; 

I 12 But we beheve that, through 
! the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, 
' we shall be saved, even as they. 

12 Then all the muhitude kept 
silence, and gave audience to 
Barnabas and Paul^ declaring 
what miracles and wonders God 
has wrought am.ong the Gentiles 
by them. 

13 And after they had held 
their peace, James answered, say- 
ing. Men and brethren, hearken 
unto me. 

14 Sim.eon hath declared how 



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God at the first did visit the Gen- 
tiles, to take out of them a people 
for his name. 

15 And to this agree the words 
of the prophets ; as it is written, 

16 After this I will return, and 
will build again the tabernacle of 
David which is fallen down ; and 
I will build again the ruins there- 
of, and I will set it up ; 

17 That the residue of men 
might seek after the Lord, and all 
the Gentiles, upon whom my name 
is called, saith the Lord, who 
doeth all these things. 

18 Known unto God are all his 
works from the beginning of the 
world. 

19 Wherefore my sentence is, 
that we trouble not them which 
from among the Gentiles are turned 
to God : 

20 But that we write unto them, 
that they abstain from pollutions of 
idols, ^lid from fornication,and/rc?m 
things strangled, B,nd fro7n blood. 

21 For Moses of old time hath 
in every city them that preach him, 
being read in the synagogues every 
sabbath-day. 

22 Then pleased it the apostles 
and elders, with the whole church 
to send chosen men of their own 
company to Antioch with Paul 
and Barnabas ; namely, Judas sur- 
named Barsabas, and Silas, chief 
men among the brethren : 

23 And they wrote letters by 
them after this manner ; The apos- 
tles, and elders, and brethren, send 
greeting unto the brethren which 
are of the Gentiles in Antioch, and 
Syria, and Cilicia ; 

24 Forasmuch as we have 
heard, that certain which went 
out from us have troubled you with 



words, subverting your souls, say- 
ing, Ye must be circumcised, and 
keep the law ; to whom we gave 
no such commandment : 

25 It seemed good unto us, 
being assembled with one accord, 
to send chosen men unto you, 
with our beloved Barnabas and 
Paul; 

26 Men that have hazarded 
their lives for the name of our 
Lord Jesus Christ. 

27 We have sent therefore Ju- 
das and Silas, who shall also tell 
you the same things by mouth. 

28 For it seemed good to the 
Holy Ghost, and to us, to lay upon 
you no greater burden than these 
necessary things ; 

29 That ye abstain from meats 
offered to idols, and from blood, 
and from things strangled, and 
from fornication : from which if ye 
keep yourselves, ye shall do well, 
Fare ye well. 

30 So when they were dismis- 
sed, they came to Antioch ; and 
when they had gathered the mul- 
titude together, they delivered the 
epistle. 

31 Which, when they had read, 
they rejoiced for the consolation. 

32 And Judas and Silas, being 
prophets also themselves, exhorted 
the brethren with many words, 
and confirmed them. 

33 And after they had tarried 
there a space, they were let go in 
peace from the brethren unto the 
apostles. 

34 Notwithstanding, it pleased 
Silas to abide there still. 

35 Paul also and Barnabas 
continued in Antioch, teaching 
and preaching the word of the 
Lord, with many others also- 



saint's i>ays. 



ST. JOHN BAPTIST'S DAY.. 
June 25. 



He was the son of Zachariah and Elizabeth and ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 
before our Saviour. His birth was proclaimed b an an el and ^^^^ 
greatly esteemed for the P^^^.^^ ^f^^Te ^^^^^ 

^vay for the coming of the Me..iah, Herodias, his brother 

mand of Herod Amipas, A.D. while her 

Philip's wife, whom this prince had unju^iU taken ana ma 
husband was yet living. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



MALACHI III. 



BEHOLD, I will send my mes- ^ 
senger, and he shall prepare the i 
way before me ; and the Lord | 
whom ye seek, shall suddenly i 
come to* his temple, even ihe mes- 1 
sender of the covenant, whom ye 
delight in ; behold he shall come, 
saiththe Lord of hosts. 
; 2 But Avho may abide the day 
of his coming? and who shall 
stand when he appeareth 1 foi he 
is like a rehner-s lire, and like ful- 
ler's soap. 

2 And he shall sit as a refiner 
and purihei of silver : and he shall 
purify the sons of Levi, and purge 
them as gold and silver, that they 
may offer unto the Lord an offer- 
ing' in righteousness. 

^4 Then shall the offering of Ju- 
dah and Jerusalem be pleasant 
imto the Lord, as in the days of 
old, and as in former years. 

5 And I will come near to you 
to judgment : and I will be a 
swift witness against the sorcerers, 
and against the adulterers, and 



acrainst false swearers, and agamst 
those that oppress the hireling m 
his wages, the widow, and the fa- 
therless, and that turn aside the 
stranger /ro?;i his right, nnd ie^x 
not me, saith the Lord of hosts. 

6 For I a?n the Lord, I change 
not ; therefore ye sons of Jacob 
are not consumed. 

7 Even from the days of our fa- 
thers ye are gone away from mine 
ordinances, and have not kept 
the-f/u Retm-n unto me, and I will 
return unto vou, saith the Lord 
of hosts. But ye said, "Wherein 
shall v>^e return 1 

8 Will a man rob God ? yet ye 
have robbed me. But ye say, 
W^herein have we robbed thee 9 
In tithes and offerings. 

9 Ye are cursed with a curse ; 
for ye have robbed me, evoi this 
I whole nation. 

' 10 Bring ye all the tithes mto 
I the storehouse, that there m.ay be 
' meat in mine house, and prove me 
now herewith, saith the Lord of 



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] liosts, if r will not open you the 
j windows of heaven, and pour you 
1 out a blessing, that there shall not 
1 be room enough to receive it. 
' 11 And I will rebuke the de- 
vourer for your sakes, and he shall 
not destroy the fruits of your ground; 
neither shall your vine cast her 
fruit before the time in the field, 
saith the Lord of hosts. 

12 And all nations shall call 
you blessed : for ye shall be a de- 
lightsome landj saith the Lord of 
hosts. 

13 Your words have been stout 
against me, saith the Loud : yet 
ye say, What have we spoken so 
much against thee ? 

14 Ye have said, It is vain to 
serve God : and what profit is it 
that we have kept his ordinance 
and that we have walked mourn- 
fully before the Lord of hosts 1 



15 And now we call the proud 
happy ,yea,they that work wicked- 
ness are set up ; yea, they that 
tempt God are even delivered. 

16 Then they that feared the 
Lord spake often one to another : 
and the Lord hearkened, and 
heard it ; and a book of remem- 
brance was written before him for 
them that feared the Lord, and 
that thought upon his name. 

17 And they shall be mine, 
saith the Lord of hosts, in that 
day when I make up my jewels ; 
and I will spare them, as a man 
spareth his own son that serveth 
him. 

18 Then shall ye return, and 
discern between the righteous and 
the wicked : between him that 
serveth God, and him that serveth 
him not. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
MATTHEW III. 



IN those days came John the 
Baptist, preaching in the wilder- 
ness of Judea, 

2 And saying, Repent ye : for 
the kingdom of heaven is at hand. 

3 For this is he that was spoken 
of by the prophet Esaias, saying, 
The voice of one crying in the 
wilderness. Prepare ye the way of 
the Lord, make his paths straight. 

4 And the same John had his 
raiment of camel's hair, and a lea- 
thern girdle about his loins ; and 
his meat was locusts and wild 
honey. 



5 Then went out to him Jerusa- 
lem, and all Judea, and all the 
region round about Jordan, 

6 And were baptized of him in 
Jordan, confessing their sins. 

7 But when he saw many of 
the Pharisees and Sadduceescome 
to his baptism, he said unto them, 
O generation of vipers, who hath 
warned you to flee from the wrath 
to come ? 

8 Bring forth therefore fruits 
meet for repentance : 

9 And think not to say within 
yourselves, We have Abraham to 

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ou r father ; for I say unto you, That 
God is able of mese stones to raise 
lip cMldren unto Abraham. 

10 And now also the axe is laid 
unto the root of the trees : therefore 
K^yery tree which bringeth not forth 
irrMjd fruit is hewn down, and cast 
jMro the fire. 

11 I indeed baptize you with 
•N d-ter unto repentance : but he that 
.■..fiieth after :s mightier than 

M-hose sh not worthy to 

..,ur : he s:.-... ...pize you with 

Holy Ghost, and icith fire : 

12 A\liose fan is in his hand, 
r,,nd he will thoroughly purge his 
lioor. and grather his wheat into the 
uarner : but he will bmTi up the 
■ haif with unquenchable fire. 

13 Then cometh Jesus from 



; Galilee to Jordan unto John, to be 
baptized of him. 

14 But John forbade him, say- 
ing, I have need to be baptized of ^ 
thee, and comest thou to me ? 

15 And Jesus answering, said 
unto him, Suffer it to be so now : 
for thus it hecometh us to fulfil all 
righteousness. Then he sufi'ered 
ihim. 

16 And Jesus, when he was 
baptized, went up straightway out 
of the water : and lo, the heavens 
J were opened unto him, and he saw 
ithe Spirit of God desendmg like a 
' dove, and lighting upon him : 

17 And lo a voice from heaven, 
sapng, This is my beloved Son, 
in'whom I am well pleased. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVE>'I>'G. 



MALACHI IV. 



rOR behold, the day cometh 

c'l c,^ Q-en : and all 



c\v' r'.:.: burn 
ihem up, s^i -^ Lord oi 
That it shill l^:. e them irrinrer 
root nor branch. 

3 But unto you that fear my 
j»ame shall the 'Sun of right eoua- 
Tiess arise w:::! irerningr in his 
wings : and y rn..- ; o ; :r:h, ariu 
iffow up as caives oi tne stall. 

3 And ve shall tread down the 
■wicked : for they shall be ashes 
under the soles of your feet, in the 



day that I shall do this, saith the 
Lord of hosts. 

-X Remember ye the law of 
Aloses my servant, which I com- 
manded unto him in Horeb for all 
Israel, lath the statutes and judg- 
ments. -T-^T- 1 

5 Behold, I will sendyou Elijah 
the prophet before the coming of 
the great and dreadful day of the 
Lord : 

6 And he shall turn the heart 
of the fathers to the children, and 
the heart of the children to their 
fathers, lest I come and smite the 
earth with a curse. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
MATTHEW XIY. to v. 33. 



AT that time Herod tile tetrarch 
heard of the fame of Jesus, 

2 And said imto his servants. 
This is John the Baptist : he is 
risen from the dead ; and therefore 
mighty works do shew forth them- 
selves in him. 

3 For Herod had laid hold on 
John, and bound him, and put hivi 
in prison for Herodias' sake, his 
brother Philip's wife. 

4 For John said unto him, It 
is not lawful for thee to have her. 

5 And when he would have put 
him to death, he feared the mul- 
titude, because they counted him 
as a prophet. 

6 But when Herod's birth-day 
was kept, the daughter of Hero- 
dias danced before them, and plea- 
sed Herod. 



7 Whereupon he promised with 
an oath to give her whatsoever 
she would ask, 

8 And she, being before instruc- 
ted of her mother, said. Give me 
here John Baptist's head in a 
charger. 

9 And the king was sorry : never- 
theless for the oath's sake, and 
them which sat with him at meat^ 
he commanded it to be given her. 

10 And he sent, and beheaded 
John in the prison. 

11 xlnd his head was brought 
in a charger and given to the 
damsel : and she brought it to her 
mother. 

12 And his disciples came and 
took up the body, and buried it,, 
and went aud told Jesus. 



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ST. PETER'S DAY. 
June 29. 

This Apostle was .ta .o» «f Joh", <" ™ofc"f rsS*™"' 
ASe'^^He was torn a. c.lie"™ " 

hifmaster's service, till he ^va. continued there 

year 66. where he ^vas taken up ^"^^ 'y" '^stu! Avith his head down- 

hine months; at lastjie was cracified m ^his he did out of a 

affected the glory of Jesus Christ. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ECCLESL^STICUS XV. 



HE that feareth the Lord will 
do good ; and he that hath the 
knowledge of the law shall obtain 

^*^2 4nd as a mother shall she 
meet him, and receive him as a 
wife married of a virgin. 

3 AYith the bread of imder- 
standing shall she feed hiin, and 
give him the water of wisdom to 

drink. , „^ 

4 He shall be stayed upon her, 
and shall not be moved : and siiall 
rely upon her, and shall not be 
confoimded. J 

5 She shall exalt him above iris , 
neip-hbours, and in the midst of tiie 
congregation shall she open his 

mouth. . 

6 He shall find joy and a cl0^^n 
of gladness, and she shall cause 
him°to inherit an everlastmg name. 

7 But foolish men shall not at- 



tain unto her, and sinaers shall 
not see her. . , 

8 For she is far from pride, and 
men that are liars cannot remem- 
ber her. . , 

9 Praise is not seemly m tne 
mouth of a sinner, for it was not 
sent him of the Lord. 

10 For praise shall be uttered 
in wisdom, and the Lord will pros- 

' Say not thou. It is through 
the Lord that I fell away : for 
thou oughtest not to do the things 
that he hateth. 

10 Say not thou. He natti 
caused me to err: for he hath no 
S need of the sinful man. . 
' 13 The Lord hateth all abomi- 
nation ; and they that fear God 
love it not. . 
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the beginning, and left him in the 
hand of his counsel ; 

15 If thou wilt, to keep the 
commandments, and to perform ac- 
ceptable faithfulness. 

16 He hath set fire and water 
before thee : stretch forth thy hand 
\into whether thou wilt. 

17 Before man is life and death ; 
and whether him liketh shall be 
given him. 



1 8 For the wisdom of the Lord 
is great, and he is mighty in 
power, and beholdeth ail things : 

19 And his eyes are upon them 
that fear him, and he knoweth 
every work of man, 

20 He hath commanded no 
man to do wickedly, neither hath 
he given any man license to sin. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING, 
ACTS III. 



NOW Peter and John went up 
together into the temple at the hour 
of prayer, being the ninth hour. 

2 And a certain man, lame from 
his mother's womb, was carried, 
whom they laid daily at the gate 
of the temple whichis called Beau- 
tiful, to ask aims of them that enter- 
ed into the temple : 

3 Who seeing Peter and John 
about to go into the temple, asked 
an alms. 

4 And Peter, fastening his eyes 
upon him, with John, said. Look on 
us. 

5 And he gave heed unto them, 
expecting to receive something of 
them. 

6 Then Peter said, Silver and 
gold have I none : but such as 1 
have give I thee : In the name of 
Jesus Christ of Nazareth rise up 
and walk. 

7 And he took him by the right 
hand, and lifted him up ; and im- 
mediately his feet and ancle-bones 
received strength. 

8 And he, leaping up, stood, and 



walked, and entered with them into 
the temple, walking, and leaping, 
and praising God. 

9 And all the people saw 
him walking, and praising God : 

10 And they knew that it was 
he which sat for alms at the Beau- 
tiful gate of the temple, and they 
were filled with wonder and amaze- 
ment at that which had happened 
unto him. 

1 1 And as the lame man which 
was healed held Peter and John, 
all the people ran together unto 
them in the porch that is called 
Solomon's, greatly wondering. 

12 And when Peter saw it, he 
answered unto the people. Ye men 
of Israel, why marvel ye at this 1 
or why look ye so earnestly on us, 
as though by our own power or 
holiness we had made this, man to 
walk ? 

1 3 The God of Abraham, and of 
Isaac, and of Jacob, the God of our 
fathers, hath glorified his Son Jesus: 
whom ye delivered up, and denied 
him in the presence of Pilate, when 



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he was determined to let him go. ' 

14 But ve denied tlie Holy One 
and the Just, and desired a murder- 1 
er to be granted unto you : 1 

15 And killed the Prince of life, j 
vrhom God hath raised from the i 
dead : whereof we are witnesses. : 

16' And his name, through faith 
in his name, hath made this man 
stroncr, whom ye see and know 
vea. tlie f aiih which is by him hath 
given hnn this perfect soimdness 
in the presence of you all. 

17 And now, brethren, I/^vot 
that through ignorance ye did i/, 
as did also vour rulers. 

18 But tliose things, which God 
before had shewed by the mouth 
of aU his prophets,' that Christ 
should suffer, he hath so fulhlled. 

19 Bepent ye therefore and be 
converted; that your sins may be 
blotted out when the times of re- 
freshing shall eome from the pre- 
sence of the Lord : 

20 And he shall send Jesus 
Christ, which before was preached 
unto vou ; 

2l' AVhoni the heaven must re 



ceive until the times of restitution 



of all things, which God hath spo- 
ken by the mouth of all his holy 
prophets since the world be- 
gan. 

22 For ]\Ioses truly said unto ' 
the fathers, A prophet, shall the 
Lord vour God raise up unto you 
of vour brethren, like unto me ; 

:him shah ye hear in all things 
'whatsoever' he shall say unto 

YOU. 

23 And it shall come to pass, 
that eveiw soul, which will not 
hear that Prophet, shall be destroy- 
ed from among the people, 

24 Yea, and all the prophets 
from Samuel, and those that follow 
after, as many as have spoken, have 
likewise foretold of these days. 

25 Ye are the children of the 
prophets, and of the covenant 
which God made with our fathers, 
saving unto Abraham, And in thy 
seed shall all the kindreds of the 
earth be blessed. 

26 Unto you first, God, having 
raised up his Son Jesus, sent him 

I to bless you, in turning away 
I every one of you from his iniqui- 
' ties. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
ECCLESIASTICUS XIX. 

L\BOrRIXG man that is! 3 Moths and worms shall have 
,i4i\rSinkenness shaU not be him to heritage, and a bold man 
rich- pud hp that contenmeth shah betaken away. ^ 

' 2 ATme »,k1 vromcn, ;vill make ; neth shall offend agaiml tea ow« 

mpn of understandino; tofall awav : soul. -, . i 

he l ^t cleaveth to harlots | 5 Whoso taketh pleasure in 
'Jin becom; impudent,, 1 wickednesss shall be condemned . 



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pleasures 



but lie tiiat resisteth 
crovvnetli his life. 

6 He that can rule his tongue 
shall live without strife : and he 
that hateth babbling shall have less 
evil. 

7 Rehearse not uiito another 
that v^rhich is told unto theej and 
thou shalt fare never the worse. 

8 Whether it be to a friend or 
j foe, talk not of other men's lives ; 

i and if thou canst without offence, 
I reveal them not. 

9 For he heard and observed 
thee, and when time cometh he 
will hate thee. 

10 If thou hast heard a word, 
let it die with thee ; and be bold 
it will not burst thee. 

1 i A fool travaileth witha word, 
as a woman in labour of a child* 

12 As an arrow that sticketh 
in a man's thigh, so is a word 
Within a fool's belly. 

13 Admonish a friend, it may 
be he hath not done it : and if he 
have done it, that he do it no more. 

14 Admonish thy friend, it nlay 
be he hath not said it : and if he 
have, that he speak it not again. 

15 Admonish a friend: for 
many times it is a slarider, and 
believe not every tale. 

16 There is one that slippeth 
in his speech, but not from his 
heart : and who is he that hath 
iiot offended with his tongue ? 

17 Admonish thy neighbour 
before thou threaten him ; and not 
being angry, give place to the law 
of the Most Iligh. 

18 The fear of the Lord is the 
first step to be accepted [of him,] 
and wisdom^ obtaineth his love. 

1 9 The knowledge of the com- 
mandments of the Lord is the 
doctrine of life : and they that do 
things that please him shall re- 



ceive the fruit of the tree of im- 
mortality 

20 The fear of the Lord is all 
wisdom ; and in all v/isdom is the 
performance of the law, and the 
knowledge of his omnipoiency. 

21 If a servant say to his mas- 
ter, I will not do as it pleaseth 
thee ; though afterv/ard he do it, 
he angereth him that nourisheth 
him. 

22 The knowledge of wicked- 
ness is not wisdom i neither at any 
time the counsel of sinners pru- 
dence. 

23 There is a wickedrless, and 
the same an abomination : and 
there is a fool wanting in wisdom; 

24 He that hath sm.all under- 
standing, and feareth God, is bet- 
ter than one that hath much wis- 
dom, and transgresseth the law of 
the Most High. 

25 There is an exquisite sub- 
tilty, and the sam.e is unjust ; and 
there is one that turneth aside to 
make judgment appear : and ther^ 
is a wise man that justifieth in 
judgment. 

26 There is a wicked man that 
hangeth down his head sadly : but 
inwardly he is full of deceit*^ 

27 Casting down his counten- 
ance, and making as if he heard 
not : where he is not known j he 
will do thee a mischief before thOu 
be aware. 

28 And if for want of power he 
be hindered from sinning, yet when 
he fmdeth opportunity he will do 
evil. 

29 A man may be known by 
his look, and one that hath under- 
standing by his countenance, when 
thou meetest him. 

30 A man's attire, and exces- 
sive laughter, and gait, shew what 
he is. r 



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SECOND LESSO.V FOR EVE^-I^■G. 
ACTS IV. 

AXD as they spake unto .he^ r.en by hi,, doth tW^ man stand 
people the pnests, and the c^P; |he.. befc.e yon .h^^^^^^^ 



I' 



ducees, came upon them, 

2 Being grieved that they 
taught the people, and preached 
through Jesus the resurrection 
from the dead 



set CLl liWUgiJ-L J.- 

is become the head of the corner. 

12 Neither is there salvation m 
anv other : for there is none other 
name under heaven given among 



number of the men was about fi^ e thaMhp^had^b^^^^^^^^ ^^^^ 
thousand. whirh was bealed standing with 



morrow, that ^ 

kindred of the P-^-^^'^ f'^^tSk,. what shall we do to 

gathered tosether at ,^enl for that indeed a not- 

■7 And wnen they had .a hem ^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^^ 

in the midst, tney aske.1 ^J^^l^^ all them that 

power, or^oy wha. name, ^ > ^ je,u5alem ; and we can- 

'^TSen Peter filled with ^he «ot de-g," .V. 

Holv Ghost, said unto tli^m, i e 1. ^ let us 

rulers of the people, and elders ot A.i^^^a..io., J.e ^p^^^^l ^^^^^ ^^^^ 

^"^Tlf we this dav be examined speak henceforth to no man in this 

of the good deed done ^^^^^^ ^'^V thev called them, and 

potent nian. by what mean, he i, . ^^J^^^^^^ ^^^^^^ ^peak at 

""lO B^°h known utrto vou all, all, nor teach, m the name of Je- 

thesi.htof ood 



S -A I N T 

to hearken unto you more than un- 
to God, judge ye. 

20 For we cannot but speak 
the things which we have seen 
and heard. 

21 So, when they had further 
threatened them, they let them 
go, finding nothing how they might 
punish them, because of the peo- 
ple : for all men glorified God for 
that which was done. 

22 For the man was above forty 
years old, on whom this miracle of 
healing was shewed. 

23 And, being let go, they 
went to their own company, and 
reported all that the chief priest 
and elders had said unto them. 

24 And when they heard that, 
they hfted up their voice to God 
Avith one accord, and said Lord, 
thou art God, which hast made 
heaven and earth, and the sea, 
and all that in them is ; 

25 Who by the mouth of thy 
servant David hast said, V/hy did 
the heathen rage, and the people 
imagine vain things ? 

26 The kings of the earth stood 
up, and the rulers were gathered 
together against the Lord, and 
against his Christ. 

27 For of a truth against thy 
holy child Jesus, v/hom thou hast 
anointed, both Herod and Pontius 
Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the 
people of Israel, were gathered to- 
gether, 

28 For to do whatsoever thy 
hand and thy counsel determined 
before to be done. 

29 And now, Lord, behold their 



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threatenings : and grant unto thy 
servants, that with all boldness 
they may speak thy word, 

30 By stretching forth thine 
hand to heal : and that signs and 
wonders may be done by the name 
of thy holy child Jesus. 

31 And when they had pi^ayed^ 
the place was shaken where they 
were assembled together ; and 
they were all filled with the Holy 
Ghost, and they spake the v/ord of 
God with boldness. 

32 And the multitude of them 
that believed were of one heart 
and of one soul : neither said any 
of them that ought of the things 
which he possessed was his own ; 
but they had all things common. 

33 And with great power gave 
the apostles witness of the resur- 
rection of the Lord Jesus ; and great 
grace v/as upon them all. 

34 Neither was there any 
among them that lacked : for as 
many as were possessors of lands 
or houses sold them, and brought 
the prices of the things that were 
sold. 

35 And laid them dovm at the 
apostles' feet : and distribution was 
made unto every man according as 
he had need. 

36 And Joses, who by the apos- 
tles was surnamed Barnabas, 
(which is, being interpreted, The 
son of consolation,) a Levite, and 
of the country of C3^prus, 

37 Having land, sold it, and 
brought the money, and laid it at 
the apostles' feet. 



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ST. JAMES THE APOSTLE. 

JCLT 25, 



St. James the apostle is commonly caUed ^^^^Sl^^S^ 
him from St. James the Less or T^^^f ' ' ^.f?\^„\',. Vrnamed Salome, the 

Herod Agrippa, to ingratiate himself with the Jews, in me ye^i 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ECCLESIASTICUS XXI. 

MY son, hast thou sinned 1 do | 8 He that buildeth his house 
so no more but ask pardon for thy with other men's money is hke 
former sins 'one that gathereth himself stones 

2 Flee from sin as from the | for the tomb of his burial, 

face of a serpent; for if thou 9 The congregation of the 

comest too near it, it will bite wicked is like tow wrapped to- 

Z ; the teeth theU are as the': gether: and the end of them is 

eeth of a lion, sla>-ing the souls of , a flame of tire to destroy them 
ictiLu ui a X , ^ ^ ^ XO The wav of Sinners IS made 

"^TaU iniqiutyisasatwo-edgedlplain with stones, but^a^^ the end 

sword, the wounds whereof can- ;.hereons ^o^^^ ^^^^ 

"°?To ternfv and do wrong will ' the Lord getteth the ^derstanding 
waste riches r thus the house of thereof ; and the perfection of the 
P men shall be made ^eso- .ear^of^he^^^^^^^^^ 

1' \ praver out of a poor man's be taught ; but there is a wisdom 
mouth rLcheth to the ears of God, : which multiplieth bitterness. 
SuMudgment cometh speedily. ; 13 The kiK.wledge of a w^ 

6 Si Sthatethtobereprored man shall '-abound like a flood 
isintliewavof sinners; but he and his counsel is like a pure foun- 
thatfeareth-the Lord will -P^V ^-^/i^: parts of a fool are 

7™SeCent man is known; like a broken vessel, and he will 
far and nea?; but "man of vmder- \ hold no knowledge as long as he 
standing knoweth when he ^l^P^^^i^-if ^ skilful man hear a wise 



saint' 

word, he will commend it, and add 
unto it : but as soon as one of no 
understanding heareth it, it dis- 
pleaseth him, and he casteth it 
behind his back. 

16 The talking of a fool is like 
a burden in the way ; but grace 
shall be found in the lips of the 
wise. 

17 They inquire at the mouth 
of the wise man in the congrega- 
tion, and they shall ponder his 
words in their heart. 

18 As is a house that is de- 
stroyed, so is wisdom to a fool : 
and the knowledge of the unwise 
is as talk without sense, 

19 Doctrine unto fools is as fet- 
ters on the feet, and like manacles 
on the right hand. 

20 A fool lifteth up his voice 
with laughter : but a wise man 
doth scarce smile a little. 

21 Learning is unto a wise man 
as an ornament of gold, and like a 
bracelet upon his right arm. 



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22 A foolish man's foot is soon 
in his [neighbour's] house ; but a 
man of experience is ashamed of* 
him. 

23 A fool will peep in at the 
door into the house : but he that 
is well nurtured will stand with- 
out. 

24 It is the rudeness of a man 
to hearken at the door: but a wise 
man will be grieved with the dis» 
grace. 

25 The lips of talkers will be 
telling such things as pertain not 
unto them : but the words of such 
as have understanding are weigh- 
ed in the balance. 

26 The heart of fools is in their 
mouth : but the mouth of the wise 
is in their heart. 

27 When the ungodly curseth 
Satan, he curseth his own souL 

28 A whisperer defilethhis own 
soul, and is hated wheresoever he 
dwelleth. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
MATTHEW XVL 



THE Pharisees also, and the 
Sadducees, came, and tempting, 
desired him that he would shew 
them a sign from heaven. 

2 He answered and said unto 
them, When it is evening, ye say, 
It will he fair weather ; for the sky 
is red : 

3 And in the morning, It tvill be 
foul weather to-day ; for the sky 
is red and lowering, O 7/e hypo- 
crites ye can discern the of 



the sky ; but can ye not discern 
the signs of the times ? 

4 A wicked and adulterous 
generation seeketh after a sign ; 
and there shall no sign be given 
unto it, but the sign of the prophet 
Jonas. And he left them, and de- 
parted. 

5 And when his disciples were 
come to the other side, they had 
forgotten to take bread. 

6 Then Jesus said imto them, 



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Take heed, and beware of tlie lea- 
ven of the Pharisees and of the 
Sadducees. 

7 And they reasoned among 
themselves, saying, It is because 
we have taken no bread. 

8 Which when Jesus perceived, 
he said imto them, ye of little 
faith, why reason ye among your- 
selves, because ye have brought 
no bread. 

9 Do ye not yet understand, 
neither remember the live loaves 
of the five thousand, and how 
many baskets ye took up ? 

10 Neither' the seven loaves 
of the four thousand, and how 
many baskets ve took up '? 

11 How is it that ye do not un 



thee, but my Father which is in 
heaven. 

18 And I say also unto thee, 
That thou art Peter ; and upon this 
rock I will build my church, and 
the gates of hell shall not prevail 
against it. 

19 And I will give unto thee the 
1 keys of the kingdom of heaven : 

and whatsoever thou shalt bind on 
earth shall be bound in heaven ; 
and whatsoever thou shah loose 
on earth shall be loosed in heaven. 

20 Then charged he his disci- 
ples that they should' tell no man 
that he was Jesus the Christ. 

21 From that time forth began 
Jesus to shev^ unto his disciples, 
how that he must go unto Jerusa- 



1 



ders'tand that I spake notto youilem, and suffer many things of the 
concerning bread, that ye should j elders, and cdnefpne^^^^^^^ 
beware of the leaven of the Phari 



sees and of the Sadducees 1 

12 Then understood they how 
that he bade thcfn. not beware of 
the leaven of bread, but of the doc- 
trine of the Pharisees and of the 
Sadducees. 

13 When Jesus came into the 



and be killed, and be raised again 
the third day. 

22 Then" Peter took him, and 
began to rebuke himi, saying, Be it 
far from thee, Lord; this shall not 
be unto thee. 

23 But he turned, and said unto 
Peter, Get thee behind me, Satan ; 



coasts of Cesarea Ph.iipp. he ask- thou art an offe.^^^^^^^^^^^^ ; & 



ed his disciples, saying, whom do 
men say that I, the Son of man, 

am? . 
• 14 Andthey said, Some s«?/ Mr// 

thou art John the Baptist ; some, 
EUas ; and others', Jeremias, or one 

of the prophets. 

15 HesaithuntothennButwhom 

say ye that I am 1 

16 And Simon Peter answered 
and said, Thou art the Christ, the 
Son of the Uving God. 

17 And Jesus answered and 
said unto him. Blessed art thou, 
Simon Bar-jona : for ffesh and 
blood hath not revealed it unto 



thou savourest not the things that 
be of God, but those that be of 
men. 

24 Then said Jesus unto his 
disciples. If any 7fian will come 
after me, let him deny himself, and 
take up his cross, and follow me. 

25 For whosoever will save his 
hfe shah lose it : and whosoever 
will lose his life for my sake shall 
find it. 

26 For Avhat is a man protited,it 
he shall gain the whole world, and 
lose his own soul ? or what shall 
a man giye in exchange for hi=§ 
soul 1 



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27 For the Son of man shall 
come in the glory of his Father, 
with his angels ; and then he shall 
reward every man according to his 
works « 



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28 Verily I say unto yon, There 
be some standing here which shall 
not taste of death, till they see 
the Son of man coming in his king- 
dom. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING, 



ECCLESIASTICUS XXII. 



A SLOTHFUL man is com- 
pared to a filthy stone, and every 
one will hiss him out to his dis- 
grace. 

2 A slothful man is compared 
to the filth of a dungeon : every 
man that takes it up will shake 
his hand. 

3 An evil-nurtured son is the 
dishonour of his father that begat 
him: and a [foolish] daughter is 
born to his loss. 

4 A wise daughter shalF bring 
an inheritance to her husband : 
but she that liveth dishonestly is 
her father's heaviness. 

5 She that is bold dishonoureth 
both her father and her husband, 
but they both shall despise her. 

6 A tale out of season [is as] 
music in mourning : but stripes 
and correction of wisdom are never 
out of time. 

7 Whoso teacheth a fool is as 
one that glueth a potsherd to- 
gether, and as he that waketh one 
from a sound sleep. 

8 He that telleth a tale to a 
fool speakethto one in a slumber : 
when he hath told his tale, he will 
say, What is the matter ? 

9 If children live honestly, and 
have wherewithal, they shall cover 
the baseness of their parents. . 



10 But children, being haughty, 
through disdain and want of nur- 
ture , do stain the nobility of their 
kindred. 

11 Weep for the dead, for he 
hath lost the light : and weep for 
the fool, for he wanteth under- 
standing : make little weeping for 
the dead, for he is at rest : but the 
life of the fool is worse than 
death, 

12 Seven days do men mourn 
for him that is dead ; but for a 
fool and an ungodly man all the 
days of his life. 

13 Talk not much with a fool, 
and go not to him that hath no un- 
derstanding : beware of him, lest 
thou have trouble, and thou shalt 
never be defiled with his fooleries : 
depart from him, and thou shalt 
find rest, and never be disquieted 
with madness. 

14 What is heavier than lead? and 
what is the name thereof, but a 
fool? 

15 Sand, and salt, and a mass 
of iron, is easier to bear than a man 
without understanding. 

16 As timber girt and bound 
together in a building cannot be 
loosed with shaking : so the heart 
that is stablished by advised coun- 
jsel^ shall fear at no time. 



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' 17 A teart settled upon a| 
thouglit of good luiderstanding is ' 
as afoir plastering on the wall of 
a gallery. ^ ^ 

18 Pales set on an liign px-ace 
will never stand against the wind : 
so a fearful heart in the imagina- 
tion of a fool cannot stand against 
any fear. 

19 He that pricketh the eye wiU 
make tears to fall: and he that, 
pricketh the heart maiieth it to j 
shew her knowledge. \ 

20 AYhoso casteth a stone at, 
the birds fraveth them away : and I 
he thatupbraidethliis friend,break- 
eth friendship. 

21 Thouo-h thou drewest a 
sword at thy friend, yet despair 
not : for there may be a returning 
[to favour. 1 ^ 

22 If thou hast openea thy 
mouth against thy friend, fear not : 
for there may be a reconcihation : 
except for upbraiding, or pride, or 
disclosing of secrets, or a treach- 



erous wound : for, for these things 
every friend will depart. 

23 Be faithful to thy neighbom' 
in his poverty, that thou mayest 
rejoice ""in his prosperity : abide 
' steadfast unto him in the time of 
his trouble, that thou mayest be 
' heir with him in his herhage : for 
I a mean estate is not always to be 
'contemned: nor the rich that is 
foohsh to be had in admiration, 
j 24 As the vapour and smoke of 
; a furnace goeth before the fire ; so 
! reviling before blood, 
i 25 I will not be ashamed to de^ 
fend a friend ; neither will I hide 
myself from him. 

'26 And if any evil happen unto 
me by him, every one that heareth 
it will be^vare of him. 

27 Who shall set a watch be- 
fore my mouth, and a seal of wis- 
dom upon my lips, that I fa 
[Suddenly by' them, and tb 
: tongue destroy me not ? 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 
II TIMOTHY lY. 



1 CHARGE /Are therefore be-j 
fore God, and the Lord Jesus; 
Christ, Avho shall judge the quick 
and the dead at his appearing and 
his kingdom : 

2 Preach the word ; be instant 
in season, out of season : reprove, 
rebuke, exhort, with all long-suf- 
fering and doctrine. 

3 For the time will come when 
they will not endure sound doc- 
trine : but after their o^\m lu^ts shall 



thev heap to themselves teachers,- 
having itching ears : 

4 And they shall turn aw^ay 
fheij- ears fromi the truth, and shall^ 
be turned unto fables. 

5 But watch thou in all things, 
endure alflictions, do the work of 
an evangeUst, make fuU proof of 
thv ministry. 

^6 For I am now ready to be ol- 
' fered, and the time of my departure 
is at hand. 

I 7 I have fought the good fight^ 



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I have finished niT/ course, I have 
kept the faith. 

8 Henceforth there is laid up 
for me a crovi^n of righteousness, 
which the Lord, the righteous 
Judge, shall give me at that day ; 
and not to me only, but unto all 
them: also that love his appearing. 

9 Do thy diligence to come 
shortly unto me ; 

10 For Demas hath forsaken 
me, having loved this prasent 
world, and is departed unto Thes- 
salonica : Crescens to Galatia, 
Titus unto Dalmatia. 

11 Only Luke is with me. Take 
Mark,and bring him with thee ; for 
he is profitable to me for the min- 
istry. 

12 And Tychicus have I sent 
to Ephesus. 

13 The cloak that I left at 
Troas with Carpus, when thou 
comest, bring m/A thee, Sind the 
boaks, but especially the parch- 
ments. 

14 Alexander the coppersmith 
did me much evil ; the Lord re- 
ward him according to his works : 

15 Of whom be thou ware also : 



for he hath greatly withstood our 
words : 

16 At my first answer no man 
stood with me, but all men forsook 
me : I praij God that it may not be 
laid to their charge. 

17 Notwithstanding the Lord 
stood with me, and strengthened 
me ; that by me the preaching might 
be fully known, and that all the 
Gentiles might hear ; and I was^ 
delivered out of the mouth of the 
lion. 

18 And the Lord shall deliver 
me from every evil work, and will 
preserve me unto his heavenly 
kingdom ; to whom be glory for 
ever and even Amen. 

19 Salute Prisca and Acquila^. 
and the household of Onesiphor- 
us. 

20 Erastus abode at Corinth ; 
But Trophimus have I left at Mile- 
tum sick. 

21 Do thy diligence to come 
before winter. Eubulus greeteth 
thee, and Pudens, and Linus, and 
Claudia, and all the brethren. 

22 The Lord Jesus Christ be 
with thy spirit. Grace be with you. 
Amen. 



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SAINTS DAYS. 



ST. BARTHOLEMEW THE APOSTLE. 
August 24. 

This Apostle is supposed ^^^^^^^^^^^^^S ^ 
knoT^-n respectiBg either his life death ^^^u n thought 
he was a native of Cana and wel .^^^^^^^^^^ .^^^ ^^.^^ 

to have travelled into India and ^l^^Vn rvrnnnia • and lastlv, at Albania, a 
preached to the people of Hi^^^^^^^^^^^ from 

city on the Caspian Sea, ^^^^^^ .^^^^ he bein-, according to some writers, 

^rs^heaa-do^nwards. A. D. 73. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. ; 

ECCLESIASTICUS XXIV. 
WISDOM shall praise herself, :ing be in Jacob, and thine inhe- 
and shall glory m the midst of her n-nc^tn Israel. ^^^^ 

In the congregation of the ' ginning, before the .vorld, and I 
Most High shall she open ^er ; shall never fail. ^ 
mouth, and triumph before i ^ J^.^ J and so was I 
^ll- came out of the -omh of ^estabhshe^m ^om ^^^^^^^ 
the Most High and covered ^^^^ j ^. ^ ^ J^,^^^^^^^^^ 
earth as a cloud. i ^ « -nnwer 

A T dwelt in H^li places, and ! salem was m> po^^ er. _ 

'"VYTon:^mpS'^r^ 

J of £|en J .al.ed in ; tion of th^LordJ ml.r. 
'°6°?n the ; of the sea, and in Libanus, and as a c^^ress-tree 

i/al/the earth, f J-^J -PO^^^r^^^^^^ 

pie and nation, I got a posses , J^4^^i ^^^^^^^^ ^ 

"°?-With all these I sought rest : i plant m Jf-^^'-^^/^^a"^!;:: 
andinwhose inheritance shall ^ -^^^^^^^^^^J^ 
So the Creator of all things ^5 I gave a -eet -elMike 
gave me a commandment, and he cinnamon f ^ /jakAus and i 
That made me caused my taberna- yielded a pleasant odoui 1^^ me 
detorest,andsaid,.Letthydwell-lbest mjirh, as galbanum, and. 



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onyx, and sweet storax, and as the 
fume of frankincense in the taber- 
nacle. 

16 As the turpentine-tree I 
stretched out my branches, and 
my branches are the branches of 
honour and grace. 

17 As the vine brought I forth 
a pleasant savour, and my flowers 
are the fruit of honour and riches. 

18 1 am the mother of fair love, 
and fear, and knowledge, and holy 
hope : I therefore, being eternal, 
am given to all my children which 
are named of him. 

19 Come unto me, all ye that 
be desirous of me, and fill your- 
selves with my fruits. 

20 For my memorial is sweeter 
than honey, and mine inheritance 
than the honey-comb. 

21 They that eat me shall yet 
be hungry, and they that drink me 
shall yet be thirsty. 

22 He that obeyeth me shall 
never be confounded, and they 
that w^ork by me shall not do 
amiss. 

23 Ail these things are the 
book of the covenant of the most 
high God, even the law which 
Moses commanded for an heritage 
unto the congregations of Jacob. 

24 Faint not to be strong in the 
Lord : that he may confirm you, 
cleave unto him : for the Lord Al- 



mighty is God alone, and besides 
him there is no other Saviour. 

25 He filleth all things withhis 
wisdom, as Phison and as Tigris 
in the time of the new fruits. 

26 He maketh the understanding 
to abound like Euphrates, and as 
Jordan in the time of the harvest. 

27 He maketh the doctrine of 
knowledge appear as the light, 
and as Geon in the time of vin- 
tage. 

28 The first man knew her not 
perfectly : no more shall the last 
find her out. 

29 For her thoughts are more 
than the sea, and her counsels pro- 
founder than the great 'deep. 

30 I also came out as a broolc 
from a river, and as a conduit into 
a garden. 

31 I said, I will water my best 
garden, and will water abundantly 
my garden-bed : and lo, my brook 
became a river, and my river be- 

ame a sea. 

32 I will yet make doctrine to 
shine as the morning, and will 
send forth her light afar off, 

33 I will yet pour out doctrine 
as prophecy, and leave it to all 
ages for ever. 

34 Behold that I have not la- 
boured for myself only, but for al] 
them that seek wisdom. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING, 
MARK VI. V. 30. 

30 And the apostles gathered | they had done, and what they had 
themselves together unto Jesus, taught. 

and told him all things, both what| 31 And he said unto them^ Com© 



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ve yourselves apart into a desert 
place, and rest a while : for there 
were many coming and going, 
and they had no leisure so much 
as to eat. 

32 x\nd they departed into a 
desert place by ship privately. 

33 And the people sa^y them 
departing, and many kne^y him, 
and ran a-foot thither out of all 
cities, and outwent them, and came 
together unto him. 

34 And Jesus, when he came 
out, saw much people, and was 
moved with compassion toward 
them, because they were as sheep 
not having a shepherd: and he 
began to teach them m.any things. 

35 And when the day was now 
far spent, his disciples came unto 
him, and said, This is a desert 
place, and now the time is far 
passed ; 

36 Send them away, that they,; 
may go into the country round' 
about.'^ and into the villages, and 
buy themselves bread: for they 
have nothing to eat. 

37 He answered and said unto 
them. Give ve them to eat. And 
they say unto him. Shall we go 
and buy two hundred pennyworth 
of bread, and crive them to eat ? 

38 He saith unto them, How ^ 
many loaves have ye ? go and see. \ 
And when they knew, they say, ' 
Five, and two fishes. 

39 And he commanded them to 
make all sit down by companies 
upon the ^'een grass. 

40 And^they sat down m ranks 
by hundreds, and by fifties. 

41 And when he had taken the 
five loaves and the two fishes, he 
looked up to heaven, and blessed, 
and brake the loaves, and gave 
them to his disciples to set before 



them ; and the two fishes divided 
he among them all. 

42 And they did all eat, and 
were filled. I 

43 And they took up twelve \ 
baskets full of the fragments, and 
of the fishes. 

! 44 And they that did eat ot the 
I loaves were about five thousand 
' men. 

45 And straightway he con- 
strained his disciples to get into 
the ship, and to go to the other 
side before unto Bethsaida, while 
he sent away the people. 

46 And when he had sent them 
away, he departed into a mountain 
to pray. 

47 And when even was come, 
the ship was m the midst of the 
sea, and he alone on the land. 

48 And he saw them toiUng m 
rowing : for the wind was contrary 
unto them : and about the fourth 
watch of the night he cometh unto 
them, walking upon the sea, and 
would have passed by them. 

49 But when they saw him 
walking upon the sea, they sup- 
posed h had been a spirit, and 
' cried out : 

50 (For thev all saw him, and 
'were troubled') and immediately 

he talked with them, and saith un- 
to them, Be of good cheer : it is I ; 
be not afraid. 

51 And he went up unto them 
into the ship: and the wind ceased : 
and they were sore amazed in 
themselves beyond measure, and 
wondered. 

52 For they considered not 
I the miracle of the loaves : for their 
' heart was hardened. 

53 And when they had passed 
over, they came into the land of 
Gennesaret,and drew to the shore. 



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54 And when they were come 
out of the ship, straightway they 
knew him, 

55 And ran through that whole 
region round about, and began to 
carry about in beds those that 
were sick, where they heard he 
was* ^ 



56 And whithersoever he enter- 
ed, into villages, or cities, or coun- 
try, they laid the sick in the streets, 
and besought him that they might 
touch if it were but the border of 
his garment: and as many as 
touched him were made whole, 



t^lRST LESSON FOR EVENING, 



ECCLESIASTICUS XXIX, 



ttE that is merciful will lend 
unto his neighbour ; and he that 
strengtheneth his hand keepeth the 
commandments. 

2 Lend to thy neighbour in 
time of his need, and pay thou thy 
neighbour again in due season. 

3 Keep thy word, and deal 
faithfully with him, and thou shalt 
always find the thing that is ne- 
cessary for thee, 

4 Many, when a thing was lent 
them, reckoned it to be found, and 
put them to trouble that helped 
them. 

5 Till he hath received, he will 
kiss a man's hand ; and for his 
neighbour's money he will speak 
submissively : but when he should 
repay, he will prolong the time, 
and return words of grief, and 
complain of the time, 

6 If he prevail, he shall hardly 
receive the half, and he will count 
as if he had found it : if not, he 
hath deprived him of his money, 
and he hath gotten him an enemy 
without cause : he payeth him 
with cursings and railings ; and 
for honour he will pay him dis- 
grace. 



7 Many therefore have refused 
to lend for other men's ill dealing, 
fearing to be defrauded. 

8 Yet have thou patience with 
a man in poor estate, and delay 
not to show him mercy. 

9 Help the poor for the com- 
mandment's sake, and turn him 
not away because of his poverty. 

10 Lose thy money for thy 
brother and thy friend, and let it 
not rust under a stone to be lost. 

1 1 Lay up thy treasure accord- 
ing to the commandments of the 
Most High, and it shall bring thee 
more profit than gold. 

12 Shut up alms in thy store- 
houses : and it shall deliver thee 
from all afiliction. 

13 It shall fight for thee against 
thine enemies better than a mighty 
shield and strong spear. 

14 An honest man is surety for 
his neighbour ; but he that is im- 
pudent will forsake him, 

15 Forget not the friendship of 
thy surety, for he hath given his 
life for thee. 

1 6 A sinner will overthrow the 
good estate of his surety : 

17 And he that is of an un- 



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thankful mind will leave him [in i licate fare in another man^s hous^^^^ 
maniuux _ _ l , ^3 Be it little or much, hold 



danger] that delivered him. | ,n . }i par not 

18 Suretiship hath undone m.niiy thee contented that thou hear not 



of good estate', and shaken them 
as a wave of the sea : mighty men 
hath it driven from their houses, so 
that they wandered among strange 
nations. 

19 A wicked man trans gressmg 
the commandments of the Lord 
shall fall into suretiship : and he 
that undertaketh and followeth 



the reproach of thy house. 

24 For it is a miserable life to 
go from house to house : for where 
thou art a stranger thou darest not 
I open thy moutli. 

I 25 Thou shah enteftam, and 



ro;and,.ents of the Lord feast, and have noj..^^ 



over, thou shaU hear bitter words 
26 Come, thou stranger, and 



that undertaRetn ana lunuwci-ix , . ^'^ _f 

oSer men's business for gain shall furnish a table, and feed me of 



fall into suits. 

20 Help thy neighbour accord- 
ing to thv power, and beware 
that thou thyself fall not into the 
same. . 

21 The chief thing for lixe is 
water, and bread, and clothing, 
and an house to cover shame 



that thou hast ready. 

27 Give place, thou stranger, to 
an honourable man; my brother 
cometh to be lodged, and I have 
need of mine house. 

28 These things are grievous 
to a man of understanding ; the 
upbraiding of house-room, and re- 



22 Better is the life of a poor |proaching of the lender, 
man in a mean cottage, than de-| 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



I JOHN I. 



THAT which was ftom the be- 
ginning, which we have heard, 
which we have seen with our eyes, 
which we have looked upon, and 
our hands have handled, of the 
Word of life : 

2 (For the life was manifested, 
and we have seen it, and bear wit- 
ness, and shew unto you that eter- 
nal life which was with the Fa- 
ther, and was manifested unto 
us ;) 

3 That which we have seen 



and heard declare we unto you, 
that ve also may have fellowship 
with us : and truly our fellowship 
is with the Father, and with his 
Son Jesus Christ. 

4 And these things write we 
unto you, that your joy may be 
Ifull. 

i 5 This then . is the message 
i which we have heard of him, and 
i declare unto you, that God is hght, 
I and in him is no darkness at all. 
1 6 If we say that we have fellow- 



S A I N T^S 

ship witE him, and walk in dark- 
ness, we lie, and do not the truth ; 

7 But if we walk in the light, 
as he is in the light, we have fel- 
lowship one with another, and the 
blood of Jesus Christ his Son 
cleanseth us from all sin. 

8 If we say that we have no sin 



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we deceive ourselves, and tho 
truth is not in us, 

9 If we confess our sins, he is 
faithful and just to forgive us our 
sins, and to cleanse us from all un- 
righteousness. 

10 If we say that we have not 
sinned, we make him a liar, and 
his word is not in us. 



saint's days. I 



ST. MATTHEW THE APOSTLE. 

September 21. 

St. Matthew, otherwise caUed L.. the Apostl^^^a^^^ 
son of Alpheus, a Galilean ^^'^^'^ ^^fjf hi death are not clear y known, 
profession. The time, place, and °' martyrdom in Ethiopia, others 

!Zn\^^ V\^•thtn^!^v^ C^^menfl^e.andinL supposes he died a natu- 



ral death. A. D. 90. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ECCLESIASTICUS XXXV. 



HE that keepeth the law bring- 
eth offerings enough: hethattak- 
eth heed to the commandment oi- 
fereth a peace-offering. 

2 He that reqniteth a good tm^n 
offereth fine flour ; and he that 
giveth alms sacrificeth praise. 

3 To depart from wickedness 
is a thing pleasing to the Lord : 
and to forsake unrighteousness is 
a propitiation. 

4 Thou shalt not appear empty 
before the Lord. 

5 For all these things [are to be 
done] because of the command- 
ment. . 

6 The offering of the righteous 
maketh the altar fat, and the sweet 
savour thereof is before the Most 
High. 

7 The sacrifice of a just man 
is acceptable, and the memorial 
thereof shall never be forgotten. 

8 Give the Lord his honour 
with a good eye, and diminish not 
the first-fruits of thine hands. 

9 In all thy gifts shew a cheer- 
ful countenance, and dedicate thy 
tithes with gladness. 



10 Give unto the Most High 
according as he hath enriched 
thee ; and as thou hast gotten, give 
with a cheerful eye. 

11 For the Lord recompensetii, 
and will give thee seven times as 

much. . , 

12 Do not think to corrupt with 
gifts : for such he will not receive ; 
and trust not to unrighteous sacri- 
fices ; for the Lord is judge, and 
with him is no respect of persons. 

13 He will not accept any per- 
son against a poor man, but will 
hear the prayer of the oppressed. 

14 He will not despise the sup- 
plication of the fatherless; nor 
the widow, when she poureth out 
her complaints. 

15 Do not the tears run down 
the widow's cheeks ? and is not 
her cry against him that causeth 

them to fain , , t j 

16 He that serveth the Lord 
shall be accepted with favour, and 
his prayer shall reach unto the 

clouds. . T. ui 

17 The prayer of the humble 
pierceth the clouds^ and until ^'t 



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come nigh, lie will not be comfor- 
ted : and will not depart, till the 
Most High shall behold to judge 
righteously, and execute judg- 
ment, 

18 For the Lord will not be 
slack, neither will the Mighty be 
patient towards them, till he have 
smitten in sunder the loins of the 
unmerciful, and repaid vengeance 
to the heathen ; till he have taken 
away the multitude of the proud, 



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and broken the sceptre of the un- 
righteous ; 

19 Till he have rendered to 
every man according to his deeds, 
and to the works of men accord- 
ing to their devices ; till he have 
judged the cause of his people, and 
made them to rejoice in his mer- 
cy. 

20 Mercy is seasonable in the 
time of affliction, as clouds of raim 
in the time of drought. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
LUKE VIIL to V. 26. 



AND it came to pass afterward, 
that he went throughout every 
city and village preaching, and 
shewing the glad tidings of the 
kingdom of God ; and the twelve 
were with him. 

2 And certain women which 
had been healed of evil spirits and 
infirmities, Mary called Magdalene, 
out of whom went seven devils, 

3 And Joanna the wife of Chuza, 
Herod's steward^ and Susanna, 
and many others, which minis- 
tered unto him of their substance. 

4 And when much people were 
gathered together, and were come 
to him out of every city, he spake 
by a parable : 

5 A sower went out to sow his 
seed : and as he sowed, some fell 
by the v/ay-side ; and it was trod- 
den down, and the fowls of the air 
devoured it. 

6 And some fell upon a rock ; 
and as soon as it was sprang up, 
it withered avv^ay, because it lacked 
moisture. 

7 Ar^d some fell among thorns ; 



and the thorns sprang up with it^ 
and choked it. . 

8 And other fell on good ground, 
and sprang up, and bare fruit an 
hundred fold. And when he had 
said these things, he cried, He 
that hath ears to hear, let him 
hear. ^ 

9 And his disciples asked him, 
saying. What might this parable 
be ? 

10 And said, Unto you it is 
given to know the mysteries of the 
kingdom of God ; but to others in 
parables ; that seeing they might 
not see, and hearing they might 
not understand. ; 

1 1 Now the parable is this : 
The seed is the word of God. 

12 Those by the way-side are 
they that hear ; then cometh the 
devil, and taketh away the w^ord 
out of their hearts, lest they should 
believe and be saved. 

13 They on the rock are they, 
which, when they hear, receive 
the word with joy : and these have 
no root^ which for a v/hile believe. 



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saint's days. 



and in time of temptation fall 

away. , ^ 

14 And that which fell among 
thorns are they, which, when they 
have heard, go forth, and are j 
choked with cares, and riches, and 
pleasm*es of this life, and brmg no 
fruit to perfection. 

15 But that on the good ground 
are thev, which, in an honest and 
o-ood heart, having heard the word, 
keep it, and bring forth fruit with 
patience. 

16 No man, when he hath 
lighted a candle, covereth it with 
a vessel, or putteth under abed ; 
but setteth it on a candlestick, that 
they w^hich enter in may see the 
light. , , 

17 For nothing is secret, that 
shall not be made manifest ; nei- 
ther afvj thing hid, that shall not 
be known and come abroad. 

18 Take heed therefore how ye 
hear : for whosoever hath, to him 
shall be given; and whosoever 
hath not, from him shall be taken 
even that which he seemeth to 
have. 

19 Then came to him his mo- 
ther and his brethren, and could 
not come at him for the press. 



20 Audit was told him hy certain-, 
which said, Thv mother and thy 
bretliren stand without, desiring to 
see thee. 

! 21 And he answered and said 
'unto them, My mother and my 
brethren are these which hear the 
word of God, and do it. 

22 Now it came to pass on a 
certain dav, that he went into a 
ship with his disciples : and he 
said unto them, Let us go over un- 
to the other side of the lake. And 
thev launched forth. 

23 But as they sailed, he fell 
asleep : and there came down a 
storm of wnnd on the lake ; and 
they were filled u'ith water, and 
were in jeopardy. 

24 And they came to him, and 
awoke him, saying, :\Iaster, ^^las- 
ter, we perish! Then he arose, 
'and rebuked the wind and the 

raging of the water ; and they 
ceased, and there was a calm. 
' 25 And he said unto them, 
Where is yom faith 1 And they, 
bein^ afraid, wondered, saying one 
to another. What manner of man 
is this 1 for he commandeth even 
the winds and water, and they 
obey him. 



FIRST LESSON 
ECCLESIASTK 

HONOUR a physcian with the 
honour due unto him for the uses 
which ye may have of him ; for 
the Lord hath created him. 

2 For the Alost High cometh 
healing, and he shall receive hon- 
of the king. 



FOR EVENING. 
DUS XXXVIII. 

3 The skill of the physician 
shall lift up Ins head : and m the 
siaht of great men he shall be in 
admiration. 

4 The Lord hath created medi- 
cines out of the earth ; and he that 
is wise will not abhor them. 



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5 Was not the water made sweet 
with wood, that the virtue thereof 
might be known ? 

6 And he hath given men skill, 
that he might be honom^ed in his 
marvellous works. 

7 With such doth he heal [men,] 
and taketh away their pains. 

8 Of such doth the apothecary 
make a confection : and of his 
works there is no end; and from 
him is peace over all the earth. 

9 My son, in thy sickness be 
not negligent : but pray unto the 
Lord, and he will make thee 
whole. 

10 Leave off from sin, and order 
thine hands aright, and cleanse thy 
heart from all wickedness. 

11 Give a sweet savour, and a 
memorial of fine flour ; and make 
a fat offering, as not being. 

12 Then give place to the phy- 
sician, for the Lord hath created 
him. : let him not go from thee, for 
thou hast need of him. 

13 There is a time when in 
their hands there is good success. 

14 For they shall also pray unto 
the Lord, that he would prosper 
that which they give for ease and 
remedy to prolong life. 

15 He that sinneth before his 
Maker, let him fall into the hand 
of the ph^y sician. 

16 My son, let tears fall dov/n 
over the dead, and begin to lament, 
as if thouhadst suffered great harm 
thyself ; and then cover his body 
according to the custom, and neg- 
lect not his burial. 

17 Weep bitterly, and make 
great moan, and use lamentation, 
as he is worthy, and that a day or 
two, lest thou be evil spoken of : 
and then comfort thyself for thy 
heavinesa. 



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18 For of heaviness cometh 
death, and the heaviness of the 
heart breaketh strength. 

1 9 In affliction also sorrow re- 
raaineth : and the life of the poor 
is the curse of the heart. 

20 Take no heaviness to heart : 
drive it away, and remember the 
last end. 

2 1 Forget it not, for there is no 
turning again : thou shalt not do 
him good, but hurt thyself. 

22 Remember my judgment : 
for thine also shall be so ; yester- 
day for me, and to-day for thee. * 

23 W^hen the dead is at rest, 
let his remembrance rest ; and be 
comforted for him, when his spirit 
is departed from him. 

24 The vvisdom of a learned 
man cometh by opportunity of lei- 
sure : and he that hath little busi- 
ness shall become wise. 

25 How can he get wisdom that 
holdeth the plow, and that glorieth 
in the goad, that driveth oxen, and 
is occupied in their labours, and 
whose talk is of bullocks ? 

26 He giveth his mind to make 
furrows ; and is diligent to give the 
kine fodder. 

27 So every carpenter and work- 
master, that laboureth night and 
day : and they that cut and grave 
seals, and are diligent to make 
great variety, and give themselves 
to counterfeit imagery, and watch 
to finish a work : 

28 The smith also sitting by the 
anvil, and considering the iron 
work, the vapour of the fire wast- 
eth his flesh, and he fighteth with 
the heat of the furnace : the noise 
of the hammer and the anvil is 
ever in his ears, and his eyes look 
still upon the pattern of the thing 
that he maketh ; he setteth his 

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5& 



mind to finish his work, and watch- 
eth to polish it perfectly : 

29 So doth the potter sitting at 
his work, and turning the wheel 
about with his feet, who is always 
carefully set at his work, and 
maketh all his work by number ; 

30 He fashioneth the clay with 
his arm, and boweth down his 
strenath before his feet; he ap- 
plieth himself to lead it over ; and 
he IS dihgent to make clean the 
furnace : 

3 1 All these trust to their hands : 
and every one is wise in his work. 



32 "Without these cannot a city 
be inhabited : and they shall not 
dwell where they will, nor go up 
and down. 

33 They shall not be sought for 
in pubhc council, nor sit high in 
the congregation : they shall not 
sit on the judges' seat, nor under- 
stand the sentence of judgment : 
they cannot declare justice and 
judgment ; and they shall not be 
found where parables are spoken. 

34 But they will maintain the 
state of the world, and [all] their 
desire is in the work of their craft. 



'^ECO'KD LESSON FOR EVETsniS'G. 



I CORINTHIANS VI. 



DARE any of you, having al 
matter against another, go to law ; 
before the unjust, and not before ^ 
the saints ? 

2 Do ye not know that the saints 
shall judge the world? and if the 
world shall be judged by you, are 
ye unworthy to judge the smallest 
matters ? 

3 Know ye not that Ave shall 
judge angels ? how much more 
things that pertain to this Ufe ? 

4 If then ye have judgments of 
things pertaining to this life, set 
them to judge who are -least es- 
teemed in the church. 

■ 5 I speak to your shame. Is 
it so, that there is not a wise man 
among you 1 no, not one that shall 
be able to judge between his breth- 
ren ? 

6 But brother goeth to law with 
^brother, and that before the unbe- 
'•iievers. 

-7 Now therefore there is utterly 



a fault among you, because ye go 
to law one with another. Why do 
ye not. rather take wrong ? why do 
ye not rather suffer yourselves to 
be defrauded? 

8 Xay, ye do wrong, and de- 
fraud, and that 7/our brethren. 
: -9 Know ye not that the unriglr- 
•teous shall'not inherit the king- 
:dom of God? Be not deceiv- 
! ed ; neither fornicators, nor idola- 
i ters.nor adulterers, nor effeminate, 
nor abusers of themselves v/ith 
mankind, 

10 Nor thieves, nor covetous, 
nor drunkards, nor revilers,nor ex- 
tortioners, shall inherit the king- 
1 dom of God. 

I 1 1 And such were some of you : 
I but ye are washed, but ye are 
i sanctified, but ye are justified in 
Ithe name of the Lord Jesus, and 
I by the Spirit of our God. 
i ' 12 All things are lawful unto 
i me, but ah things are not expe- 



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dient : all things are lawful for 
me, but I will not be brought un- 
der the power of any. 

13 Meats for the belly, and 
the belly for meats ; but God shall 
destroy both it and them. Now 
the body is not for fornication, but 
for the Lord, and the Lord for the 

I body. 

14 And God hath both raised 
up the Lord, and will also raise up 
us by his own power. 

15 Know ye not that your bodies 
are the members of Christ ? shall 
I then take the members of Christ, 
and make them the members of an 
harlot ? God forbid. 

16 What ! know ye not that he 
which is joined to an harlot is on^ 



S DAYS. 52B 

body ? . for two (saith he) shall be 
one flesh. 

17 But he that is joined unto 
the Lord is one spirit. 

18 Flee fornication. Every 
sin that a man doeth is without the 
body ; but he that committeth for- 
nication sinneth against his own 
body. 

19 What! know ye not that 
your body is the temple of the 
Holy Ghost whick i^'in you, which 
ye have of God, and ye are not 
your own ? 

20 For ye are bought with a 
price : therefore glorify God in 
your body, and in your spirit, which 
are God's. 



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ST. MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS 

September 29. J 

The church celebrate, the festival of Michael and a^^^^^^^^^^ 1 
her thankfulness to God fur the ^^^r'^'r^^l'^l','^^^^^^^ of great 

i.trv. and because St. Michael is /i?^^ of God. ^'ith a 

po^ver and dignity, presiding and ^"^^^^^-^^Xnl o-m^ andinalice 
p--cn!iar ri-ilance and application and ^^^''-^L^ .° ; '^^^ of Michael 
?f'thedevfl-. it ar?y t eS;L"ed by God in 

rnrT/affai-rar^rar^^freo^uL^^^ i-^e Old^nd >-ew Testa- 



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FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 



GENESIS XXXII. 



AND Jacob went on his way, 
and the angels of C4od met Mm. 

2 And \vlien Jacob saw them, 
be said. This is God's host : and 
he called the name of that place 
}Jahanaim. 

3 And Jacob sent ^mecsensers 
before bim to Esr.ii h:^ 
unto the land of Sen. : 
of E iom. 

4 And be commandei jbe^n, 
^3vino-. Tbns shall ve speak unio 
^nv lo^d Esan : Thv servant Jacob 

.s. I hare sojourned vntn 
and staved there until 



7 Then Jacob was greatly 
afraid, and distressed: and he 
divided the people that ^i^fls with 
him, and the flocks, and herds, 
and the camels, into tv>-o bands ; 

8 And said, If Esan cometothe 
one coinpanr and smite it, then 
'-■1?=^ other comoanv which is leit 
; r.all escape. 

9 Ar ^ ^ ' " 
father . - 



:n tliU 



Lab 
now ; 

5 And I hare oxen, and asses, 
fiocks, and men-servants, and wo- 
men-servants : and I have sent to 
teh my lord, that I may lind grace 
in thv sight. 

6 And the messengers returned 
to Jacob, saying, We came to thv 
brother Esau, and also he cometh 
to meet thee, and four hundred 
men with him. 



-A, God of my 
nl God of my 
tatner i.ac.c, .n^ Ldki) which 
^.id^t unto me. Return unto thy 
countrv. and to Av kindred, and I 
win deal well with thee. 

10 I am not worthy oi the least 
of all the mercies, and of all the 
truth, which thou hast _she wed un- 
to thv servant : for with my stail 
I passed over this Jordan, and 
now I am become two bands. 

U Deliver me, I pray thee, 
Aom the hand of my brother, from, 
the hand of Esau : for I fear him, 
lpc:t he AviU come and smUe me,. 
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12 And tliou saidst, I will surely 
j do thee good, and make thy seed 

as the sand of the sea, which 
cannot be numbered for multitude. 

13 And he lodged there that 
same night ; and took of that which 
came to his hand a present for 
Esau his brother ; 

14 Two hundred she-goats and 
twenty he goats, two hundred ewes 
and twenty rams, 

15 Thirty milch-camels with 
their colts, forty kine and ten 
bulls, twenty she-asses and ten 
foals. 

16 And he delivered them into 
the hand of his servants, every 
drove by themselves ; and said un- 
to his servants, Pass over before 
me, and put a space betwixt drove 
and drove. 

17 iVnd he commanded the 
foremost, saying. When Esau my 
my brother meeteth thee, and 
asketh thee, saying. Whose art 
thou 1 and whither goest thou ? 
and whose are these before thee. 

18 Then thou shalt say. They 
he thy servant Jacob's ; it is a 
present sent unto my lord Esau : 
and behold, also he is behind us. 

19 And so commanded he the 
second, and the third, and all that 
followed the droves, saying, On 
this manner shall ye speak unto 
Esau, when ye find him. 

20 And say ye moreover. Be- 
hold, thy servant Jacob is behind 
us. For he said, I will appease 
him with the present that goeth 
before me, and afterward I will 
see his face ; peradventure he will 
accept of me. 

21 So went the present over 
before him ; and himself lodged 
that night in the company. 

22 And he rose up that nighty 



and took his two wives, and his 
two women servants, and his 
eleven sons, and passed over the 
ford Jabbok. 

23 And he took them, and sent 
them over the brook, and sent 
over that he had. 

24 And Jacob was left alone ; 
and there wrestled a man with 
him until the breaking of the day. 

25 And when he saw that he 
prevailed not against him, he 
touched the hollow of his thigh : 
and the hollow of Jacob's thigh 
was out of joint as he wrestled 
with him. 

26 And he said. Let me go, for 
the day breaketh. And he said, I 
will not let thee go, except thou 
bless me. 

27 And he said unto him, What 
is thy name ? And he said, Jacob. 

28 And he said. Thy name shall 
be called no more Jacob, but Is- 
rael : for as a prince hast thou 
power with God and with men, 
and hast prevailed. ."^ 

29 And Jacob asked him, and 
said, Tell me., I pray thee, thy 
name. And he said. Wherefore is 
it that thou dost ask after my 
name 1 And he blessed him there. 

30 And Jacob called the name 
of the place Peniel : for I have 
seen God face to face, and my 
life is preserved. 

31 And as he passed over 
Penuel the sun rose upon him, and 
he halted upon his thigh. 

32 Therefore the children of 
Israel eat not of the sinew which 
shrank, which is upon the hollow 
of the thigh, unto this day ; be- 
cause he touched the hollow of 
Jacob's thigh in the sinew that 
shrank. 



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SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
ACTS XII. to V. 20. 



NOAV, about that time, Herod 
the king stretched forth his hands 
to vex certain of the church. 

2 And he killed James, the 
brother of John, v/ith the sword. 

3 And because he saw it pleased 
the Jews, he proceeded further to 
take Peter also. (Then were the 
days of unleavened bread.) 

4 And when he had appre- 
hended him, he put him in prison, 
and delivered him to four quater- 
nions of soldiers to keep him ; in- 
tending after Easter to bring him 
forth to the people. 

5 Peter therefore was kept in 
prison; but prayer was made 
without ceasing of the church unto 
God for him. 

6 And when Herod would have 
brought him forth, the same night 
Peter was sleeping between two 
soldiers, bound with two chains : 
and the keepers before the door 
kept the prison. 

7 And behold, the angel of the 
Lord came upon him, and a light 
shined in the prison : and he smote 
Peter on the side, and raised him 
up, saying, Arise up quickly. And 
his chains fell off from his hands. 

8 And the angel said unto him, 
Gird thyself, and bind on thy san- 
dals : and so he did. And he 
saith unto him, Cast thy garment 
about thee, and follow me. 

9 And he went out, and fol- 
lowed him ; and wist not that it 
was true which was done by the 
angel ; but thought he saw a vi- 
sion. 



10 When they were past the 
first and the second ward, they 
came unto the iron gate that lead- 
eth unto the city ; Vv-hich opened 
to them of his own accord : and 
they went out, and passed on 
through one street ; and forthwith 
the angel departed from him. 

• 1 1 And when Peter was come 
to himself, he said. Now I know 
of a surety, that the Lord hath 
sent his angel, and hath delivered 
me out of the hand of Herod, and 
from all the expectation of the 
people of the Jev/s. 

12 And when he had considered 
the thing, he came to the house of 
Mary the mother of John, whose 
surname was Mark ; where many 
were gathered together praying. 

13 And as Peter knocked at 
the door of the gate, a damsel 
came to hearken, named Rhoda. 

1 4 And vv-hen she knew Peter's 
voic^, she opened not the gate for 
gladness, but ran in, and told how 
Peter stood before the gate. 

15 And they said unto her, 
Thou art mad. But she constantly 
affirm.ed that it was even so. Then 
said they, it is his angel. 

16 But Peter continued knock- 
ing : and Vv^hen they had opened 
the door, and saw him, they were 
astonished. 

17 But he, beckoning unto them 
with the hand to hold their peace., 
declared unto them how the Lord 
had brought him out of the prison. 
And he said, go shew these things 
unto James, and to the brethren 



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And he departed, and went into 
another place. 

18 Nov/, as soon as it was day, 
there was no small stir among the 
soldiers, what was become of Pe- 
ter. 



19 And when Herod had sought 
for him, and found him not, he ex- 
amined the keepers, and command- 
ed that they should be put to death. 
And he went down from Judea to 
Cesarea, and there abode.. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 



DANIEL X. V. 5. 



5 Then I lifted up mine eyes, 
and looked, and behold a certain 
man clothed in linen, whose loins 
tcere girded with fine gold of 
Uphaz ; 

6 His body also loas like the 
beryl, and his face as the appear- 
ance of lightning, and his eyes as 
lamps of fire, and his arms and his 
feet like in colour to polished brass, 
and the voice of his words like the 
voice of a multitude. 

7 And I Daniel alone saw the 
vision ; for the men that were with 
me saw not the vision ; but a 
great quaking fell upon them, so 
that they fled to hide themselves. 

8 Therefore I was left alone, 
and saw this great vision, and there 
remained no strength in me : for 
my comeliness was turned in me 
into corruption, and I retained no ^ 
strength. 

9 Yet heard I the voice of his 
words ; and when I heard the 
voice of his words, then was I in 
a deep sleep on my face, and my 
face toward the ground. 

1 And behold, an hand touched 
me, which set me upon my knees 
and ujpon the palms of my hands : 

11 And he said unto me, O 
Daniel, a man greatly beloved, un- 



derstand the words that I speak 
unto thee and stand upright ; for 
unto thee am I now sent. And 
when he had spoken this word 
unto me, I stood trembling. 

12 Then said he unto me, Fear 
not Daniel : for from the first day 
that thou didst set thine heart to ' 
understand, and to chasten thyself 
before thy God, thy words were 
heard, and I am come for thy 
words. 

13 But the prince of the king- 
dom of Persia withstood me one 
and twenty days ; but lo, Michael, 
one of the chief princes, came to 
help me ; and I remained there 
with the kings of Persia. 

14 Now I am come to make 
thee understand what shall befall 
thy people in the latter days ; for 
yet the vision is for many days, 

15 And when he had spoken 
such words unto me, I set my face, 
toward the ground, and I became 
dumb. 

16 And behold, one like the 
similitude of the sons of men touah- 
ed my lips : then I opened my 
mouth, and spake, and said irnto 
him that stood before me, O my 
lord, by the vision my sorrows are 



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turned upon me, and I have retain- 
ed no strength. 

17 For how can the servant oi 
this my lord talk with this my 
lord? for, as for me, straightway 
there remained no strength m me, 
neither is there breath left in me. 

18 Then there came again and 
touched me one like the appear- 
ance of a man and he strengthened 
me 



19 And said, Oman greatly be- 
loved fear not ; peace he unto thee ; 
be strong, yea, be strong. And 
when he had spoken unto me, II 



was strengthened, and said, Let 
my lord speak: for thou hast 
strengthened me, 

20 Then said he, Knowest thou 
wherefore I come unto thee 1 and 
now I will return to fight with the 
price of Persia ; and when I am 
gone forth, lo, the prince of Crecia 
shall come. 

21 But I will shew thee that 
which is noted in the scripture of 
truth ; and there is none that hold- 
eth with me in these things, but 
Michael your prince. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



JUDE. V. 5. to V. la 



5 I will tlierefore put you in 
iemembrance,thoughye onceknew 
this, how that the Lord, having 
saved the people out of the land 
of Egypt, afterward destroyedthem 

that believed not. 

6 And the angels which kept not 
their first estate, but left their own 
habitation, he hath reserved m 
everlasting chains, under darkness, 
unto the judgment of the great 
day. 

7 Even as Sodom and Gomorrha, 
and the cities about them, in like 
manner, giving themselves over to 
fornication, and going after strange 
flesh, are set forth for an example, 
suffering the vengeance of eternal 
fire. 

8 Likewise also these filthy 
dreamers defile the flesh, despise 
dominion, and speak evil of digni- 
ties. 

9 Yet Michael the archangel, 



when contending with the devil, 
(he disputed about the body of Mo- 
ses,) durst not bring against him a 
railing accusation, but said, the 
Lord rebuke thee. 

10 But they speak evil of those 
things which they know not ; but 
what they know naturally, as brute 
beasts, in those things they corrupt 
themselves. 

1 1 Woe unto them ! for they have 
gone in the way of Cain, and ran 
greedily after the error of Baalam 
for reward, and perished in the 
gainsaying of Core. 

12 These are spots in your 
feasts of charity, when they feast 
with you, feeding themselves with- 
out fear ; clouds they are without 
water, carried about of wmds : 
trees whose fruit withereth, with- 
out fruit, twice dead, plucked up 
by the roots : 

13 Raging waves of the sea» 



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I foaming but their own shame : 
ij wandering stars, to whom is rc- 
I served the blackness of darkness 
for ever. 

I 14 And Enoch also, the seventh 
from Adam, prophesied of these, 

j saying, Behold^ the Lord cometh 
with ten thousand of his saints, 



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15 To execute judgment upon 
allj and to convince all that are 
ungodly among them of all their 
ungodly deeds which they have 
ungodly committed, and of all their 
hard speeches which ungodly sin- 
ners have spoken against him. 

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ST. LUKE THE EVANGELIST. 

October 18. 

an olive tree. 

''In Luke heaven's choicest gift's united shine, 
The learn'd physician and the inspir'd divine, 
Blest art ! which the balms of life supply ; 
But that more blest, by which we learn to die. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING* 
ECCLESIASTICXJS Ll. 



1 WILL thank thee, O Lordi( 
and King, and praise thee, O God j 
my Saviour : I do give praise unto 
thy name: ' 

2 For thou art my defender ! 
and helper, and hast preserved : 
my body from destruction, and 
from the' snare of the slanderous 
tongue, and from the hps that 
forge Ues, and hast been mme 
helper against mine adversaries ; 

3 And hast deUvered me, ac- 
cording to the multitude of thy 
mercie°sand greatness of thy name, 
from the teeth of them that were 
ready to devour me, and outof the 
hands of such as sought after my 
life, and from the manifold afflic- 
tions which I had ; 

4 From the choking of fire on 
every side, and from the midst of 
the fire which I kindled not ; 

5 From the depth of the belly 



of hell, from an unclean tongue, 
and from lying words. 

6 By an accusation to the king 
from an unrighteous tongue, my 
soul drew near even unto death, 
my hfe was near to the hell 
beneath. 

7 They compassed me on every 
side, and there was no man to 
help me : I looked for the succour 
of m.en, but there was none. 

8 Then thought I upon thy 
mercv, O Lord, and upon thy acts 
of old, how thou deliverest such 
as wait for thee, and savest them 
out of the hands of the enemies. 

9 Then Hfted I up my supph- 
cation from the earth, and prayed 
for deliverance from death. 

10 1 called upon the Lord, the 
' Father of my Lord, that he would 

not leave me in the days of my 



saint' 

double, and in the time of the 
proud, when there was no help. 

Ill will praise thy name con- 
tinually, and will sing praise with 
thanksgiving ; and so my prayer 
was heard : 

12 For thou savedst me from 
destruction, and deliveredst me 
from the evil time : therefore will 
I give thanks, and praise thee, and 
bless thy name, O Lord. 

13 When I was yet young, or 
ever I went abroad, I desired 
wisdom openly in my prayer. 

14 I prayed for her before the 
temple, and will seek her out 
even to the end. 

15 Even from the flower till 
the grape was ripe, hath my heart 
dehghted in her : my foot went 
the right way, from my youth up 
sought I after her. 

16 I bowed down mine ear a 
little, and received her, and gat 
much learning. 

17 I profited therein, therefore 
will I ascribe the glory unto him 
that giveth me wisdom. 

18 For I purposed to do after 
her, and earnestly I followed that 
which is good : so shall I not be 
confounded, 

19 My soul hath wrestled with 
her, and in my doings I was ex- 
act : I stretched forth my hands 
to the heaven above, and bewailed 
my ignorances of her. 



S 

20 I directed my soul unto her, 
and I found her in pureness: I 
have had my heart joined with her 
from the beginning, therefore shall 
I not be forsaken. 

21 My heart was troubled in 
seeking her: therefore have I 
gotten a good possession. 

22 The Lord hath given me a 
tong-ue for my reward, and I wiU 
praise him therewith. 

23 Draw near unto me, ye un- 
learned, and dwell in the house of 
learning. 

24 Wherefore are ye slow, 
and what say ye of these things, 
seeing your souls are very thirsty? 

25 I opened my mouth, and 
said. Buy her for yourselves with- 
out money. 

26 Put your neck under the 
yoke, and let your soul receive in- 
struction : she is hard at hand to 
find. 

27 Behold with your eyes, how 
that I bave had but little labour, 
and have gotten unto me much 
rest, 

28 Get learning with a great 
sum of money, and get much gold 
by her. 

29 Let your soul rejoice in 
his mercy, and be not ashamed of 
his praise. 

30 Work your work betimes, 
and in his time he will give you 
your reward. 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING. 
JOHN II. 



AND the third day there was 
a marriage in Cana of Galilee : 
and the mother of Jesus, was 
there. 



2 And both Jesus was called, 
and his disciples to the marriage. 

3 And when they wanted wine 



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saint's days. 



the mother of Jesus saith unto him, 
They have no wine. 

4 Jesus saith unto her, Woman, 
what have I to do with thee ^ mme 
hour is not yet come. 

5 His mother saith unto the 
servants, w^hatsoever he saith unto 

you do it. 

6 And there were set there six 
water pots of stone, after the man- 
ner of the purifying of the Jews, 
containing two or three firkins 
apiece. 

7 Jesus saith unto them, riii 
the water-pots with water. And 
they filled them up to the brim. 

8 And he saith unto them, 
Draw^ out now and bear unto the 
governor of the feast. And they 
hare xt» 

9 When the ruler of the feast 
had tasted the water that was 
made wine, and knew not whence 
it was, (but the servants which 
drew the water knew :) the go- 
vernor of the feast called the bride- 
groom, , . _ 

10 And saith unto him, Every 
man at the beginning doth setforth 
good wine; and when men have 
well drunk, then that which is 
worse: but thou hast kept the 
good wine until now. 

11 This beginning of miracles 
aid Jesus in Cana of Galilee, and 
manifested forth his glory : and 
his disciples believed on him, 

12 After this he went down to 
Capernaum,he and his mother, and 
his brethren, and his disciples ; 
and they pontinued there i^ot many 
days. 

13 And the Jews' passover 
was at hand ; and Jesus went up 
to Jerusalein. 

14 And found in the temple 
those that sold oxen, and sheep. 



and doves, and the changers of 
money sitting : , , j 

15 And when he had made a 
scourge of small cords, he drove 
them all out of the temple, and 
the sheep and the oxen, and poured 
out the changers' money, and over-- 
threw the tables ; 

16 And said unto them that 
sold doves, Take these things 
hence; make not my Fathers 
house an house of merchandize. 

17 And his disciples remem- 
bered that it was written. The 
zeal of thine house hath eaten me 

^18 Then answered the Jews, 
and said unto him. What sign 
shewest thou unto us, seeing that 
thou doest these things ? 

19 Jesus answered and said 
unto them. Destroy this temple, 
and in three days I will r^se it 

up. - 

20 Then said the Jews, Forty 
and six years was this temple in 
building, and wilt thou rear it up 
in three days 1 

21 But he spake of the temple 

of his body. 

22 When therefore he was risen 

from the dead, his disciples re- 
membered that he had said this 
unto them ; and they beheved the 
scripture, and the word which Je- 
sus had said. 

23 Now, when he was m Jeru- 
salem at the passover, in the feast 
da7j, many beheved in his name, 
when they saw the miracles which 
he did. 

24 But Jesus did not commit 
himself unto them., because he 
knew all mm. 

25 And needed not that any 
should testify of man ; for he kne^Y 
\Yhat Y^aa man. 



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J'IRST LESSON FOR E¥ENINa* 
JOB L 



ii 

! THERE was a man in theland 
}i of Uz, whose name was Job>; and 
I that man was perfect and upright, 
and one that feared God, and es- 
chewed evil. 
1 2 And there were bom unto 
1 him seven sons and three daugh- 
! ters. 

I 3 His substance alsowasseven 
j thousand sheep, and three thou- 
sand camels, and five hundred 
yoke of oxen, and five hundred 
she-asses, and a very great? house- 
hold ; so that this man was the 
greatest of all the men of the east. 
' 4 And his sons went and feasted 
! in their houses, every one his 
day ; and sent and called for their 
three sisters, to eat andi tcx drink 
with them. 

5 And it was so, when the days 
of their feasting were gone about, 
that Job sent and sanctified them, 
and rose up early in the morning, 
and offered burnt-offerings accord- 
ing to the number of them all : for 
Job said, It may be that my sons 
have sinned^ and cursed God in 
their hearts. Thus did Job con- 
! tinually. 

: 6 Now there was a day when 
the sons of God came to present 
themselves before the Lord, and 
Satan came also among them,. 
7 And the Lord said unto Satan, 
I Whence comestthou/? Then Satan. 
; answered the Lord,, and^ said, 
j From going to and fro in the 
j earth, and from; walking up and 
I down in it. 

i 8 And the Lord said unto Satan, 
i l[ast thou, considered my servant 



Job, that there is none like himf ia 
the earth, a perfect and an up* 
right man, one that feareth God^ 
and escheweth evil ? 

9 Then Satan answered the 
Lord, and said, doth Job fear God 
for nought T 

I Q Hast not thou made an hedge 
about him, and about his house^, 
and about all that he hath on every 
side ? thou hast blessed the work 
of his hands, and his substance ia; 
increased in the land : 

II But put forth; thine handi 
now,„ and touch all that he hath^, 
and he^ will curse thee to thy face, 

12 And the Lord said unto^ 
Satan,, Behold, all that he hath is 
in thy power ; only upon himself 
put not forth thine hand. So Satan- 
went forth from the presence of the 
Lord. 

1 3 And there was a day when 
his sons and his^ daughters were 
eating and drinking wine in their 
eldest brother's house : 

14 And there came a messenger 
unto Job^. and said. The oxen were 
plowing, and the asses feeding be- 
side them ; 

15 And the Sabeans fell upon 
themy and took them away ; yea,, 
they have slain the servants with 
the edge of the sword ; and I only 
am escaped alone to tell thee. 

16 While he icas yet speakings 
there came al^o another, and said. 
The fire of God is. fallen from hea- 
ven, and hath burned up the sheep, 
and the servants, and consumed; 
them ; and I only am escaped aloneb 
to tell thee.. 

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17 WMle he was yet speaking, 
there came also another, and said, 
The Chaldeans made out three 
bands, and fell upon the camels, 
and have carried them away, yea, 
and slain the servants with the 
edge of the sword ; and I only am 
escaped alone to tell thee. 

18 While he teas yet speaking, 
there came also another, and said, 
Thy sons and thy daughters 2vere 
eating and drinking wine in their 
eldest brother's house : 

19 And behold, there came a 
gTeat wind from the wilderness, 
and smote the four corners of the 



DAY S^r 

house, and it fell upon the young 
men, and they are dead; and I 
only am escaped alone to tell 
thee. 

20 Then Job arose, and rent 
his mantle, and shaved his head, 
and fell down upon the ground, 
and worshipped, 

21 And said, Naked came I out 
of my mother's womb, and naked 
shall I return thither : the Lord 
gave, and the Lord hath taken 
away ; blessed be the name of the 
Lord. 

22 In all this Job sinned not, 
nor charged' God foolishly. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING. 



GALATIANS IV. 



NOW I say, That the heir, as 
long as he is a child differeth no- 
thing from a servant, though he be 
lord of all ; 

2 But is under tutors and go- 
vernors imtil the time appointed 
of the father. 

3 E^^n so^we, when we were 
children, were in bondage under 
the elements of the world. 

4 But when the fulness of the 
time was com^, God sent forth 
his Son, made of a womait, made 
under the law, 

5 Tore-deem them that w^re 
under the law, that we might re- 
ceive the adoption of sons. 

6 And because ye are sons, 
God hath sent forth the Spirit of 
his Son into your hearts, orying, 
Abba, Father. 

7 Wherefore thou art no more 
^ servant, but a ^on ; ai-^d if a son, 



then an heir of God through Christ. 

8 Howbeit, then when ye 
knew not God, ye did service unta 
them which by nature are no gods. 

9 But now,' after that ye have 
known God, or rather are known 
of God, how turn ye again to the 
weak and beggarly elements, 
whereunto ye desire again to be in 
bondage 1 

10 Ye observe days, and months, 

and times, and years. 

1 1 I am afraid of you, lest I 
have beslawed upon you labour in 
vain. 

12 Brethren, I beseech you, be 
as I am ; for am as ye are ; ye 
have not injured me at all. 

13 Ye know how, through in- 
firmity of the fiesh, I preached the 
gospel unto you at the first. 

14 And ray temptation which 
was in my flesh ye despised nat^ 



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535 



jl n^B rejected ; but received me as 
|! an angel of God, even as Christ 
i Jesus. 

1 5 Where is then the blessedness 
ye spake of ? for I bear you record, 
thatj if it had been possible, ye 

I would have plucked out your own 
eyes, and have given them to me. 

16 Am I therefore become 
your enemy, because I tell you 

I the truth ? 

Ij 17 They zealously effect you, 
hut not well: yea, they would 
l| exclude you that ye might effect 
them. 

18 But it is good to be zealously 
affected always in a good thing, 
and not only when I am present 
with you. 

19 My little children, of whom 
I travail in birth again until Christ 
be formed in you. 

20 I desire to be present with 
you now, and to change my voice : 
for I stand in doubt of you. 

21 Tell me, ye that desire to 
be under the law, do ye not hear 
the law I 

22 For it is written, that Abra- 
ham had two sons. : the one by a 
bond maid, the other by a free wo- 
man. 

23, But he who was of the bond 
woman was born after thie flesh : 



but he of the free woman was by 
promise. 

24 Which things are an alle- 
gory : for these are the two cove- 
nants : the one from the mount 
Sina,. which gendereth to bondage, 
which is Agar, 

25 For this Agar is mount Sina 
in Arabia, and answereth to Jeru- 
salem which now is, and is in 
bondage with her children. 

26 But Jerusalem which is 
above is free, which is the mother, 
of us all. 

27 Foritis written. Rejoice, tkm 
barren that bearest not: break- 
forth and cry thou that travaijest 
not : for the desolate hath many 
more children than she which 
hath an husband. 

28 Now we, brethren, as Isaac 
was, are the children of promise. 

29 But as then he that was 
born after the flesh persecuted him 
that was born after the Spirit, even 
so it is now. 

30 Nevertheless, what saith 
the scripture ? Cast out the bond 
woman and her son ; for the son 
of the bond woman shall not be 
heir with the son of the free woman. 

31 So then, brethren, we are 
not children of the bond womaji, 
but of the free» . 



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saint's days. 



ST. SIMON AND ST. JUDE, APOSTLES. 

October 28. 



AS to St. Simon, but few of ^P?-^^^ i^^^^^!^,^ 
some writers afarm that he travelled JS) P'> '^J^^if^^^^i^e a number 
on to Lybia and Mauritania where he confl m^^ ^ J^^^ 

of miracles. That he came la^t to he ^e.t"n i ^ .^.^^ ^^i,}, he was 

ia particular; yhsf^' ^°^^f , .°^,ni la^tlv, crucified; all which he 
persecuted by the idolatrous mhab tant^ , an^, la ^^^^^ ^^^^^ 

Lderwent with firmness and ^,^=>';..^Vuaas the traitor, but few of the 
deus, and Lebbeus, '° distinguish him from Judas^^^^^^ ^^^^ 

^S^t^'^r^^or'S;^,'^^ superstitions of the Mag.. 

A. D. 64, 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNINO. 
JOB XXIV and XXV. 



WHY, seeing times are not 
hidden from the Almighty, do 
they that know him not see his 
days 1 

2 SoT/ie remove the land-marks ; 
they violently take away flocks, 
and feed thereof; 

3 They drive away the ass ol 
the fatherless ; they take the 
widow's ox for a pledge ; 

4 They turn the needy out of 
the way- the poor of the earth 
hide themselves together, 

5 Behold as wild asses m the 
desert, go they forth to their work, 
rising betimes for a prey : the 
wilderness yieldeth food for them, 
and for their children. 

6 They reap every one his com 
in the field ; and they gather the 
"/intage of the wicked ; 

7 Tkey cause the naked to 



lodge without clothing, that they 
have no covering in the cold ; 

8 They are wet with the 
showers of the moimtains, and 
embrace the rock for want of a 
shelter; ^ ^ , 

9 They pluck the fatherless 
from the breast, and take a pledge 
of the poor. 

10 They cause Aim to go naked 
without clothing, and they take 
away the sheaf from the hungry ; 

1 1 Which make oil withm their, 
walls, and tread i^Aar wine-presses, 
and suffer thirst. 

12 Men groan from out of the 
city, and the soul of the wounded 
crieth out; yet God layeth not 
folly to them.- 

13 They are of those that rebei: 
against the light; they know, noit 



SAINT 

the ways thereof, nor abide in the 
paths thereof. 

14 The murderer, rising with 
the hght, killeth the poor and 
needy, and in the night is as a 
thief. 

15 The eye also of the adul- 
terer waiteth for the twilight, say- 
ing, No eye shall see me ; and 
disguiseth Aw face. 

16 In the dark they dig through 
houses, which they had marked 
for themselves in the day-time: 
they know not the light. 

17 For the morning is to them 
even as the shadow of death : if 
one know them, they are in the 
terrors of the shadow of death. 

18 He is swift as the waters ; 
their portion is cursed in the earth : 
he beholdeth not the way of the 
vineyards. 

19 Drought and heat consume 
the snow-waters ; so doth the grave 
those which have sinned. 

20 The womb shall forget him ; 
the worm shall feed sweetly on 
him : he shall be no more remem- 
bered ; and wickedness shall be 
broken as a tree. 

2 1 He evil-entreateth the barren 
that beareth not, and doeth not 
good to the widow, 



S DAYS. 537 

22 He draweth also the mighty 
with his power ; he riseth up, and 
no man is sure of life. 

23 Though it be given him to he 
in safety whereon he resteth, yet 
his eyes are upon their ways. 

24 They are exalted for a little 
while, but are gone and brought 
low ; they are taken out of the way 
as all other, and cut off as the tops, 
of the ears of corn. 

25 And if it be not so now, who 
will make me a liar, and make my 
speech nothing worth ? 

THEN answered Bildad the 
Shuhite, and said, 

2 Dominion and fear are with 
him ; he maketh peace in his high 
places. 

3 Is there any number of his 
armies 1 and upon whom doth not 
his light arise ? 

4 How then can man be justi^ 
fied with God ? or how can he be 
clean that is born of a woman ? 

5 Behold even to the moon, 
and it shineth not ; yea, the stars 
are not pure in his sight : 

6 How much less man, that is 
a worm; and the son of man^ 
which is a worm ? 



SECOND LESSON FOR MORNING, 
JOHN VIII. V. 21. 



21 Then said Jesus again unto 
them, I go my way,and ye shall seek 
me, and shall die in your sins : 
whither I go, ye cannot come. 

22 Then said the Jews Will he 
fell himself ? because he saith 



Whither I go, ye cannot come. 

23 And he said unto them. Ye 
are from beneath : I am from 
above ; ye are of this world : I 
am not of this world. 

24 I said therefore unto you^ 



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SAINTS DAYS. 



that ye shall die in your sins : for 
if ye believe not that I am he, ye 
shall die in your sins. 

25 Then said they unto him, 
Who art thou? And Jesus saith 
unto them, Even the same that I 
said unto you from the beginning. 

26 I have many things to say 
and to judge of you : but he that 
sent me is true ; and I speak to 
the world those things which I 
have heard of him. 

27 They understood not that 
he spake to them of the Father. 

28 Then said Jesus unto them, 
when ye have lifted up the Son of 
man, then shall ye know that I 
am he, and that I do nothing of 
myself: but as my Father hath 
taught me, I speak these things. 

29 And he that sent me is 
with me : the Father hath not left 
me alone ; for I do always those 
things that please him. 

W As he spake these words, 
many believed on him. 

31 Then said Jesus to those 
Jews which believed on him. If 
ye continue in my word, then are 
ye mv disciples indeed ; 

32^ And ye shall know the 
truth, and the truth shall make you 
free. 

33 They answered him. We 
be Abraham's seed, and were 
never in bondage to any man ; how 
sayest thou, Ye shall be made free ? 

34 Jesus answereth them, VerUy, 
verily, I say unto you. Whosoever 
committeth sin is the servant of sin. 

35 And the servant abideth not 
in the house for ever : hut the Son 
abideth ever. 

36 If the Son therefore shall 
make you free, ye shall be free 
indeed. 

37 I know that ye ar^ Abra- 



i 



ham's seed ; but ye seek to kill 
me, because my word hath no 
place in you. 

38 I speak that which I have 
seen with my Father : and ye do 
that which ye have seen with your I 
father. 

39 They answered and said 
unto him, Abraham is our father. 
Jesus saith unto them. If ye were. 
i Abraham's children, ye would do 

the works of Abraham. 

40 But now ye seek to kill me, 
a man that hath told you the 
truth, which I have heard of God : 
this did not Abraham. 

41 Ye do the deeds of your fa- 
ther. Then said they to him, We 
be not born of fornication : we 
have one Father, even God. 

42 Jesus saidr- unto them, \i 
God were your Father, ye would* 
love me : for I proceeded forth 
and came from God; neither 
came I of myself, but he sent me. 

43 Why do ye not understand 
my speech \ even because ye can- 
not hear my word. 

44 Ye are of your father the 
devil, and the lusts of your father 
ye will do ; he was a murderer 
from the beginning, and abode not 
in the truth, because there is no 
truth in him, When he speaketh a 
lie, he speaketh of his own: for 
he is a Uar, and the father of it. 

45 And because I tell you the 
truth, ye believe me not. 

46 Which of you convinceth 
me of sin ? And if I say the truth 
why do ye not believe me 1 

47 He that is of God heareth 
God's words ; ye therefore hear 
them not, because ye are not of 
God. ^ ^ 

48 Then answered the Jews, 
and said unto him, Say w^e net 



S-A I N T 

"w^ll that thou art a Samaritan, and 
liast a devil ? 

49 Jesus answered, I have not 
a devil ; but I honour my Father, 
and ye do dishonour me. 

50 And I seek not mine own 
glory : there is one that seeketh 
and judgeth. 

51 Verily, verily, I say unto 
you, If a man keep my saying, he 
shall never see death. 

52 Then said the Jews unto 
him, Now we know that thou hast 
a devil. Abraham is dead, and 

I the prophets : and thou sayest, If 
a man keep my saying, he shall 
never taste of death. 

53 Art thou greater than our 
father Abraham, which is dead ? 
and the prophets are dead ; whom 
makest thou thyself ? 

53 Jesus answered, If I honour 
myself, my honour is nothing : it 



S DAYS. 539 

is my Father that honoureth me : 
of whom ye say, that he is your 
God. 

55 Yet ye have not known him ; 
but I know him : and if I should 
say I know him not, I shall be a 
liar like unto you : but I know him 
and keep his saying. 

56 Your father Abraham re- 
joiced to see my day ; and he saw 
it, and was glad, 

57 Then said the Jews unto 
him. Thou art not yet fifty years 
old, and hast thou seen Abra- 
ham ? 

58 Jesus said unto them, Yerily, 
verily, I say unto you. Before 
Abraham was, I am. 

59 Then took they up stones 
to cast at him ; but Jesus hid him*- 
self, and went out of the temple^ 
going through the midst of them, 
and so passed by. 



FIRST LESSON 

THEN Job answered the Lord, 
and Said, I know that thou canst 
do every thing, and that no thought 
oan be withholden from thee. 

3 Who is he that hideth counsel 
without knowledge ? therefore 
have I uttered that I understood 
not ; things too wonderful for me, 
which I knew not. 

4 Hear, I beseech thee, and I 
will speak: I will demand of thee, 
and declare thou unto me, 

5 I have heard of thee by the 
hearing of the ear; but now mine 
eye seeth thee : 

6 Wherefore I abhor mi/self, 
and repent in dust and ashes. 



FOR EVENING. 
XLII. 

7 And it was so, that after the 
Lord had spoken these words un 
to Job, the Lord said to Eliphaz 
the Temanite, My wrath is kin- 
dled against thee^ and against thy 
two friends : for ye have not spo^ 
ken of me the thing that is right, 
as my servant Job hath. 

8 Therefore take unto you now 
seven bullocks and seven rams, 
and go to my servant Job, and 
offer up for yourselves a burnt-of- 
fering ; and my servant Job shall 
prayfor you : for him willl accept ; 
lest I deal with you after your 
folly, in that ye have not spoken- 



546 SAINT S 

of me the thing which is right, like 
my servant Job. 

9 So Eliphaz the Temanite, 
and Bildad the Shuhite, a?Ld 
Zophar the Naamathite, went and 
did according as the Lord com- 
manded them : the Lord also ac- 
cepted Job. 

10 And the Lord turned the 
captivity of Job, when he prayed 
for his friends : also the Lord gave 
Job twice as much as he had be- 
fore. 

1 1 Then came there unto him 
all his brethren, and all his sisters, 
and all they that had been of his 
acquaintance before, and did eat 
bread with him in his house ; and 
they bemoaned him, and com- 
forted him over all the evil that 
the Lord had brought upon him : 
every man also gave him a piece 
of money, and every one an ear- 
ting of gold. 



Bays. Il 

12 So the Lord blessed thi^ *| 
latter end of Job more than his 
beginning: for he had fourteen 
thousand sheep, and six thousand 
camels, and a thousand yoke of 
oxen, and a thousand she-asses. 

13 He had also seven sons and 
three daughters. 

14 And he called the name of 
the first, Jemima ; and the name 
of the second, Kezia; and the name j 
of the third, Keren-happuch. 

15 And in all the land were no ' 
women found so fair as the daugh- 
ters of Job : and their father gave 
them inheritance among theif 
brethren. 

16 After this lived Job an hun- 
dred and forty years, and saw his , 
sons, and his sons' sons, even four ■ 
generations. ' 

17 So Job died, being old, and 
full of days. 



SECOND LESSON FOR EVENING^ 

PHILIPPIANS II. 

which was also in Christ Jesus : 
6 Who, being in the form of 
God, thought it not robbery to be 



IF there be therefore any con- 
solation in Christ, if any comfort 
of love, if any fellowship of the 



Spirit, if any bowels and m.ercies, ! equal with God ; 

2 Fulfil ye my jov, that ye bel 7 But made himself ol no re- 
like-minded, having the same love, ! putation, and took upon him the 
being of one accord, of one mind. ; form of a servant, and was made m 

3 Lee nothing be done through ! the likeness of men ; ^ 

strife or vain- glory ; but in lowli-| 8 And being found m fashion 
ness of mind let each esteem other i as a man, he humbled himselt and 
better than themselves. i became obedient unto death, even 



4 Look not every man on his 
own things, but every man also on 
the things of others. 

5 Let this mind be in you, 



the death of the cross. 

9 AVherefore God also hath 
highly exalted him, and given him 



SAINT S DAYS. 



541 



a name which is above every 
name ; 

10 That at the name of Jesus 
every knee should bow, of things 
in heaven, and things in earth, 
and things under the earth ; 

11 And /A^j^^ every tongue should 
confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, 
to the glory of God the Father. 

12 Wherefore, my beloved, as 
;f e have always obeyed, not as in 
my presence only, but now much 
more in my absence, work out 
your own salvation with fear and 
trembling : 

13 For it is God who work- 
eth in you both to will and to do 
of his good pleasure. 

14 Do all things without mur- 
murings and disputings ; 

15 That ye may be blameless 
and harmless, the sons of God, 
without rebuke, in the midst of a 
crooked and perverse nation, 
among whom ye shine as lights in 
the world : 

16 Holding forth the word of 
life ; that I may rejoice in the day 
of Christ, that I have not run in 
vain, neither laboured in vain. 

17 Yea, and if I be offered 
upon the sacrifice and service of 
your faith, I joy and rejoice with 
you all. 

18 For the same cause also do 
ye joy and rejoice with me. 

19 But I trust in the Lord Je- 
sus to send Timotheus shortly un- 
to you, that I also may be of good 
comfort when I laiow your state. 



20 For I have no man like- 
mmded, who will naturally care 
for your state. 

21 For all seek their own, not 
the things which are Jesus Christ's, 

^ 22 But ye know the proof of 
him, that, as a son with the father, 
he hath served with me in the 
gospel. 

23 Him therefore I hope to 
send presently, so soon as I shall 
see how it will go with me. 

24 But I trust in the Lord that 
I also myself shall come shortly. 

25 Yet I supposed it necessary 
to send to you Epaphroditus, my 
brother, and companion in labour^ 
and fellow-soldier5 but your mes- 
senger, and he that ministered to 
my wants. 

26 For he longed after you all^ 
and was full of heaviness, because 
that ye had heard that he had been 
sick. 

27 For indeed he was sick nigh 
unto death : but God had mercy 
on him ; and not on him only, but 
on me also, lest I should have sor- 
row upon sorrow. 

28 I senthim therefore the more 
carefully, that, when ye see him 
again, ye may rejoice, and that I 
may be the less sorrowful. 

29 Receive him therefore in 
the Lord with all gladness ; and 
hold such in reputation. 

30 Because for the Avork of 
Christ he was nigh unto death, 
not regarding his life, to supply 
your lack of service toward me. 

46 



542 



saint's days. 

ALL-SAINT'S DAY. 
Inove^ieer 1. 



I 

\ 



was removed to the day ^'hereon we now ob.e.. e it. 



FIRST LESSON FOR MORNING. 
WISDOM III. to V. 10. 



BUT the souls of the righteous 
are in the hand of God, and there 



he tried them, and received th'era 
as a burnt-offering. _ 
7 And in the time of their visita.- 



shall no torment touch them. 7 -V""^ .-^^ run to 

2 In the siaht of the unwise tion, they shall shine, ana run lu 
they seemed thie; and their de- and fro like sparks among th. 

'T^:itS'!^t^ us to'"f TWsl.aUjadgenations,a^ 
m peace, . -i j ' 

tlsed&evTSl^egreatlvr^^^^^^ .vith him; for grace 

erfrGod proved them, and and mercy is to his samts, and he 
found them worthy for himself. hath care for his elect. 
6 As gold ia the furnace hath , 



SECOND LESSON FOR MOENHSTG. 
HEBREWS XI. V. 32, and Chap. XII. to v. 17. 

32 And what shall I more say ? j kingdoms, wrought righteousness, 
for the time would fail me to tell ! obtained promises, stopped ttie 
of Gedeon, and of Barak, and of | mouths of lions 

Samson, and o/Jepthae; of David 34 Quenched the violence f 
also, and Samuel, and of the pro- 1 fire, escaped the edge of the v ord 
p^g^s . j out of weakness were made strong,. 

33 Who through faith subdued | 



SAINT S 

I waxed valiant in fight, turned to 
I flight the armies of the aliens. 

35 Women received their dead 
raised to life again ; and others 
were tortured, not accepting de- 
liverance : that they mighty ob- 
tain a better resurrection : 

36 And others had trial of cruel 
mockings and scourgings, yea, 
.moreover of bonds and imprison- 
ment ; 

37 They were stoned, were 
sawn asunder, were tempted, 
were slain with the sword ; they 

j wandered about in sheep-skins 
and goat-skins : being destitute, 
afflicted, tormented : 

i 38 (Of whom the world was 
not worthy:) they wandered in 
deserts, and in mountains, and in 
dens and caves of the earth. 

I .- 39 And these all, having obtain- 

i a good report through faith, receiv- 
ed not the promise ; 

40 God having provided some 
better thing for us, that they with- 
ovX us should not be made perfect. 

WHEREFORE, seeing we 
also are compassed about with so 
great a cloud of witnesses, let us 
lay aside every weight, and the 
sin which doth so easily beset us, 
and let us run with patience the 
race that is set before us, 

2 Looking unto Jesus, the au- 
thor and finisher of 02^?* faith ; who 
for the joy that was set before him, 
endured the cross, despising the 
shame, and is set down at the 
right hand of the throne of God. 

3 For consider him that endur- 
ed such contradiction of sinners 
against himself, lest ye be wearied 
and faint in your minds. 

4 Ye have not yet resisted unto 
Moodj striving against sin. 



DAYS, 543 

5 And ye have forgotten the 
exhortation which speaketh unto 
you as unto children. My son, de- 
spise not thou the chastening of 
the Lord, nor faint when thou art 
rebuked of him ; 

6 For whom the Lord loveth 
he chasteneth, and scourgeth. 
every son whom he receiveth. 

7 If ye endure chastening, God 
dealeth with you as with sons : 
for what son is he whom the fa- 
ther chasteneth not ? 

8 But if ye be without chastise- 
ment whereof all are partakers, 
then are ye bastards, and not 
sons. 

9 Furthermore, we have had 
fathers of our flesh v/hich correct- 
ed us, and we gave them rever- 
ence : shall we not much rather 
be in subjection unto the Father 
of spirits, and live ? 

10 For they verily for a few 
days chastened us after their own 
pleasure ; but lie for our profit, 
that ive might be partakers of his 
holiness. 

11 Now, no chastening for the 
present seemeth to be joyous, but 
grievous ; nevertheless afterward 
it yieldeth the peacable fruit of 
righteousness unto them which are 
exercised thereby. 

12 Wherefore lift up the hands 
which hang down, and the feeble 
knees ; 

13 And make straight paths for 
your feet, lest that which is lame 
be turned out of the way ; but let 
it rather be healed. 

13 Follow peace with all men, 
and holiness, without which no 
man shall see the Lord ; 

15 Looking diligently, lest any 
man fail of the grace of God : lest 



544 



SAINTS DAYS. 



any root of bitterness springing up 
trouble you, and thereby many be 
defiled : 

16 Lest there he any fornicator, 



or profane person, as Esau, w^ha 
for one morsel of meat sold his 
birthright. 



FIRST LESSON FOR EVENING. 
WISDOM V. to V. 17. 



THEN shall the righteous man 
stand in great boldness before the 
face of such as have afflicted him, 
and made no account of his la- 
bours. 

2 When they see it, they shall 
be troubled with terrible fear, and 
shall be amazed at the strangeness 
of his salvation, so far beyond all 
that they looked for. 

3 And they repenting and groan- 
ing for anguish of spirit, shall say 
within themselves. This was he, 
whom we had sometimes in deri- 1 
sion, and a proverb of reproach : | 

4 We fools accounted his life \ 
madness, and his end to be without j 
honour : 1 

5 How is he numbered among | 
the children of God, and his lot is , 
among the saints ! ] 

6 Therefore have we erred from 
the way of truth, and the light of 
righteousness hath not shined 
unto us, and the sun of righteous- 
ness rose not upon us. 

7 We wearied ourselves in the 
way of wickedness and destruc- 
tion : yea, we have gone through 
deserts, where there lay no way : 
but as for the way of the Lord, we 
have not known it. 

8 What hath pride profited us ? 
or what good hath riches with owr 
Yaunting brought us \ 



\ 9 All those things are passed 
' away like a shadow, and as a post 
' that hasteth by ; 

; 10 And as a ship that passeth 
lover the waves of the water, 
which when it is gone by, the 
I trace thereof cannot be found, 
' neither the pathway of the keel in 
the waves ; 

1 1 Or as when a bird hath flown 
i through the air, there is no token 
I of her way to be found, but the 
'light air being beaten with the 
j stroke of her wings, and parted 
\ with the violent noise and motion 

of them, is passed through, and 
therein afterward no sign where 
she went is to be found ; 

12 Or like as when an arrow 
is shot at a mark, it parteth the 
i air, which immediately cometh to- 
\ gether again, so that a man cannot 
■ know where it went through : 

13 Even so we in like manner, 
as soon as we were born, began 
to draw to our end, and had no 
sign of virtue to shew ; but were 
consumed in our own wickedness. 

14 For the hope of the ungodly 
is hke dust that is blown away with 
the wind ; like a thin froth that is 
driven away with the storm ; like 
as the smoke which is dispersed 
here and there with a tempest, and 
passeth. away as the remembrance 



SAINT S DAYS. 



of a gaest that tarrieth but a day. 

15 But the righteous live for 
evermore ; their reward also is 
with the Lord, and the care of 
them is with the Most High. 

16 Therefore shall they receive 



a glorious kingdom, and a beauti- 
ful crown from the Lord's hand : 
for with his right hand shall he 
cover them, and with his arm shall 
he protect them. 



-SECOND LESSON FOR EVENINGo 
REVELATIONS XIX. to v. 17. 



AND after these things I heard 
^ great voice of much people in 
heaven, saying, Alleluia ; Salva- 
tion, and glory, and honour, and 
power unto the Lord our God : 

2 For true and righteous are his 
judgments ; for he hath judged the 
great whore, which did corrupt 
the earth with her fornication, 
and hath avenged the blood of his 
servants at her hand. 

3 And again they sail, Alleluia. 
And her smoke rose up for ever 
and ever. 

4 And the four and twenty 
elders, and the four beasts, fell 
down and worshipped God that 
sat on the throne, saying, Amen ; 
Alleluia. 

5 And a voice came out of the 
throne, saying. Praise our God, 
all ye his servants, and ye that 
fear him, both small and great. 

6 And I head as it were the 
voice of a great multitude, and as 
the voice of many waters, and as 
the voice of mighty thunderings, 
saying, Alleluia: for the Lord 
God omnipotent reigneth. 

7 Let us be glad and rejoice, 
and give honour to him : for the 



marriage of the Lamb is come, 
and his wife hath made herself 
ready. , 

8 And to her was granted that 
she should be arrayed in fine 
linen, clean and white : for the fine 
linen is the righteoiisiaess of saints. 

9 And he saith unto me. Write, 
Blessed are they which are called 
unto the marriage-supper of the 
Lamb. And he saith unto me, 
These are the true sayings of God. 

10 And I fell at his feet to 
worship him. And he said unto 
me. See thou do it not .; I am thy 
fellow-servant, and of thy brethren 
that have the testimony of Jesus : 
worship God : for the testimony of 
Jesus is the spirit of prophecy. 

11 And I saw heaven opened 
and behold a white horse ; and he 
that sat upon himtoas called Faith- 
ful and True ; and in righteous- 
ness he doth judge and mal^ewar. 

12 His eyes to ere as a flame of 
fire, and on hi« head were many 
crowns : and he had a name writ- 
ten that no man knew but he him- 
self: 

13 x\nd he was clothed with a 
vesture dipped in blood ; and his 



546 SAINT^S 

nam^ is called The Word of God. 

14 And the armies which loere 
in heaven followed him upon 
white horses, clothed in fine linen, 
white and clean. 

15 And out of his mouth goeth 
a sharp sword, that with it he 
should smite the nations ; and he 



DAYS. 

shall rule them with a rod of 
iron : and he treadeth the wine- 
press of the fierceness and wrath 
of Almighty God. 

16 And he hath on his vesture 
and on his thigh a name written, 
KING OF KINGS, AND LORD 
OF LORDS. 



THANKSGIVING DAY 



The Church has ordained that the first Thursday in November, unless 
otherwise appointed by civil authority, shall be observed yearly, as a day of 
prayer and thanksgiving to Almighty God, for the fruits of the earth, and 
all the other blessings of his merciful providence, 

" The goodness of the Supreme Being is apparent in the regular and libe- 
ral provisions he makes for the sustenance and support of the numerous tribes 
of his creatures, and in the annual distribution of his bounty to them. What 
almost infinite multitudes of various beings are his dependants, and subsist 
by the alms of his mercy ! How extensive and astonishing is that providence 
j which in one view comprehends the whole world, and the support of every 
■ creature in it, and produces stores adequate to such an immense and conti- 
nual consumption ! " The eyes of all wait upon God, he openeth his hand, 
and filleth all things living with plenteousness." 

The human species seem to be indeed especial objects of his providential 
care. He is kind to us above our deserts, and beyond our hopes. All our 
various, still returning wants, are supplied by his bounteous hand. Which 
way soever we turn our eyes, we find ourselves encompassed with the mer- 
cies of God, and they surround us on every side. How amazing is his atten- 
tion to the children of men, in giving us ''rain from heaven, and fruitful 
seasons, filling our hearts with food and gladness ! for us he visiteth the earth, 
andblesseth it. He watereth her furrows, sendeth rain into the little valleys 
thereof, blesseth the injcrease of it, and crowneth the year with goodness." 

'' When our blessed Saviour, with a few loaves, compassionately fed a nu- 
merous multitude ; astonished at the miracle, they justly suppose him to be 
some great personage invested with power from heaven. But how much 
more astonishing is that kind exertion of divine goodness, which, by an 
annual miracle, if we may so call it, multiplies the fruits of the ground,' and 
gives food for all the nations of the earth— who subsist upon the regular 
returnsof this bounty, and are fed with bread from heaven? it is only the 
regularity of this appearance, and its periodical return at stated seasons, that 
makes it cease to be miraculous, but it is in its nature as wonderful and 
astonishing, as that a few loaves, in our Saviour's hand, grow, and be multi- 
plied to the sustenance of a great multitude. We are apt indeed to look upon 
the produce of the earth as our own, and to consider it as the debt of nature, 
rather than the bounty of providence, whereas we ought to regard it as the 
alms of our Creator, which he distributes to us his creatures, who depend 
on the regular supplies, the annual donations of his charity for our food 
and subsi^itance." 



FIRST LESSON. 
DEUTERONOMY VIII. 



ALL the commandments which 
I command thee this day shall ye 
observe to do, that ye may live, 
and multiply, and go in and possess 



the land which the Lord sware 
unto your fathers. 

2 And thou shalt remember ali 
the way which the Lord thy Go4 



548 T H A N K S G I V I G DAT. 

led thee these forty years in the judgments, and his statutes, wliich 
wilderness, to humble' thee, a/z^ to j I command thee this day. 
prove thee, to know what icas in! 12 Lest token thou hast eaten 
thine heart, whether thou wouldest; and art full, and hast built goodly 



keep his commandments, or no 

3 And he humbled thee, and 
sufiered thee to hunger, and fed 
thee with manna, which thou 
knewest not, neither did thy fa- 



houses, and dwelt therein, 

13 And when thy herds and thy 
docks midtiply, and thy silver and 
thy gold is multipUed, and all thai 
thou hast is multiplied* 



thers know, that he might make i 14 Then tliine heart be lifted 
thee know that man doth not live |up, and thou forget the Lord thy 
by bread onlv, but bv everv icord^ \ God, wliich brought thee forth out 
that proceedeth out of the mouth of the land of Egypt, from the 
of the Lord doth man live. ' house of bondage ; 

4 Thy raiment waxed not old! 15 Who led thee through that 
upon thee, neither did thy fbotl great and terrible wilderness^ 
swell, these forty years. \ wherein were fiery serpents, and 

5 Thou shalt also consider in | scorpions, and drought, where 
thine heart, that as a man chas-l there was no water : who brought 
teneth his son, so the Lord thy I thee forth water out of the rock 



God chasteneth thee 

6 Therefore thou shalt keep 



of flint , 

16 Who fed thee in thewilder- 



ihe commandments of the LoRDjness with manna, winch thy fa^ 
thy God, to walk in his- ways, and ! thers knew not ; that he might 
to fear him. i humble thee, and that he might 

7 For the Lord thy God bring- ' prove thee, to do the€ good at thy 



eth thee into a good land ; a land 
of brooks of water, of fountains, 
and depths that spring out of valleys 



latter end , 

17 And thou say in thine heart, 
My power, and the might of mine 



and hills ; * '^and, hath gotten me this weaUh. 

8 A land of wheat, and barlev, 18 But thou shalt remember 
and vmes, and fig-trees, and the Lord thy God ; for it Z5 he 
pomeo-ranates : a land of oil-olive, that giveth thee power to get 
and honey : ' wealth, that ye may estabhsh his 

Q A lanrivvherein thou shalt eat covenant, which he 



"9 A land wherein thou shalt eat covenant, which he sware unto- 
bread without scarceness., thou thv fathers,, as iz^ i-s this day. 
shah not lack anv thing m it ; a , 19 And it shall be, if thou do at 
land whose stones are iron, and all forget the Lord thy God, and 
•out of whose hills thou mavest;walk after other gods, and serve 
(lio- brass. ' [them, and worship them, I testify 

"10 When thou hast eaten and against you this day, that ye shall 
art full, then thou shalt bless the surely perish. 
Lord thv God for the ?ood land, 20 As the nations which the 
which he hath given the^e. Lord destroyeth before yourtace, 

11 Beware that thou forget not i so shall ye perish; because ye 
the Lord thy God, in not keep- 1 would not be obedient unto the 
ing his commandments, and his , voice of the Lord your God. 



THANKSGIVING DAY. 



549 



SECOND LESSON, 
I THESSALONIANS V. v. 12 to v. 24. 



12 And we beseech you breth- 
ren, to know them which labour 
among you, and are over you in 
the Lord, and admonish you : 

13 And to esteem them very 
highly in love for their work's 
sake. And be at peace among 
yourselves. 

14 Now we exhort you, breth- 
ren, warn them that are unruly, 
comfort the feeble-minded, support 
the weak, be patient toward all 
men, 

15 See that none render evil 
for evil unto any man : but ever 
follow that which is good, both 
among yourselves, and to all meii, 

16 Rejoice evermore. 



17 Pray without ceasing. 

18 In every thing give thanks : 
for this is the will of God in Christ 
Jesus concerning you. 

19 Quench not the Spirit. 

20 Despise not prophesyings. 

21 Prove all things ; hold fast 
that which is good. 

22 Abstain from all appearance 
of evil. 

23 And the very God of peace 
sanctify you wholly : -and / pray 
God yom whole spirit, and soul 
and body, be preserved blameless 
unto the coming of our Lord Jesus 
Christ. 

24 Faithful is he that calleth 
you, who also will do it. 



CONTENTS.. 



Page 

Advent, 7 
First Sunday in Advent, 7 
Second Sunday in Advent, 13 
Third Sunday in Advent, 19 
Fourth Sunday in Advent, 23 
Christmas-Day, 29 
Sunday after Christmas, 32 
Circumcision of Christ, 37 
Second Sunday after Christ- 
mas, 42 
Epiphany, 47 
First Sunday after the Epiph- 
any, 53 
Second Sunday after the Epiph- 
any, 58 
Third Sunday after the Epiph- 
any, 62 
Fourth Sunday after the Epiph- 
any, 66 
Fifth Sunday after the Epiph- 
any, 71 
Sixth Sunday after the Epiph- 
any, 77 
Septuagesima Sunday, 84 
Sexagesima Sunday, 91 
Quinquagesima Sunday, 98 
Lent, 104 
Ashwednesday, 104 
First Sunday in Lent, 109 
Second Sunday in Lent, 116 
Third Sunday in Lent, 123 
Fourth Sunday in Lent, 129 
Fifth Sunday in Lent, 134 



Sunday next before Easter, 139 
Monday before Easter, 147 
Tuesday before Easter, 151 
Wednesday before Easter, 155 
Thursday before Easter, 158 
Good Friday, 154 
Easter Even, |7() 
Easter Day, 175 
Monday in Easter Week, 181 
Tuesday in Easter Week, 187 
First Sunday after Easter, 191 
Second Sunday after Easter, 198 
Third Sunday after Easter, 202 
Fourth Sunday after Easter, 208 
Fifth Sunday after Easter, 212 
Ascension Day, 2I8 
Sunday after Ascension Day, 223 
Whit Sunday, 229 
Monday in Whitsun Week, 235 
Tuesday in Whitsun Week, 240 
Trinity Sunday, 245 
First Sunday after Trinity, 250 
Second Sunday after Trinity, 256 
Third Sunday after Trinity, 262 
Fourth Sunday after Trinity, 269 
Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 275 
Sixth Sunday after Trinity, 282 
Seventh Sunday after Trinity, 289 
Eighth Sunday after Trinity, 297 
Ninth Sunday after Trinity, 303 
Tenth Sunday after Trinity, 3l 1 
Eleventh Sunday after Tri- 
nity, 31S 



CONTENTS. 



Page 

Twelfth Sunday after Trinity 325 
Thirteenth Sunday after Tri- 
nity, 

Fourteenth Sunday after Tri- 
nity, 338 
Fifteenth Sunday after Tri- 
nity, 344 
Sixteenth Sunday after Tri- 
nity, 351 
Seventeenth Sunday after Tri- 
nity, 357 
Eighteenth Sunday after Tri- 

nit}^ 366 
Nineteenth Sunday after Tri- 
nity, 373 
Twentieth Sunday after Tri- 
nity, 381 
Twenty-first Sunday after Tri- 
nity, 388 
Twenty-second Sunday after 

Trinity, 396 
Twenty-third Sunday after 

Trinity, 403 
Twenty-fourth Sunday after 

Trinity, 409 
Twenty-fifth Sunday after Tri- 
nity, 415 
Twenty-sixth Sunday after 
Trinity, " 421 



Page 

Twenty-seventh Sunday after 

Trinity, 426 
Saints' Days, 432 
St. Andrew's Day, 432 
St. Thomas, the Apostle, 437 
St. Stephen's Day, 443 
St .John, the Evangelist's Day, 449 
The Innocent's Day, 454 
Conversion of St. Paul, 459 
Purification of the Virgin 

Mary, 465 
St. Matthias' Day, 47 1 

Anun. of the Blessed Virgin 

Mary, 476 
St. Mark's Day, 481 
St. Philip and St. James' Day, 485 
St. Barnabas, the Apostle, 490 
St. John Baptist's Day, 496 
St. Peter's Day, 500 
St. James, the Apostle, 506 
St. Bartholomew, the Apostle, 512 
St. Matthew, the Apostle, 518 
St. Michael and all Angels, 524 
St. Luke, the Evangelist, 530 
St. Simon, and St. Jude, 

Apostles, 536 
All Saints' Day, • 542 

Thanksgiving Day, 547 



